Ecology

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Are the drinks without added sugars really without sugar? Spoiler, no!

How many times have we heard of sugars? From food to drinks, we take them every day in our diet. Sugars are simple carbohydrates which provide immediate energy to our body, because they come absorbed quicklycausing an increase in glucose (concentration of glucose in the blood) which, however, over time, can lead to harmful effects. The sugars are present in ...

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What changes between gold and diamonds carats: the differences

When it comes to gold And diamonds We often hear about “carat“, even if depending on the context this term can mean two completely different things: in the case of gold we speak of karati, with the kand this value indicates the purity of the metal; In the case of diamonds i carat instead indicate the weight. The gold carats ...

blues

Short history of the blues, the “devil’s music”: from the origins to date

The blues It originates, like jazz, from the songs of African American slaves deported to North America from Africa. Born in the last decades of the 19th century, the Blues affirmed himself especially after the First World War, giving rise to various subgenre. More specifically, to the traditional country blues The most “modern” gradually took over Urban Blues. In the ...

popcorn

Because the popcorn burst and make “pop” according to science: the physics of corn beans

How is one of the favorite snacks in the world formed? THE popcorn They are nothing but cereals, precisely corn seeds. The seeds inside them contain starch and water. Raising the temperature (above 100 ° C) and the pressurewater in the seed turns into steam. The water molecules, agitated by the heat, hit the internal walls of the shell, causing ...

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The Turin Thyssenkrupp accident and the long legal battles

The fire toThyssenkrupp steelworks of Turinwhich took place in the night between the 5 And December 6, 2007was a serious disaster at work that caused the death of 7 workers. The long procedural process has identified the accident of the accident.incussion And it poor investment in safetydue to the progressive dismantling of the production site intended for closing, but which ...

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How to recognize the authenticity of the gold by sniffing it? There is a scientific foundation

In recent times, the case of a jeweler capable of recognize gold simply sniffing it. But there is really one scientific base Behind this statement? The answer is yes: it’s all a matter of chemistry. In short: if the object taken into consideration stinks of “metal” (then we will understand which odorous molecules are behind), it is not gold. If, ...

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At what point is the war in Ukraine three years after the Russian invasion: the situation today on the conflict

On February 24, 2025 he marked the Third anniversary of the Russian invasion in Ukraineand therefore of the beginning of a bloody conflict that devastated the East-European countries and shocked the World geopolitical balancesmaking it difficult to imagine future scenarios. Although the February 24, 2022 both the date of the invasion, the history of this war has its roots in ...