Ecology

Who is Mojtaba, Khamenei's favorite son elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran

Who is Mojtaba, Khamenei’s favorite son elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran

Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran, via Wikicommons. There new Supreme Leader of Iran is Mojtaba Khamenei, second son of Ali Khameneithe Ayatollah who led Iran for 37 years, killed in recent days by the United States and Israel’s bombing of Tehran. The appointment would be made byAssembly of Expertsfollowing a strong pressure on the part of Pasdaran. ...

Earthquake in Catania of magnitude 4.5, shock felt as far as Messina

Earthquake in Catania of magnitude 4.5, shock felt as far as Messina

4.5 magnitude earthquake in the province of Catania. A strong shock of earthquake Of magnitude 4.5 hit the province of Catania today 4 March at 07:05. According to what was recorded by INGV, the epicenter was located 3 km from Ragalnaa municipality of almost 4,000 inhabitants located about 22 km from the city of Catania. The hypocenter, however, was detected ...

Why the walnut kernel and the human brain have the same shape: what science says

Why the walnut kernel and the human brain have the same shape: what science says

Observing the kernel of one walnuts it is almost inevitable to notice it resemblance to the human brain: two hemispheres, a surface full of folds (gyri and sulci), a protective shell. It’s an example of pareidoliathe tendency to recognize familiar shapes even where there is no functional link. The shape of the nut resembles that of the brain From a ...

How the anti-missile shield that protects the United Arab Emirates from attacks works: doubts about supplies

How the anti-missile shield that protects the United Arab Emirates from attacks works: doubts about supplies

A reproduction of the THAAD anti-missile system. After theIran responded to the joint US-Israeli attack by hitting US military bases and diplomatic facilities elsewhere Gulf countriesThe United Arab Emirates they intercepted successfully 174 ballistic missiles launched by Iran – of which 161 were destroyed, with the defense systems shooting down 645 Iranian drones (out of a total of 689 launched) ...

The map of countries that import oil and gas from Iran via the Strait of Hormuz

The map of countries that import oil and gas from Iran via the Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz connect the Persian Gulf al Gulf of Oman and the Indian Oceanwith to the south Oman and to the north Iran. From this sea passage, long 167 km and narrow around 33kmevery day it passes approximately 20% of the world’s oil and of liquefied gas (LNG), with raw material exports coming mainly from Iran, Iraq, Qatar, ...

Campi Flegrei, tremors double with 70 earthquakes up to magnitude 3.5: the INGV bulletin

Campi Flegrei, tremors double with 70 earthquakes up to magnitude 3.5: the INGV bulletin

Bulletin at the Campi Flegrei in the week from 23 February to 1 March 2026. To the Flegre fieldsthe seismicity is increasing again: in detail, the bulletin of the Vesuvian Observatory highlighted an increase in seismic activity between 23 February and 1 March, during which 70 shocks, more than double compared to 34 tremors the previous week. The maximum magnitude ...

The remains of a small dinosaur weighing less than 1 kg discovered in Patagonia: why it is an important find

The remains of a small dinosaur weighing less than 1 kg discovered in Patagonia: why it is an important find

A graphic reconstruction of the Alnashetri cerropoliciensis. Credit: Gabriel Díaz Yantén, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. A small dinosaur no bigger than a chickenwhich brings to light new details on the evolution of theropod dinosaurs, carnivores with an upright posture from which today’s birds descend. This is what emerged from a new study published in Nature from Peter Makovicky from ...