Ecology

fantasma dell'opèra

Is the ghost of the work a true story? The legend that inspired Gaston Learoux’s novel

Advertising of the film “The ghost of the work” (1925). Credit: Universal Pictures, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The “Ghost of the Opera” It appeared for the first time in 1910 as a story in episodes in the magazine The Gaulissigned by French journalist Specialized in judicial news Gaston Leroux (1868-1927). The story tells the events of Erik, a horribly ...

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The water that astronauts drink in ISS is recycled urine: how water treatment works

Credit: NASA/Crew of Sts–129, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons There is a place where recycling and attention to water consumption and waste are brought to the extreme, and it is not allowed to waste even a drop: it is the International Space Stationthe ISS, where astronauts can live for months without supplies. The food is (almost) exclusively brought by the ...

neologismi

What is a neologism and what are the last examples acquired by the Italian language

With neologism We generally mean one word or new phrasewhich until recently did not fall into the linguistic vocabulary, but has been inserted or for adaptation from other words, or for influence from other languages; may also indicate in some cases the new meaning of an existing word. If in previous cases we talk about lexical neologismin the latter case ...

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The Castle of Edinburgh: history, characteristics and engineering challenges of the Scotland symbol

The Edimburg Castlepositioned on the rocky hill Castle Rock, is an engineering work characterized by a stratification of interventions that embrace centuries of history. Every stone, every wall, each tower tells the evolution of construction techniques and military strategies. The castle has had several crucial functions over time: from powerful fortress to Royal Residencepassing through government headquarters, deposit of weapons ...

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What is the international red cross: the story from the battlefields to the defense of humanitarian law

There International Red Cross has as its main objective to provide humanitarian assistance during armed conflicts, emergencies, environmental catastrophes and to ensure that the international humanitarian law and the Geneva conventions. Currently, its fields of action have also expanded to assistance to refugees, migratory crisis and promotion of Human rights.Is based on Seven principles: impartiality, independence, neutrality, solidarity, humanity, universality ...

formula 1

How do Formula 1 drivers drink: this is how the drink system works

During a Grand Prix Of Formula 1the body of the pilots is constantly subjected to physical stress And mental. The temperatures inside the car passenger compartment can easily exceed 50 ° Cand the loss of liquids is a reality in every race, with the pilots risking losing among the 3 he is 5 kg weight in sweat. These external factors, ...

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How to sign a PDF document electronically without printing it

Affix a electronic signature To a document it is definitely more comfortable than printing it, signing it in pen, scanning it and reinviating it to the sender. All main operating systems integrate useful tools for Sign PDF documents electronically without printing them. How to do it on different devices, using tools already integrated into the operating systems of your devices ...

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Will there be the minimum wage in Italy? How it works and where it was applied in Europe

In labor law, the minimum salary It is the minimum remuneration that employers must correspond to their employees, be it calculated on an hourly, daily or monthly basis. The opinions on the approval of the minimum wages are conflicting: if on the one hand it is seen as a law against social inequalities and to reduce the poverty And irregular ...

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The genocide of the Rwanda of 1994: history of one of the worst massacres of our time

When we talk about “Ruanda genocide“We mean the massacre of citizens of ethnicity Tutsi by the population of ethnicity hutuwhich took place between April 6 and July 15, 1994 in the small state of Central Africa. The causes of the massacre must be traced in the centuries -old hostility between the two groups and in the role of European colonial ...