Pope Francisto the century Jorge Mario Bergogliohe died today April 21, 2025 at 7:35 at the age of 88 after 12 years of pontificate at Casa Santa Marta, in Rome, where he recently returned after being hospitalized at the Gemelli hospital. Born a Buenos Aires The December 17th 1936. After graduating, in 1958 he entered as novice in the company ...
In the Western movies We often see “rotary shrubs” that move in the desert between cowboy and sheriffs pushed by the wind, i rollacampi or “tugerweed“But what are they actually? It is not a pile of tangled sticks but of particular vegetable structures of some plants which, once dry and for the end of the life cycle, yes they detach ...
“Mayday“It is the term that is used in radio and telefphony communications to report a particularly serious emergency and a request for urgent help, especially in the event of a plane or naval crash. But what is the origin of this word and why has it been chosen to communicate a request for help? Mayday, corresponding to the signal SOSderives ...
Have you ever wondered why some people can’t get closer to a cat without starting to sneeze? It is a real allergic crisis And the culprit is a particular protein call Fel d 1, produced by the cat and salivary glands of the cat. The allergiesin general, are the result of a hyperactive immune system that exchanges harmless substances (Allergens) ...
The horseshoe It is one of the most common symbols to wish “Good luck“, It is a tool used since the Middle Ages for make the equines “more efficient”: of iron or plastic and shaped U, nailed or paste to the clogs to prevent them from consuming – which happens very often because domestic horses are generally forced to walk ...
Hela cells marked with fluorescent proteins for the nucleus (blue), microtubules (green) and the Golgi apparatus (orange). Credit: National Institutes of Health (NiH), from Wikimedia Commons Henrietta Lacksan African American tobacco cultivator died on October 4, 1951 at the age of 31 due to a uterine cervix cancer particularly aggressive, but his cellHela cells, continue to live still today and ...
Credit: Shukuru Amos The rapper and record producer Akon (at the registry office Alioune Badara Thiam) planned the construction of a huge city in Senegal from the value of 6 billion dollars: Akon City. This metropolis draws inspiration both from the eccentric Middle Eastern capitals and from Wakanda – Fantastic country in which Marvel Blockbuster is set Black Panther. Apparently ...
Today in Formula 1 A pit stop – that is, the parking in the pits to change the tires – It lasts less than 3 seconds. Sometimes even less than 2. But how is it possible? And what happens exactly in those few moments? To understand it, we must look behind the scenes of one of the most frenetic (and ...
Credit: GWR THE’largest edible Easter egg in the world measure 10.39 meters highhas a maximum circumference of 19.6 meters and weighs well 7 200 kilograms. This dark chocolate confectionery giant was presented to the public on the public April 16, 2011 at the shopping center The steel millsin the province of Bergamo, entering the Guinness World Record. Making a confectionery ...
For Ancient Romansattend the spa it was a real social and recreational activitywho went far beyond personal hygiene: we also went there to meet friends, discuss the most and the least, talk about politics and conclude business. When we think of the spa, it comes automatically to us A place dedicated to physical well -beingwhere you can swim in thermal ...