Between the 1950 and the 1951 in the United States a kit for kids containing uranium and others radioactive elements: his name was Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was was produced by the AC Gilbert Company. Reading like this it might seem crazy but at the time they were not the only ones to create objects of this type and, ...
The Chand Baori is one of the largest and deepest step wells in all of India. Its name derives from King Chand, builder of the work, and baori (“well” in the ancient West Indian language). In fact, they exist in this country enormous hydraulic works consisting of a perimeter made entirely of steps and this, specifically, is located in the ...
There Tuscany it almost counts 3.7 million inhabitants and is divided into 10 provincesincluding the Metropolitan City of Florenceseat of the regional capital. Despite having a smaller number of provinces than Lombardy, Tuscany is certainly a more iconic region, even abroad: think of the hills and landscapes of the Val d’Orcia, the Tower of Pisa, the Palio di Siena, without ...
Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America for the second time, beating the Democratic candidate Kamala Harrisand will take office on Capitol Hill on January 20, 2025. According to the US Constitution, in fact, the mandate of the President and Vice President in office ends at noon on January 20, the date on which the mandate ...
Laurence Kim Peek. Credit: Dmadeo, CC BY–SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Laurence Kim Peek (1951-2009) was one of the most emblematic cases of savantisma rare neurological condition in which extraordinarily above-average abilities coexist with severe cognitive disabilities. Born with a number of brain abnormalities, Peek developed one prodigious memory which allowed him to memorize thousands of books, as stated by ...
NFTs stands for “Non-Fungible Token” (in Italian “Non-Fungible Tokens“, literally “uncopyable tokens”). But what does it mean? Let’s start by saying that “non-fungible” it means (more or less) that we are talking about something uniquewhich cannot be replaced with something else. To do theexample of something non-fungible, we can think of one collectible card: if you exchanged it for a ...
Every year, millions of people fall victim to cyber attacks. The success of cybercriminals, very often, is not to be found in their “skill”, but rather in the naivety of users, who adopt reckless behavior in the IT field, to say the least. One of these concerns the use of insecure passwords. According to the annual report conducted by the ...
Credit: Fars Media Corporation There Iranian Morality Police (“Gašt-e Eršâd” in Farsi) is a branch of Iran’s law enforcement agency whose mission is to promote Islamic customs and repress any “deviance” in this regard. This religious police body has been active, under various denominations, since Iranian Revolution of 1979. It has earned a bad reputation over time, having always been ...
The public debt it is the sum of all the money that a State owes to those who have lent it money. It is usually expressed with respect to GDP of that State. When a government spends more than it accumulates (thanks to taxpayers’ taxes and other revenues), it must borrow money to cover the difference; this money is obtained ...
Sarcasm And irony there are two forms of expression (and also two rhetorical figures) that have a certain amount of in common ambiguity and they serve to say something that isn’t exactly what it seemsbut with different styles and purposes. While irony can be a form of expression light and friendlysarcasm often is more critical or even aggressiveaimed at highlighting ...