THE poisonous green books they are tomes bound mainly in the nineteenth century and present in various parts of the world, whose cover is dyed with a pigment that contains small quantities of arsenic. During 2024, the National Library of France and the Strasbourg University Library have announced the withdrawal from shelves of some books containing arsenic in the fabric ...
In November 2022 (left panel) the island was not there, in February 2023 (central panel) it was clearly visible and in December 2024 (right panel) it was reduced to a dot. Credit: NASA THE NASA satellites Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 resumed appearance in Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan the emergence of an island at the beginning of ...
Italy has numerous military missions underway abroad and carried out by the armed forces: in 2024 I’m more than 40particularly in the regions of Middle East and of Horn of Africa. These missions serve to ensure the safetythe collective defense and the maintenance of peace and stabilization of specific countries or regional contexts. National contingents are numerically very varied: some ...
While TikTok is one step away from a possible definitive ban from the United States (remember that the January 19th is the day the Supreme Court will rule on the matter), another Chinese app is gaining ground among American users: REDnote. Known in China as Xiaohongshu (literally “little red book”), REDnote is a social platform that combines content sharing with ...
Credits: Gianni Careddu THE Mamuthones they Issohadores they are the protagonist masks of Carnival of Mamoiadaan event that takes place on an annual basis and begins the January 17th with the feast of Sant’Antonio Abate, in a small village of just over 2,000 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, in Sardinia. It’s about symbolic disguises presumably dating back toNuragic era ...
Recent changes to the Code from the Street and the Penal Code, which came into force from December 14, 2024have introduced important innovations for those who drive after taking substances narcotics. In particular, if a driver tests positive for a test salivatecan face afine between 1,500 and 6,000 euros, arrest from six months to a year e suspension of the ...
WhatsApp recently announced the introduction of four new features that aim to further improve the platform. In this case, the messaging app introduced new functions for some users with beta number 2.25.1.17: the quick reactions to messages, Video effects built into the app’s camera and the creation of personalized stickers starting from your selfies (as well as their simplified sharing). ...
Monday January 13, 2025 kicked off in India on Maha Kumbh Mela (literally “Great Jug Festival”), a religious event Hindu which celebrates the human quest for spiritual liberation thanks to the continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth. This is the largest spiritual gathering in the world, which is held every 12 years, lasts 45 days and this year awaits ...
When Sudan, the last male specimen of Sudan, died in a reserve in Kenya in 2018 Northern white rhinocerosthe whole world has known its history and this species has become a global icon of nature conservation. The White Rhinoceros is one of the so-calledBig Five” together with the lion, the elephant, the buffalo and the leopard, it is part of ...
You’re watching Pop Corner Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop Our column PopCornerwhere sciences meet other worlds, returns with an interview with Riccardo Zanottilead singer of the pop rock band Nuclear Tactical Penguins (PTN) founded in 2010, on the occasion of the release of their latest work Hello World. One week after release Hello World it went gold, ...