Ecology

Boom in fake 50 euro banknotes, how to recognize them and what to do: the ECB guidelines

Boom in fake 50 euro banknotes, how to recognize them and what to do: the ECB guidelines

In recent days the numbers have been increasing reports of fake 50 euro banknoteswith numerous complaints arriving mostly from the city of Pescara. The problem, in reality, is not new: according to what was reported by the Bank of Italy, only in 2024 in Italy were they withdrawn from circulation and 121,111 banknotes were recognized as fakeof which the87% it ...

Graduates have a greater chance of finding a job than high school graduates: Istat data

Graduates have a greater chance of finding a job than high school graduates: Istat data

THE graduates they really have more chance of finding work in Italy and the advantage is not small: according to the latest Istat data, the employment rate of graduates between the ages of 25 and 64 is84.7%. Who has only the diploma of high school instead stops at 74%while those who own an even lower title reach just 55%. But ...

Four years of war between Russia and Ukraine: what happened and what to expect from the future

Four years of war between Russia and Ukraine: what happened and what to expect from the future

In the night between 23 and 24 February 2022the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began what is still defined in Russia today “Special Military Operation” but which for the rest of the world is there “Russian-Ukrainian War”. Originally intended as a “blitzkrieg” aiming to subvert the constitutional order in Kiev, the conflict soon degenerated into an exhausting military and ...

Because cats sleep more in the cold in winter: they can even sleep for more than 18 hours

Because cats sleep more in the cold in winter: they can even sleep for more than 18 hours

In the cold months, cats seem to spend more time snoozing, often curled up in warm corners, under blankets or curled up near radiators. The tendency to sleep more during the winter is not a coincidence, nor even a sign of laziness: it is a behavior deeply rooted in biology andfeline evolution. In fact, domestic cats initially evolved as predatorsand ...

Difficulty in mathematics, why some struggle more than others: what neuroscience says

Difficulty in mathematics, why some struggle more than others: what neuroscience says

For many, the mathematics it is an elegant language that describes the universe; for others, it is one constant source of anxiety and frustration. Why is there such a clear divide? Modern science tells us that difficulty in mathematicswhich in the most severe cases can lead to developmental dyscalculia, are not simply the result of poor commitment or bad education. ...

The temple of Pharaoh Apries in Mit Rahina of the XXVI dynasty re-emerges in Egypt

The temple of Pharaoh Apries in Mit Rahina of the XXVI dynasty re-emerges in Egypt

Credit: Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism of Egypt. A archaeological mission joint Egyptian-Chinese Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquitiesof thePeking University and of theShandong Institute of Archaeology led to a new archaeological discovery a Tel Aziznear Mit Rahina, in the area of Gizain Egypt. Scholars have brought to light one limestone structure which would have been part of the Temple of ...

WhatsApp is testing the scheduled messages feature: when it arrives and how it works

WhatsApp is testing the scheduled messages feature: when it arrives and how it works

WhatsApp is testing a feature that will allow you to schedule messages to be sent directly to chats. The new feature will allow you to write a text, choose the date and time and let the app do everything, which will deliver the message automatically at the set time, without further intervention by the user. The function was born from ...

The first biohybrid plant that absorbs more CO2 thanks to nanoparticles: the new Italian study

The first biohybrid plant that absorbs more CO2 thanks to nanoparticles: the new Italian study

A group of researchers from the Free University of Bolzano has “engineered” plants by equipping them with nanoparticles (i.e. particles with a size between 1 and 100 nanometers) of a synthetic polymer, able to increase their ability to absorb sunlight and photosynthesize: the results were described in the study Conjugated polymer nanoparticles boosting growth and photosynthesis in biohybrid plantspublished in ...

NASA's Artemis II, new date in April: why returning to the Moon is still difficult

NASA’s Artemis II, new date in April: why returning to the Moon is still difficult

The SLS rocket of the Artemis II mission on the launch pad. Credit: NASA/John Kraus The mission Artemis II of NASA intended to bring humans back into orbit around the Moon will no longer start in March, as previously stated by NASA, but in April, with the first useful opportunity for 8.29pm local time on April 1st (2.29am on April ...