Ecology

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Computer “Esc” key: who invented it and what is it for

The “Esc” key (short for “escape“, that is to say “escape”) is without a doubt one of the most long-lived and iconic keys on our computer keyboards. Always located in the upper left corner, its story begins in 60s thanks to the inventiveness of Bob Bemera programmer working for IBM, was looking for a solution that would break down communication ...

Piante sempreverdi

Why are some plants evergreen and don’t lose their leaves?

Regardless of seasonsome plants always have a beautiful canopy of green leaves: they are the plant evergreen. Even if it seems like they never lose them, in reality, evergreens also lose their leaves, but they do it gradually and not every year, so as to optimize available resources. In fact, all evergreens, from conifers to tropical plants passing through the ...

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Down Intesa Sanpaolo, access problems for apps and home banking: what’s happening

From today 11 November 2024 the customers of Intesa Sanpaolo are facing disruption to online services that renders impossibleor extremely complicated, access to the home banking platform of the well-known Italian banking institution. Specifically, due to a technical problem, access to the Intesa Sanpaolo application and web service does not work: in addition to preventing the management of accounts and ...

Percezione del tempo

How the brain makes us perceive time: why some moments seem infinite and others pass in a flash

There perception of time it is nothing more than a product of complex interaction between emotions, Attention And context. Ours: https://www.geopop.it/ma-e-vero-che-sfruttiamo-solo-il-10-del-nostro-cervello-no-sfatiamo-il-mito-con-la-scienza/, constantly adapting to experiences, it modulates temporal perception based on our psychological and physical reality of the moment. This makes the perception of time a dynamic and subjective phenomenonwhich uniquely reflects the way we live our lives. From a ...

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The IRIS2 constellation is arriving, the European answer to Elon Musk’s Starlink for satellite internet

The European Commission gave the green light on 31 October 2024 to IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security via Satellite), a new one satellite constellation which aims to be there European response to the satellite system Starlink of the tycoon Elon Musk. The IRIS² project, to which a budget of 2.4 billion euros has been allocated, will be carried ...

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Why does the European Union flag have 12 stars? History and meaning of the EU flag

There flag of the European Union is made up of a circle of 12 five-pointed golden stars on one blue background. We often see it towering over institutional buildings in Brussels in the headquarters of the European institutions. The circle represents the ideal of unity and completeness of the organization while the number 12, contrary to what one might think, ...

spyware

What spyware is, how it attacks, how to defend yourself and eliminate it

The spyware it is a sneaky and insidious cyber threat that can affect a varied range of devices, from smartphones to computers, without the user realizing anything. It is malicious or malicious software – a form of malware – designed to infiltrate victims’ devices to collect confidential informationsuch as browsing history, keyboard keystrokes, or even sensitive data such as credit ...

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How many and which languages ​​are at risk of extinction in the world?

In the world, according to estimates, they are spoken beyond that 7,000 languagesbut many of them are at risk of disappearing forever. According to UNESCO, approximately 40% of current languages is considered a risk of extinctionan alarming fact for the linguistic biodiversity of our planet. This phenomenon is linked to sociocultural, economic and political factors, which lead increasingly smaller linguistic ...