Russia and the United States are distant from each other only 3.8 km. This is the width of the arm of sea that separates Great Diomedes from Little Diomedestwo small islands located in the Bering Strait straddling Asia and America. Discovered in the 18th century, the islands were divided between the two countries in 1867when the Americans purchased Alaska from ...
They have begun to spread on social media and on the web hoaxes and fake news on the presumed origin of the recent one Valencia floodin which a year’s rain fell in three and a half hours. A quick visit to social media is enough to read about imaginative theories linked to recent activities cloud seeding (in Italian “cloud seeding”) ...
Symbrosiaan American startup founded in 2018, is developing an innovative way to reduce the production of methane (the main greenhouse gas responsible for ongoing global warming after CO2) due to farms. The possibility that cows’ digestion could affect global warming may seem absurd, but the problem is real: Ruminants are large producers of methane through their digestion. Symbrosia’s idea to ...
Flood in Sedaví, in the province of Valencia. He rose to 217 the death toll caused by the disastrous flood that hit Valencia on the night of 29 October 2024, caused by torrential rainfall due to a DANA (the name given in Spain to the “cold drop” phenomenon). Violent floods also resulted 1900 missingat least 120,000 displaced, 150,000 buildings without ...
Laughter is a universal behaviorpresent in all cultures and in every era of human history. At first glance it might seem like a simple reaction to something funny, but in reality laughter has deep roots in the evolution of our species. Not only is it a tool for communicating, but it also serves to strengthen social bonds and demonstrate belonging ...
Credit: Upper Apennines District Basin Authority. In the early hours of November 4, 2011the city of Genoa she was hit by one violent flood in which, unfortunately, they lost their lives 6 people. The event was caused by an intense storm (in some areas of Genoa and the province it also fell 400 mm of rain in a few hours) ...
Representation of the first photo of a band published on the Web. Credit: Silvano De Gennaro/Blake Patterson/Flickr In the vast world of the Web, every element we know today – from images to hypertexts – has its own history, and these stories are often intertwined with moments of great randomness. The story of “Les Horribles Cernettes” is a perfect example ...
But is there really a 19th century painting that portrays a young woman holding a modern smartphone in her hands during a walk? This is what many people asked themselves when faced with the painting The expecteda work from 1860 by the Austrian painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Doubts began in 2017, when Peter Russell, a retired civil servant from Glasgow, ...
The term “Vikings“, which is often used to refer to the populations of Early medieval Scandinaviahas assumed over time a ethnic connotation. Especially in recent years, thanks to revival of theancient Scandinavian culture due to films, TV series, novels and video games, we tend to say “Viking populations”, “Viking culture” or “Vikings” to designate an entire people. It actually is ...
Even if not everyone knows it, Israel brought forward a secret program to get a atomic arsenal since its foundation and is today considered one nuclear power to all intents and purposes. Thanks to the revelations of the ex-technician and “deep Throat” Mordechai Vanunuin the 80s of the twentieth century, it was possible to look at the Israeli nuclear program ...