Ecology

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The Windows mouse pointer arrow is asymmetrical: why and who invented it

The image highlights how the pointer used on Windows is asymmetrical. Credit: MSPowerUser. The December 9, 1968during the conference organized in San FranciscoCalifornia, from ACM/IEEE (Association for Computing Machinery/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the engineer Douglas Engelbart presented the first prototype of the mouse and the graphical user interface, usable thanks to the latter. The initial pointer – i.e. ...

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Emilia-Romagna on red alert due to river floods: which areas are most affected

These are gray days in every sense for theEmilia Romagnawhich is back in Red alert due to the floods of the rivers, and that he still has a weekend of heavy rain. Specifically, the areas in red are the mountains, hills and plains of the Bolognese area, the central plain areas (Modena, Reggio Emilia and Parma) and the Romagna basins, ...

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Why is Cattelan’s middle finger in Piazza Affari in Milan called LOVE? History and meaning

The LOVE statue by Maurizio Cattelan with his famous middle finger. Credit: Google Arts and Culture Walking through the center of Milan, and going to the finance area of ​​Piazza Affari (between the Cadorna and Cairoli squares), it is impossible not to notice in front of Palazzo Mezzanotte, home of the Milan Stock Exchange, a gigantic marble sculpture depicting a ...

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Forests “think” according to certain peoples of the Amazon: here’s why, between animism and perspectivism

In the heart ofAmazonsomeone indigenous communities they perceive the forest as something much more complex than a simple collection of plants and animals. For them, the forest is a living organism, endowed with thought, will and ability to communicate. This approach is deeply rooted in animistic and perspectivist conceptions and it emerged over time, in a somewhat stereotyped way, also ...

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Google used to call Android versions after sweets: that’s why it no longer does so since 2019

For almost a decade, Google has accustomed users to discover new updates of Android – the operating system developed by Mountain View for mobile devices, the first commercial version of which was released in 2008 – through names of sweets. Versions like “Cupcake”, “Lollipop”, “Oreo” and “Pie” were accompanied by colorful icons that made the launch of each release of ...

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Do you remember the differences between types of columns and capitals? Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and other orders

Remember the classical columns and theirs capitals that at school, during art or technical drawing lessons, we were taught to belong to Doric style, ionic And Corinthian? In reality we should speak more correctly of “orders“, that is, architectural elements composed of several parts: there is a vertical support part, i.e. the column actual (composed of base, shaft and capital) ...

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Who invented denim fabric? The true story of blue jeans

The invention of jeans fabric, also called denim, it dates back to the 1400swhen in Chieri, in Piedmont, a resistant blue fabric was produced, which was then exported through port of Genoa. A similar fabric was made in Nîmes, France. Denim pants were invented in United States in the nineteenth centuryat the time of the California Gold Rush, and for ...

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How to avoid online scams on trading and cryptocurrencies: advice from the authorities

The scams in the world of online trading and cryptocurrencies have become an increasingly widespread problem, affecting a huge number of Web users every year. People who fall into traps spread online by cyber criminals they often make “missteps” due to naivety and lack of attention when browsing online. Defending yourself from these deceptions is absolutely possible, provided you be ...

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The smelliest food in the world is Surströmming: what it is and what fermented herring smells like

Credit: Wrote, via Wikimedia Commons The surströmming (translated as “sour herring”) is a typical dish of Swedish cuisine and has been defined the smelliest food in the world! Mistakenly called “rotten fish”, it really isn’t rotten nor putrefied: is obtained from fermentation anaerobic (i.e. without oxygen) of a herring caught in the Baltic Sea, a method developed from the need ...