The paperback bookone of the largest publishing revolutions, was born with the aim of making reading accessible to a wider audience and encouraging the spread of culture beyond the confines of the intellectual elite. This innovation is due to Aldus Manutiusa Venetian humanist and typographer who in 16th centuryduring the Renaissance, transformed the idea of the book, making it more ...
It may seem strange, but it has happened that some paintings even by very important authors (such as Henri Matisse or Piet Mondrian) were exposed “upside down”. We don’t think about it often, but for abstract works of art, or when the image does not represent an easily recognizable subject (and does not have a signature), understanding the correct orientation ...
Perhaps not everyone knows that some of the international conflicts and crises that affect our time have their focal point in the possession of cereal reserves. These, including grain, corn, rice, barley, oatsfrom the era of subsistence agriculture until today they have always occupied a fundamental position in diet of humans. Even in the modern industrial economy they have carved ...
It is often said that i motorcycle helmets they “expire” after 5 years. In reality it is not entirely correct to talk about “expiration“, but rather than optimal duration beyond which the helmet may no longer function adequately. In fact, every helmet tends to wear out with use, and when this will happen depends on the frequency of use and ...
THE’December 8 it is the day on which traditionally many prepare theChristmas tree or the nativity scene. These very common traditions in Italy even today, in 2024, are linked to the so-called “Festa dell’Immacolata” (even if this year the celebration falls on a Sunday, therefore no work weekend is foreseen). Often the dogma of the Immaculate Conception is confused with ...
The worst breach of US military computers it happened in 2008 and, listen, it all started with a banal USB stick. A seemingly innocuous device was inserted into a laptop located on a US military base in the Middle East, sparking an incident that would forever change perceptions of military cybersecurity. Inside it was sophisticated malware – a variant of ...
The gambling it’s a form of play to for-profit purposesin which the outcome is completely unpredictable and determines the winning or losing of sums of money and other goods. Gambling is regulated by law (in Italy, for example, it can only be practiced in specific authorized premises), also because it can cause gambling addiction, i.e. pathological addiction. Gambling already existed ...
A “hopping” tank and capable of shoot 360°: no, it is not a strange vehicle from some science fiction film, but a patent actually deposited in 1942. Crazy as it was, this idea had as its main objective to solve some common problems among tanks, although, as we will see, it ended up creating new and much more serious ones. ...
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority or UKAEA) has recently developed the first atomic energy battery with the University of Bristol carbon-14 diamond to the world. According to their studies, this technology of accumulation has the potential to power devices for thousands of years: a possible future battery with this technology for commercial use could ...
There toilet paper it’s ainvention relatively recent: it was invented in 1857 from Joseph C. Gavettyeven if in the form of loose leaf packs; The holed rollto hang in the bathroom, was patented only in 1891 by Seth Wheeler. On the other hand, for much of its history, man has solved his hygiene needs with other tools. The use of ...