Can the Moon be sold? Apparently yes, and other planets too. If you want to purchase an extraplanetary plot in your name, all you have to do is go to the website Lunar Embassycreated by the 76-year-old Dennis Hopeeccentric American ex-ventriloquist and car salesman from Nevada with a passion for space. Anyone can buy a plot of Luna, but also ...
The theme of scams on WhatsApp is increasingly known, “thanks” to the enormous number of hits scored by cybercriminals in recent times. According to what was stated in a report drawn up by Postal Policein 2023 they were treated 16,325 cases of online scamswith an increase of 6 percentage points compared to 2022. This has allowed cybercriminals to collect something ...
The expression “a tough nut to crack” is now commonly used to indicate a nuisance, a hindrance or in general difficult and annoying problem to solve. The origin is found in the rural and popular context, where the cat was an animal often present in homes, but its meaning could be explained with two different interpretations. The first refers to ...
Hurricane Milton. Credit: NOAA THE’Hurricane Milton it is located in the Gulf of Mexico and heads towards Florida, where there are storm, tornado and flood warnings. Milton will make landfall on the west coast of Florida on the night of Wednesday 9 to Thursday 10 October 2024. It turned out to be a hurricane particularly violentwhich reached the twice category ...
The airplane wings they are a fundamental part of the aerodynamic design of every aircraft, and in recent decades called the wingtips winglets have become increasingly important in improving the aerodynamic efficiency of aircraft. But what exactly are winglets, what differentiates them from sharklets used by Airbus, and why do some planes, such as the Boeing 787 and 777, not ...
For inflation means theprogressive increaseover time, of general average price levelresulting in a decrease in the purchase value of a currency. Let’s take an example in simple words: if at a specific moment of the year the level ofinflation is at 10%it means that the prices of the goods and services we can buy (from milk to bread, from clothes ...
Comet C/2023 A3 observed on October 2, 2024. Credit: cafuego, CC BY–SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The best days for observing the world are beginning “comet of the century” C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in our hemisphere, which today 9 October 2024 is located at peak of its brightness. This is the first “great comet” in the Northern Hemisphere since the Hale-Bopp ...
The Vajont landslide, which occurred on October 9, 1963is perhaps the most tragic example of a natural disaster triggered by human activity.It was the consequence of still immature technical knowledge, errors, considerations and incorrect technical interpretations on the part of the cream of engineers, geologists and geophysicists of the time. The construction of the Vajont dam The Vajont dam was ...
On the night between October 1st and 2nd, Iran launched a massive offensive against Israel in response to the killing of Hassan Nasrallahleader of Hamas, which occurred last September 27 during an Israeli raid on Beirut, and of Ismail Haniyeh, political leader of Hamas, killed in Tehran in an unclaimed attack although attributable to Israel. The attack was conducted with ...
Beware of the insidious “fake verified account scam“: consists of a new attempt at phishing on WhatsApp which has the objective of steal your Facebook login details to obtain sensitive data. This scam is perpetrated by cybercriminals by sending an alarmist message in which they play the “part” of the customer support service. Half (the company that develops WhatsApp, as ...