How many times have we heard or asked the question “Which came first, the chicken or the egg“? Science may finally have the answer and it comes from a prehistoric single-celled organism, the Chromosphaera perkinsii, found in Hawaii and studied by researchers at the University of Geneva: the egg was born first! Intuitively, we could have already thought that the ...
Tarrare illustration by George Cruikshank How many times when we were hungry did we say to ourselves “I’m so hungry!”? But perhaps it would be more correct to say that one is “hungry like Tarrare“. We are not talking about a fictional character like giants Gargantua and Pantagruel of the well-known French Renaissance writer Francois Rabelaisbut of a historical figure ...
When winter arrives, one of the main concerns for many of us is how to keep the house warm, hopefully without having to spend too much to achieve this. Two of the most popular options for heating are gas boilers And wood or pellet stoves. Both have their pros and cons, and the choice depends on various factors, including the ...
In many religious traditions the veneration of animals it not only survives, but is deeply intertwined with how people interpret the world and their place in nature. In particular, theHinduism associates some animals with deities, considering them sacred and worthy of respect. There cowfor example, is a symbol of life, abundance and compassion, and its sacredness is a pillar of ...
If by accessing WhatsApp you noticed a “threatening” alert on your smartphone informing you of the need to free up space, know that you are not alone. This is, in fact, a rather common scenario: especially if you use this messaging app to exchange multimedia content, which is notoriously “heavier” than simple text, WhatsApp can take up a lot of ...
There neuroeducationor neurodidacticsis the new frontier of training that takes into account the discoveries that come from neurosciencefrom the cognitive psychology and from developmental biologyto apply them to learning. In practice it aims to be a point of convergence between teaching and neuroscience. This understanding is quietly transforming the way we think about education. Thanks to the revelation of the ...
THE’incest is generally defined as theset of sexual or marital relationships between members of the same family (by blood)especially between direct relatives such as parents, children, brothers and sisters. This practice raises very complex ethical issues and, although in most cultures incest it is considered tabooits definition can vary greatly depending on cultural context and social norms, and in some ...
If the salt absorbs water, why not put a bowl of salt next to the windows on cold and humid days so that it absorbs the humidity from the air and thus prevents it from forming condensation on the glass? This is indeed a “Grandma’s trick” which has been talked about again in recent days with the arrival of winter, ...
The Inuit they know them well and have studied them since the dawn of time: i narwhals (Monodon monoceros), also called “sea unicorns”are cetaceans, i.e. marine mammals, typical of the Arctic and unique in their kind due to the presence of the characteristic “horn”. This protuberance with alleged magical properties is nothing more than ahuge tusk which develops in males ...
In the sociological and psychological fields “humility” And “modesty” they are concepts often confused or used as synonyms, but they represent different nuances of behavior and our identity. According to the Treccani Dictionary, humility concerns an awareness of one’s limits and a propensity not to exalt one’s value. Modesty, according to the Oxford Dictionary, implies an awareness of one’s abilities ...