Ecology

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Hacker investigation, Italian politicians with a trojan: the investigators’ hypotheses

The DDA (District Anti-Mafia Directorate) of Milan brought out a unprecedented spy system against Italian political figures – among them Ignazio La Russa (President of the Senate), Matteo Renzi (Senator) and even the President of the Republic in office, Sergio Mattarella – which he allegedly involved in espionage 800,000 people in everything. The investigators identified a well-organized hacking system that ...

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How do vortices form in water? From lakes to the sea, here are the forces that create eddies

Let’s immediately clarify that vortices and eddies are synonymous and are phenomena that can affect both air and water. Let’s start with the formation of vortices in lakes. To better understand how vortices form in lakes, imagine two currents of water traveling in opposite directions. When these meet and cannot find a way to continue freely, they begin to revolve ...

Come fanno i dervisci a danzare in tondo senza sosta e a non stare male

How do Turkish dervishes dance in circles non-stop and not feel sick?

If you have ever been to Türkiye you may have seen the so-called “whirling dervishes” (in Turkish semazen), dancers in traditional clothes whose steps essentially lead them to continuously turn around, as a form of active meditation. Watching them rotate, you may have wondered how they can continue for minutes or even hours without feeling sick. Is there a possible ...

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The March on Rome in brief: how Mussolini’s Black Shirts gained power

There march on Rome it was one armed demonstrationoccurred between 27 and 30 October 1922through which the National Fascist Partyled by Benito Mussolinigained power. Fascism, despite being born only in 1919, became a mass movement in a few years thanks to the crisis in which Italy found itself after the First World War. Between 1921 and 1922 the fascist teams ...

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Is it possible to “drive on water”? Yes, on the Shiziguan Floating Bridge, China, Hubei

Credit: China Diary The Shiziguan floating bridgeis located in Hubei, the central-eastern province of People’s Republic of China. You will surely have seen it in some video reel on social networks, while cars pass through it, and perhaps you will have wondered whether it was true or not: well yes, it’s all true. More than a bridge, however, it is ...

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Is learning Japanese more difficult for an Italian or a Chinese?

Learning a new language is always a challenge, but the level of difficulty can vary greatly depending on the learner’s native language. Have you ever wondered if learning Japanese is more complicated for an Italian or a Chineseconsidering aspects such as grammar, phonetics, writing systems and cultural similarities? We will analyze the structural differences between languages ​​and how these influence ...

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Tempesta Vaia, the cyclone that devastated Italy in 2018: the meteorological analysis of an extreme event

The damage of the Vaia storm in the Asiago Plateau, in Veneto. Credit: Nordavind, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons There Vaia storm which hit central-northern Italy between Saturday 27 October and Tuesday 30 October 2018 was undoubtedly among the most disastrous meteorological events of the last decades in our country, with very violent rains especially in the North-East, gusts ...

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Tired eyes and dry eyes: the causes and what good habits can help us

It happens to us when we drive for a long time in the car, when we spend hours in front of the computer or television screen, or when we read for a long time, perhaps with little light: the sensation that our eyes are tiredwith symptoms such as itching and dryness, is very common especially since smartphones entered our lives. ...