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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
A replica of the NeXT computer used by Tim Berners–Lee in 1990 to develop and run the first Web server. Credits: Maximilien Brice/Anna Pantelia/CERN The history of first web server starts at CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research), the nuclear research center in Geneva, in 1989. At that time, the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee he was working on an idea ...
Yes, they exist in the world Countries without armies and they are more than we could imagine. Since, however, there is no agreed definition of “disarmed country”, it is difficult to indicate the precise number of states that they have no military forces. If we considered all the cases for which a state could be considered without an army, at ...
All it takes is a breath of wind Freddo to find ourselves with skin covered in small dots: the goosebumpsin technical jargon piloerectionan involuntary defense mechanism (like shivering) activated when we are cold, afraid, or experience very intense emotions. From a physiological point of view, goosebumps occur when i muscles hair erectors yes they contractpulling up the hair and causing ...
Along the Grand Canal Of Venice one of the most iconic (and feared) homes is undoubtedly the Ca’ Dario palacelocated in the Dorsoduro district at number 352 of Campiello Barbaro. Dating back to 1479 and characterized by a asymmetric facade, has become famous in the lagoon for being a residence”damn“: many of the past owners (Palazzo Dario currently has no ...
Protect your computer from hacker attacks (or rather, gods cracker) does not require advanced technical skills: just adopt some essential safety measureswhich constitute the “base” from which to avoid the main online dangers when browsing the Internet from your PC. Regularly updating the software, creating complex passwords, backing up your data, using a reliable antivirus and paying attention to public ...
When it comes to aphrodisiac foods we mean foods which, according to popular tradition, have the alleged ability to improve sex, such as oysters, chocolate, caviar, truffles, chilli peppers, red wine, etc. The term “aphrodisiac” comes from Aphroditethe goddess of love and fertility in ancient Greece. The birth of this goddess from the sea would explain the ancient beliefs regarding ...