These days we are talking about again 99942 Apophisthe “potentially dangerous” asteroid (Potentially Hazardous AsteroidPHA) of 320 meters which will have a close pass with the Earth April 13, 2029 alone 37,000 km away from our planet, close enough to be seen even with the naked eye in some areas of Europe, Africa and Asia. It is an asteroid near-Earth ...
A study genetic conducted in Canada by Waterloo University and Lakehead University, based on DNA obtained from a tooth, allowed us to identify the remains (found on King George Island, Canadian territory of Nunavut) of James Fitzjamescaptain of the Erebusone of the two ships of the Franklin’s Lost Expedition. On the body (in particular the jaw) there are also traces ...
The Italian expression “nothing less” (union of the elements “nothing” + “little” repeated twice + “di” + “less”) is often used in a ironic to express surprise, exaggeration or to underline a certain thing emphasis in what is being said, a bit like “nothing less” or “even”. But where does this curious saying come from? In summary it comes from ...
The vast majority of bottles of wine currently on the market have a standard volume of 750mlor 75 clwhich corresponds to approximately 6 glasses. This is a standard format, as reported since 1975 in European Packaging Directive (Directive 75/106), but it was not always like this! The choice of this format in fact has its roots in the past centuries ...
Credit: (mapu) from Munchen, Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons In the desert of theSouth Australiaabout 850 km from Adelaide, the mining town arises with the world’s largest opal producera very rare and sought-after gemstone. It is Coober Pedyan isolated group of a few buildings, surrounded by an almost Martian landscape dominated by the red color of the terrain. ...
In recent days the Indian Government has decided to close schools and universities and has issued health measures (including mandatory masks) in the Kerala region following the death of a 24-year-old man on 9 September 2024 due to infection with Nipah Virus (NiV). This was the second victim of this virus in India in recent times, after the death of ...
A rainbow on the surface of the water of a swamp? It almost seems like the setting of a fairy tale, but it is a phenomenon that actually occurs. These are the so-called “rainbow swamps” or “iridescent swamps” with colored stripes ranging from blue, to green, to purple, to golden yellow. The origin of this temporary phenomenon of iridescence it’s ...
Annular solar eclipse visible on December 26, 2019 in Sri Lanka. Credit: Rehman Abubakr, CC BY–SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Wednesday October 2, 2024 a “ring of fire” It will be visible in southern Chile, Patagonia and Easter Island: it will be aannular solar eclipsethe last solar eclipse of 2024, which will begin at 12:42 local time (17:42 Italian time) and ...
Leonarda Cianciulli (1984-1970), known as the “Soap maker of Correggio“, was a serial killer Italian that between 1939 and 1940 killed three womenand according to his confessions, he would have dissolved their bodies in the caustic soda to produce soap and their blood to prepare some sweets. The crimes were allegedly motivated by occult beliefs, convinced that the sacrifices humans ...
Microsoft recently announced an agreement with Constellation Energy to be able to Reopen Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plantin Pennsylvania, famous for being the seat of the worst nuclear accident in the USwhich occurred on March 28, 1979, due to the partial meltdown of a reactor core. The aim of the agreement signed by the Redmond giant is to meet ...