Ecology

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Malmignatta, the poisonous Mediterranean black widow: where it lives in Italy and what to do in case of a bite

Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (bad mincemeat). Credit: Onofrio Panzarino, via Wikimedia Commons There Malmignatta or Black Widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) together with the Violin Spider (Red-bellied Loxosceles) is one of the two species of spiders present in Italy whose bite can cause symptoms of a certain medical importance. This spider is found in mainly dry, stony and arid areas for example between walls ...

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Landslide in Greenland Triggered Megatsunami: New Study Explains Dynamics

The September 16, 2023 a huge landslide broke away from Dickson Fjord, in a remote area of ​​the Greenland north-easterncaused a megatsunamithat is, a very violent tsunami. A recent study by German researchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and the Institute for Geosciences at the University of Potsdam has clarified the dynamics of the phenomenon by analyzing ...

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Is There a Link Between a Person’s Facial Features and Their Name? Yes, According to a Study

Have you ever looked at someone’s face and said, for example, “You really have the face of Giovanni!“? Well, you should know that a 2024 study, conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has actually investigated the possible correspondence between people’s first names and their facial appearance. In other words, the researchers wondered if there really is a tendency for ...

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1.2 billion Chinese have only 100 surnames: how is this possible and which are the most common?

According to estimates, in Italy there would be between 300 thousand and 400 thousand surnames different, compared to a population of just over 59 million people. In Chinasince they live there 1.37 billion individualswe could therefore expect a few million different surnames. Instead, this is not the case at all, on the contrary: according to the Chinese Ministry of Public ...

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Why the Lehman Brothers Failure Led to the Great Crisis of 2008

Exactly 16 years have passed since September 15, 2008, when the American LehmanBrothersthe world’s fourth largest bank, said bankruptcygiving way to the largest banking failure in history (or, as some economists put it at the time, simply “a huge catastrophe”). The causes of the financial collapse of this major bank – explained in a superb way by Adam McKay’s Oscar-winning ...

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Why do we say “andare a tutta birra” when we go fast? The meaning is related to horses

The expression “go full speed ahead” is used to indicate an action performed at great speed. Its origin, however, is less obvious than it seems. Despite what one might think, “go full speed ahead” it would have nothing to do with beer as a drink or with its consumption. In fact, its history leads us towards a curious linguistic evolution ...

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Wi-Fi Is Not Short for Wireless Fidelity – So What Does It Mean?

If you are firmly convinced that the acronym Wi-Fiis the abbreviation of Wireless Fidelityyou have to think again because in reality Wi-Fi has nothing to do with “wireless fidelity” (a term that by the way makes no sense). Much more simply this acronym, which refers to a set of technologies for exchanging data between wireless devices, It was chosen for ...

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How are the Italian Armed Forces organized? The numbers of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Carabinieri

Photo credits aircraft carrier Cavour: Gaetano56 The armed forces Italian (indicated with the abbreviation of FF.AA.) are all the means, people and structures that serve to militarily defend the territory of the Italian State. Hierarchically they depend on the Ministry of Defensewith the role of commander in chief being covered by the President of the Republic. They include: Italian Army, ...