You may have heard that cold weather makes you lose weight. In reality, as often happens with clichés related to health, this is not exactly the case. Several studies confirm that when we spend a lot of time in low-temperature environments, the body activates Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) which increases energy expenditure using fat and glucose to produce heat (thermogenesis) ...
The telephone scams are the order of the day. The news of an increase in calls for the purpose of phishing (or, more precisely, vishing) coming from numbers with the prefix +31 (0031) of the Netherlands. The call, similarly to the scam in Portugal, aims to steal personal information from the victim. Sometimes, this request is made by a recorded ...
There sculpture It is one of the oldest art forms, as we all know. But from the point of view technician, How is a marble statue made? To find out, we went to Naples to the studios of Iagoone of the most famous contemporary Italian artists and sculptors in the world, to witness the creation of the David, a statue ...
The fiber reinforced concrete (FCR) It is a particular type of concrete that contains inside special fibres which improve the overall mechanical characteristics, as well as reduce the amount of pollutants released during the production of this material. It is therefore a mix of innovative materials that aims to replace, at least in part, the reinforced concrete. But what types ...
A study by the German magazine EcoTest discovered that some products purchasable online from the giant fast fashion Shein they can release substances harmful to health: in addition to antimony, cadmium, lead, dimethylformamide And naphthalenein particular some compounds called stand out phthalatesprohibited by EU regulations and found in quantities even 15 times higher to those established by the European regulation. ...
Credit: Lucara Diamond It was found in a mine in Karowe, in Botswana 430 km from the capital Gaborone, the Second largest rough diamond in the worldwith a weight of 2,492 caratsequal to approximately 468 gramsThe Canadian mining company announced this Lucara Diamondwho discovered diamond through technologies based on X-ray transmission (XRT), an advanced technique that allows the isolation of ...
If you are unable to watch some TV channels using digital terrestrial and are wondering why, the answer may be due to the switch to the new digital terrestrial, which began on 28 August 2024 with some Rai channels (specifically Rai Storia, Rai Scuola and Rai Radio 2 Visual). To resolve any reception problems due to the switch-off to the ...
Credit: Harry Quan via Unsplash THE colors they are a visual perception, that is, a “sensory translation” in our brain of a physical quantity which is the wavelength of light within a certain frequency band (the so-called “visible light”). But how many colors are there? The answer is very complex, because we must remember that, first of allcolors technically don’t ...
Wikipedia, as we know, it is afree encyclopedia and therefore it can sporadically happen that some user writes inside it some false information. Among all the hoaxes that have ever circulated on this platform, however, one is particularly noteworthy: we are talking about Jar’Edo Wensan entire page dedicated to a fake aboriginal deity which has remained online for almost ten ...
In the presence of high humidity and poor ventilation, dogs suffer more than us humans, especially in particularly closed, overheated and poorly ventilated environments, such as a car stopped under the sun. This happens because the dogs they have a system of thermoregulation different from ours compared to humans: in other words, they maintain their internal temperature almost constant by ...