Ecology

Who is Odysseus and why is he also called Odysseus: the story of the legendary king of Ithaca, the hero of Greek myths

Who is Odysseus and why is he also called Odysseus: the story of the legendary king of Ithaca, the hero of Greek myths

On the left, a clip from Christopher Nolan’s film; on the right, the reworking of the Greek marble sculpture preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Sperlonga. Ulyssesin Greek Odysseusis the Greek hero protagonist of the Homeric poem Odyssey: endowed with great cunning and tenacity, the king of Ithaca leaves Troy after winning the war narrated inIliadthanks to the horse stratagem ...

“Tsunami cloud” on a beach in France: the roll cloud was formed due to Enbata

“Tsunami cloud” on a beach in France: the roll cloud was formed due to Enbata

An image of the roll cloud formed in France. Credit: Javier Ceriani, via In Franceon the beach of Hendayein the department of Pyrenees-Atlantiques, a massive one struck roll cloud (or roller cloud), one cloud gray and cylindrical improperly renamed on social media as “tsunami cloud“and fell from the Bay of Biscay towards the coast. In just a few minutes, the ...

How AI can bring seemingly lost photographs back to life: restoration and digitization

How AI can bring seemingly lost photographs back to life: restoration and digitization

Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. A old camera rollwhich remained for about forty years among the rocks of the Torre di Jesi, in the Frasassi Gorge, was found by the geologist and climber Lorenzo Rossetti. The find then arrived in the hands of the Fabriano filmmaker Paolo Bacchiwho entrusted it to a specialized laboratory for development. From ...

Biosphere 2: what's in the world's largest terrarium built in Arizona

Biosphere 2: what’s in the world’s largest terrarium built in Arizona

The largest terrarium in the world is Biosphere 2: a huge artificial ecosystem completely closed and isolated from the outside which is located in Arizona and extends over 1.27 hectares, enclosing an internal volume of approximately 200,000 cubic metres. But do you know what it means to put together air, water, soil, plants and people inside this gigantic closed space ...

The 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War: The story of Thatcher's United Kingdom against Argentina

The 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War: The story of Thatcher’s United Kingdom against Argentina

A map of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands archipelago The war of Falklands/Malvinas was fought in 1982 (April 2-June 14) between the UK and Argentina. The armed conflict broke out when Argentina, governed by a bloody military dictatorship, invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands (called Malvinas in Spanish-speaking countries), located inSouth Atlanticnot far from the Argentine coasts. The archipelago, in reality, has ...

Cyclosporiasis in the USA, infections on the rise: what is the infection caused by the parasite that contaminates food

Cyclosporiasis in the USA, infections on the rise: what is the infection caused by the parasite that contaminates food

A microscopic parasite is the cause of a widespread outbreak of intestinal infections that is affecting thousands of people in the United States. Is called Cyclospora cayetanensis and is the body responsible for cyclosporiasisan infection that affects the intestines, triggering watery diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal cramps. According to an official document published on July 13, 2026 by Michigan Department of ...