THE’asteroid which caused theextinction of the dinosaurs non-avian 66 million years agoas well as over 70% of living species at the time, probably came from the Solar System externalbeyond the orbit of Jupiter, according to a new study presented in the journal Science. The hypothesis that an asteroid caused the Cretaceous mass extinction gained ground in 1990 thanks to the ...
Overbooking is a business strategy which consists in selling more services than can be provided (in the case of flights, more tickets than available seats on the plane)in the knowledge that some buyers will be forced to give up, due to some impediment. Airlines calculate, based on statistics, how many more tickets they can sell on each route. However, it ...
On the border between Italy and France, in particular between Liguria and the French Riviera, in the province of Imperia, lies the Italian municipality of Ventimiglia, with a population of about 23,000 inhabitants. This town has been known for years as one of the main Hotspot migrants from Europe. In fact, due to its location, every year thousands of migrants ...
Located in the Tanzania north-eastern bordering the Kenya inside the national park of the same name, the Mount Kilimanjaro (or Chilimanjaro) with his 5895 meters of altitude It is the highest mountain on the African continentas well as the largest isolated mountain in the world, that is, not associated with mountain ranges. However, the “Roof of Africa” is not a ...
In the last few days the case of Joseph Russoa young man from Salento 23 years old died at the Policlinico of Bari due to septic shock and multiorgan failure about a month after a presumed bite Of spider violin has unleashed a wave of fear And alarmism on the dangerousness of this spider. However, it is essential to clarify ...
The altar stone, in horizontal position, on the left. Credit: Pam Brophy The big stone Altar Stone (“altar stone”), a 6-ton sandstone block at the center of the megalithic sanctuary of Stonehengewould come from the North East Scotlandto good 750 km from the Stonehenge construction site in southern England, much further away than previously thought (about 200 km). The discovery ...
This morning, around 5:00 am, a nautical accident occurred off the coast of Little Portin the province of Palermo: the Bayesan, a sailing yacht approximately 56 meters flying the English flag, was shipwrecked and sunk due to the bad weather conditions (perhaps due to a whirlwind over the sea). Currently some 22 people present on board 16 they were rescued ...
The research vessel JOIDES Resolution. Credit: IODP In the context of the Ocean Drilling Project Expedition 399an international team aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution he managed to pierce the Earth’s mantle to a depth never reached before on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridgethe very long underwater relief that crosses it. The sample ...
When we talk about “America Latin“we refer to a large region of South, Central and North America (from Mexico in the north to Chile and Argentina in the south) that includes the countries of the American continent where the main languages are spoken languages derived from Latinthat is, the Spanish and the Portugueseand to a lesser extent the French. Historically, ...
We often hear that “women are always colder than men”, but in reality things are much more complex and even if there are differences related to factors organic, hormonal And physicistsrecent studies highlight how it’s not just a gender issue. What most influences body temperature and the preference between cold and heat are the body composition and basal metabolismthat is, ...