Photo credits of the two leaders: kremlin.ru Since the African state ofEritreaformer Italian capital colony Asmarait became formally independentThe May 24, 1993was continuously governed with an iron fist from the same party, the Popular Front for Democracy and Justiceand by the same man, the now almost eighty-year-old president Isaias Afwerkitransformed over the decades from a hero of independence to an ...
The term “multitasking” comes from computer science, as a description of the processes of parallel computing computers running multiple programs at the same time. It was common, a few decades ago, to think about brain like a computerbut neuroscientific studies seem to go in the opposite direction: multitasking for cognitive tasks that involve attention could not be supported from our ...
Credit: Eviation. The world of aviation is also going through a transition phase towards electric, and battery-powered aircraft they represent one of the most interesting innovations from this point of view. In the June 2020in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, theEASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency), or the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, has certified the Pipistrel Velis Electrothe ...
MOON. Credit: ESA/DLR. It was inaugurated in Cologne, Germany MOONone lunar simulation facility created by the European Space Agency and the German Space Agency which replicates the surface of the Moon to train astronauts for future human missions on our satellite, such as NASA’s Artemis program. The heart of LUNA consists of a vast room of 700 square meters which ...
Japanese cartoons with octagonal shape. Credit: id:takefumi, via Wikimedia Commons At some point in our lives, while we are biting into our slice of pizzawe will ask ourselves this question: “But why are we eating from a square cardboard when in reality the pizza is roundabout?”. The simple truth is that producing a square box is easier and more profitable ...
The expression “attack a button” is used to indicate when a person starts a long conversation and often boring with someone, often wasting others’ time. Anyone who strikes up a conversation is generally considered a annoyingsomeone who speaks for a long time without the interlocutor being particularly interested in what he is saying. The term can refer to useless chatter, ...
There Rubya cargo ship with on board 20 tons of explosive materialwould anchor off the Kent (UK) waiting to receive the green light to cross the English Channel. This is a flagged vessel Maltese which, according to many, belongs to the so-called “Russian ghost fleet“, that is, a series of civilian boats flying the most disparate flags but headed to ...
At 11pm local time on 26 September 2024 theHurricane Helene hit the Big Bend regionon the west coast of Florida, touching the city of Perry like hurricane of category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds up to 220 km/hprovoking at least 4 victimsthousands of displaced people, 3 million buildings left without electricity, storm surges with waves up to 6 ...
Comet C/2023 A3 observed in June 2024 in Namibia. Credit: José J. Chambó The comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will reach today September 27, 2024 perihelionthat is, the point of its orbit closest to the Sun, at a distance of “suns” 58 million kmcomparable to that between the Sun and Mercury, preparing to potentially become one of the brightest comets of ...
The online scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated and instant transfers could increase the risk that fraud victims will find it more complex, or even impossible, to recover their money. It was she who raised the alarm Lisa Di Berardinodeputy commissioner at the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office, during a press conference organized by ING Italia: «If all the banks transform ordinary ...