With morbid curiosity it refers to a particular type of curiosity that It manifests itself in situations of tragedycatastrophes or shocking events that can cause physical or emotional harm. We can observe it for example in the phenomenon of rubbernecking (stop and look at road accidents). It is something that we all experience, in different forms and degrees. In recent ...
In an ancient wreck over 600 meters deep in the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea between Elba and Pianosa the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has discovered amphorae and other precious finds from the Roman era thanks to deep sea robots made available by the Azionemare Foundation, which had identified the wreck together with ...
Open Google Earth, enter the coordinates 54°43’04″S 71°39’03″W or 46°20’36″S 51°44’49″E and press the enter key. We are in Chilenear the Alberto de Agostini National Park or on thePossession Islandthe island of the sub-Antarctic archipelago of the Crozet Islands. Now zoom in a bit and try to answer the question: what are those ribbon-like things that seem to float on ...
The Yacht Bayesian, long 56 meters and made of aluminum, sank off the coast of Porticello, in the province of Palermo, at dawn on August 19, 2024, causing 7 victims including the British billionaire Mike LynchThe luxury sailing ship was built by Perini Ships In the 2008 in the shipyards of Viareggioin the province of Lucca, with the name of ...
Perhaps not everyone has noticed, but in Italy all (or almost all) of the new films at the cinema they come out on thursday. But why? The explanation has its roots in the 70’s: at the time in fact the greats American blockbusters they usually went out on Friday. Obviously this posed a significant problem for Italian cinema which, certainly ...
Jannik Sinnerwho recently became the number one in the world of tennis, had tested positive for clostebol twice in a row during doping tests in March. Clostebol is a anabolic steroid present in a common over-the-counter drug for the treatment of cracks and small wounds of the skin, which you may also find in your medicine cabinet. Since it is ...
Who knows how many times in life we have expressed ourselves with a “Wow!” to express surprise and wonder. But where does it come from? this curious three-letter onomatopoeic interjection that is also found in comics and films? From Scottish Gaelic well well from the distant sixteenth century, and already then the expression indicated amazement and incredulity. The first time ...
At dawn of the August 19, 2024 off the coast of Little Port (PA), the Bayesian yacht sank with aboard 22 people due to the bad weather, and inspections of the wreck are currently underway 49 meters deep. Of these, 15 were rescued and 7 lost their lives, including the British billionaire Mike Lynchthe daughter Hannah Lynch and the ship’s ...
Modern smartphones are extremely useful and versatile devices, but in some ways they are also very fragile and delicate. You may have noticed that, at times, The phone blocks access to specific functions such as the flashlight, camera or GPS navigation. These blocks can be frustrating, especially if the applications in question are needed with a certain “urgency”. The reason ...
Credit: David Wilson The Sixty-eight it was a vast protest movement developed at late 60swhich reached its peak in the year 1968 (hence the name). The movement involved all Western countries and some states of the Soviet bloc. In Italy the movement began in December 1968 with two large youth protests at La Scala in Milan and at the Bussola ...