There school It has existed since approximately 4th millennium BCbut originally it was a very different institution from the current one: in fact, it served to educate the small minority of the population who was supposed to take care of theState administration. Over the centuries, many educational systems have been established in the world, different according to civilization, but only ...
In the second half of the 90s the news has been circulating that Leonardo DaVinciinside his Atlantic Codewould have created the design of the first bicycle model already in the sixteenth century, therefore 3 centuries before the invention of the bicycle. During a restoration of the code on sheet 133 a drawing has actually been found that seems to represent ...
The submarine landslide in the Atlantic Ocean 60,000 years ago. Credit: Dr. Christoph Bottner, Aarhus University. The researchers of theUniversity of Liverpool they managed to map and reconstruct the evolution of a giant underwater landslide happened about 60,000 years ago in the’Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa. The landslide, with a volume of 150 km3has traveled 2000 km ...
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 ...