Among all the flags in the world, there is one that is particularly interesting because it changes four times a year: I am referring to that of micronation of Užupis, in Lithuania. The design is always the same: a background white on which the “holy hand“, that is, a hand on a colored background with a hole in the center. ...
Researchers from the cybersecurity company Check Point have uncovered a new online financial fraud called OPCOPROalso renamed “The Truman Show scam”. The reference to the famous film in which the protagonist of the film, Truman (played by a very good Jim Carrey), he was living, without his knowledge, a reality entirely constructed by the show’s directors. Something similar happens with ...
In the heart of Basilicata, perched on a hill among the clayey gullies in the province of Matera, lies Cracoa medieval village which today is a ghost town. Once strategic for its defensive position, Craco has been abandoned since the 1960s due to landslides which compromised the stability of buildings and the possibility of growth and territorial expansion. This surreal ...
Credit: US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons THE’Pingelap atoll it is a small atoll of Micronesia, just under 2 km long2with a unique feature in the world: about 5% of the population is affected by achromatopsiaa very rare genetic disease of the retina that prevents us from perceiving colors. Cases of achromatopsia ...
When it comes to Winter Olympicsthe first piece of sports equipment that comes to mind is almost always a pair of skisand the first discipline we think of is lo alpine skiing. In reality, the disciplines we are witnessing at the Milan-Cortina Olympics are many more, seven, each with its own specialties, with rules, specific skills and dozens of medals ...
An image of the inauguration of Rome’s Metro B, on 9 February 1955. Via Wikimedia Commons Today falls 71st anniversary since the opening of the first subway in Italy: the Metro B in Rome. Originally designed in the 1930s, its construction was postponed several times due to the Second World War, finally being inaugurated on February 9, 1955. The first ...
In Franceas in Italy, the decimal number system based on the number 10 is used, however in French the number 80 it is said quatre-vingts, four times twentytaking the number 20 as a basis instead of the number 10. At first glance it may seem strange, but it has its own logic which has to do with the way in ...
There hungerthe physiological one, tells us “Hey, I need new energy to make this body work!” and it is a fundamental one survival strategyso ancestral that it is regulated by multiple pathways redundantthat is, that they repeat and reinforce each other. As confirmed in the study “Molecular Mechanisms of Appetite Regulation” published on Diabetes & Metabolism Journalwhat triggers this reaction ...
A recurring grammatical error in the Italian language it is to say or write “pregnant women” (or even “pregnant”) rather than “pregnant women“. But the correct form in the plural is, in fact, “pregnant women” as confirmed by Treccani and from ACrusca Academy: according to our language, in fact, if the noun is plural the adjective also agrees with it ...
Cities of the past very often are buried. Indeed, sometimes our inhabited centers literally rise above their ruins… But for what reason? The explanation is to be found in buriala process that can be seen as a mix of natural and anthropogenic factors including the accumulation of debris, river sediments, dust and the uncontrolled growth of vegetation. Added to this ...