Ecology

Marty Supreme, the true story behind the ping pong champion who inspired the film

Marty Supreme, the true story behind the ping pong champion who inspired the film

Generated with AI Once upon a time there was a time when the ping pong attracted tens of thousands of spectators at his matches. An era in which a New York Jewish kidslender and frail, he discovered his vocation. “I was 12 when I learned to play ping pong,” Reisman writes in his autobiography. «From that day on, I had ...

In Italy we listen to more and more music: that's how much

In Italy we listen to more and more music: that’s how much

In Italy you listen to a lot music: for more than 21 hours a weekthat is, over 3 hours a day. Almost half of the listening is dedicated to the Italian repertoire, while the most loved genres are the Italian popThe singer-songwriter (both Italian and international) and the rockwith rap and trap dominant among the younger ones. We especially like ...

The point on Earth "closest to the stars" is not Everest, nor K2: where it is located

The point on Earth “closest to the stars” is not Everest, nor K2: where it is located

THE’Everestwith its 8,848.86 meters above sea level, is the highest peak in the world: unlike what one might think, however, the Himalayan mountain it is not the point on Earth “closest” to space and farthest from the center of the planet. This record in fact belongs to Chimborazo, a quiescent volcano in Ecuador. But how is this possible? It seems ...

How to stop landslides: engineering solutions against hydrogeological instability

How to stop landslides: engineering solutions against hydrogeological instability

The Italian territory presents a natural predisposition to geological and hydrogeological disruptionsfragility which over the years has resulted in numerous landslides and catastrophic events. The Sarno landslide of 1998, as well as the more recent episodes that occurred in Niscemiare just some of the most emblematic cases that demonstrate how high the sensitivity to landslide phenomena is, therefore making it ...

No, a solar storm is not coming on February 5: how to read NOAA data on risks to the Earth

No, a solar storm is not coming on February 5: how to read NOAA data on risks to the Earth

Image generated with AI. After NOAA warned of acoronal mass ejection (CME) produced by the Sun last February 1st and associated with a X8.1 class flare (the highest class), several headlines have begun to spread reporting the expected arrival on February 5 of «a solar storm whose effects on Earth could be “powerful”». The one coming, however, is not a ...

Does turning off your home wifi modem during the night make sense?

Does turning off your home wifi modem during the night make sense?

The little green light that flashes in the darkness of the corridor or living room has become a constant presence in our homes, and perhaps you too will have wondered at least once, looking at it, if there are any risks in keeping the Wi-Fi on all night, when we should be sleeping peacefully. To understand if Turning off your ...

When is the next launch window for Artemis II and how is it decided

When is the next launch window for Artemis II and how is it decided

The Artemis II Space Launch System. Credit: NASA NASA released new and more detailed information on the decision to postpone the launch of Artemis IIduring a press conference held at 6:00 pm (Italian time) on February 3. Following the anomalies that occurred during the phase wet dress rehearsalor the simulation of all pre-launch operations – including loading propellant onto the ...

Pancreatic cancer defeated in mice in Spain: progress in research, but a cure is far away

Pancreatic cancer defeated in mice in Spain: progress in research, but a cure is far away

News of a possible “definitive cure” for the disease has been circulating a lot these days pancreatic cancerresulting from research conducted in Spain. As often happens when we talk about medicine and health, it is essential to sort out the newspaper headlines and the real data published by the scientific community. The study in question, published in the journal PNAS ...