Ecology

How AI can influence elections and change voters' choices: the study

How AI can influence elections and change voters’ choices: the study

Artificial intelligence she’s incredibly good at changing our minds. So good that she can influence ours too political positions. This was discovered by a research group made up of US, Canadian and Polish researchers, who published their results in the scientific journal Nature in December 2025. The team studied three different elections: the 2024 US presidential electionsthe 2025 Canadian federal ...

Why pigeons move their heads back and forth: Head-bobbing serves to stabilize their vision

Why pigeons move their heads back and forth: Head-bobbing serves to stabilize their vision

Stop to observe a pigeon (Columba livia) while walking in a square or along a street and you will see that Moves head rhythmically back and fortheven rather quickly. This rhythmic movement of the head is known as “head bobbing“, precisely “swinging head” in English, and is used to stabilize the field of vision while the bird walks. In reality, ...

Federica Brignone beyond the two Olympic gold medals: the Divine Comedy stages in the hardest months of her career

Federica Brignone beyond the two Olympic gold medals: the Divine Comedy stages in the hardest months of her career

Federica Brignone at the finish line of the Olimpia delle Tofane slope. Credit: CONI, via “I would trade the two golds for life before the injury.” The company of Federica Brignonedouble downhill and giant slalom champion Winter Olympic Games of Milan-Cortina, is contained in this sentence. Very powerful. The last 10 months of the 35-year-old from Valle d’Aosta are the ...

Why do they say "gossip" and who between men and women gossips more?

Why do they say “gossip” and who between men and women gossips more?

The gossip – sharing indiscreet or unverified information or news without the knowledge of the person concerned – is a behavior that human beings have been practicing since ancient times. Originally it had a very specific function: it served to strengthen tiesto share information and define roles within the company. Over time someone’s gossip has turned into a tool to ...

Turning off your PC at least once a week is important: here are the reasons

Turning off your PC at least once a week is important: here are the reasons

It is, most likely, one of the most divisive dilemmas among enthusiasts of the IT world: you have to leave the PC always on or turn it off at least once a week? The answer depends on multiple factors. For most of us, the best choice is to alternate the comfort of sleep during habitual use with a periodic reboot ...

Why does Lent last 40 days? What is it, when does it start and what is the meaning

Why does Lent last 40 days? What is it, when does it start and what is the meaning

There Lentaccording to Christian tradition, is a period of penance and spiritual preparation lasting 40 dayswhich is made before Easter. According to the Roman rite, Lent start The Ash Wednesdaywhich this year falls on February 18, 2026, and continues for six weeks until Holy Thursday (i.e. the last Thursday before Easter). From an etymological point of view, the term “Lent” ...

What to do in case of an avalanche: guidelines on how to behave during mountain excursions

What to do in case of an avalanche: guidelines on how to behave during mountain excursions

AI-generated image showing the transceiver device. In the last few days several Alpine locations were affected by avalancheswhich in some cases also overwhelmed people: while a Livigno an avalanche broke off at Carosello 3000, overwhelming one snowboardera Courmayeur a block of snow broke away from the slope of Mont Blanc, descending to a ski area where several athletes were located. ...

Waiting lists in Italian healthcare, how the new platform works: data, critical issues and reforms

Waiting lists in Italian healthcare, how the new platform works: data, critical issues and reforms

Doctors and resources poorly distributed, regional inequalities and patchy laws. For these reasons the expectations for a visit with the National Health Service (NHS) they can last more than a year. According to the ISTAT annual report 2025in 2024 approximately one person in ten (9.9 percent) reported having given up specialist visits or tests in the last twelve months, mainly ...