Ecology

Coffee grounds can be used as fertilizer: the benefits according to science

Coffee grounds can be used as fertilizer: the benefits according to science

Spent coffee grounds (spent coffee ground in English, SCG) can be recycled as organic fertilizers in our vegetable garden, garden or in the pots of our houseplants, according to a study published byInternational Journal of Environmental Quality (EQA). What we often consider waste turns out to be a precious resource: once mixed with the ground, the coffee grounds gradually release ...

Connecting Britain to Ireland with an 87km undersea tunnel: what we know about the project

Connecting Britain to Ireland with an 87km undersea tunnel: what we know about the project

Imagine being able to pass by Great Britain toIreland in less than 30 minutesby car or train. This is an unprecedented environmental, engineering and political challenge: the one that connects the Dublin area to Wales (near Holyhead) is historically known as the Irish Mail Routefollowing the path followed for centuries by postal services. It is precisely there that, for years ...

What is earwax for and why AAO ear doctors advise against using a cotton swab to remove it

What is earwax for and why AAO ear doctors advise against using a cotton swab to remove it

How many times have we found ourselves cleaning our ears and wondering what that yellowish waxy substance that accumulates in the ear canal is for? Earwax or earwax in English from a chemical point of view it contains lipids, proteins and other chemical compounds. It is often perceived as something unpleasant that should be eliminated as soon as possible. Yet ...

Why the new NASA suits for the Artemis II astronauts are orange and not white

Why the new NASA suits for the Artemis II astronauts are orange and not white

The four Artemis II astronauts in their orange suits. Credit: NASA In the photos of the mission Artemis IIone thing immediately catches the eye: the orange overalls of the four astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. In the collective imagination – fueled by the Apollo missions, spacewalks on the International Space Station and countless science fiction ...

Earthquake in Indonesia of magnitude 7.3, epicenter in the Molucca Sea: tsunami warning lifted

Earthquake in Indonesia of magnitude 7.3, epicenter in the Molucca Sea: tsunami warning lifted

Earthquake in Indonesia measuring 7.3, tsunami warning lifted. A strong one earthquake Of magnitude 7.3 hit Indonesia, today 02 April, at 00:48 (Italian time, 06:48 on April 2 local time). According to what was recorded by INGV, the epicenter was located in Molucca Seaabout 126 km from the island of Ternate. The hypocenter, however, was detected at 53 km deep. ...