Born as simple gesture with your hands, paper-scissors-rock is today a global phenomenon. The popular game of hands is used to decide who washes the dishes, to break aimpasseto play with children or to challenge strangers and make decisions lighter and more fun. But what is behind this triadic system so intuitive? Its history spans imperial dynasties, commercial exchanges, symbolic ...
The ice of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has been dyed blue in recent days with Francesca Lollobrigida which he conquered well two gold medals (in the 3000 and 5000 m), while Riccardo Lorello gave Italy another splendid bronze in the 5000 m, confirming the state of grace of our national team. If you have watched their races, you will ...
Modern parks are very different from the zoos of the past: there are no longer cages with metal bars, but spaces designed specifically for animals, with natural barriers that maintain a safe distance between them and visitors. But how are these habitats designed and built? How the lion’s habitat is built Let’s start with the habitat of the lion, the ...
We told you how much we earn in Italy, providing you with a photograph of the average salary and the gaps between workers depending on geographical area, study path, sector, age, gender, company size and so on. We also told you how in Italy salaries are not absolutely the lowest in Europe, but how they have a lower purchasing power ...
Human beings are the the only primates to have a real chinbut what is it for and why are we the only ones with it? In a study released this year on PLOS OneDoctor Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel and her team tried to verify this very point. The data they report goes in an unexpected direction: the chin does not appear ...
Artist’s impression of an annular eclipse. Tomorrow February 17, 2026 one of the most evocative astronomical shows will take place in the Antarctic sky: asolar eclipseespecially a so-called “ring of fire”that is, aannular eclipsein which the Moon is aligned between the Sun and Earth but is too far from us to completely cover the solar disk, thus leaving the edge ...
An image of the latest eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Credit: USGS. New eruption for the volcano Kilauealocated approximately 300 km from the capital of Hawaii Honululu, which started his 42° eruptive episode, characterized by lava fountains whose height also reached i 300 meters. This was announced by the USGS, the United States Geological Survey: the event started ...
Image generated with AI. For decades – if not centuries – the legend has circulated that Isaac Newton would have arrived at the formulation of his own law of universal gravitation only after being hit on the head by one apple in 1666. This small incident would have made him understand that the strength that it attracted the apple towards ...
In red the place where the train accident occurred in Switzerland, near Goppenstein. Credit: SBB CFF FFS In Swiss it derailed a train with on board 80 passengers: the accident occurred around 07:00 today, February 16, on the Frutigen-Briga line in the direction Goppenstein, in the canton of Valais. The causes have not yet been confirmed: according to initial reconstructions, ...
Image edited with AI. The rendering of the famous project of Newton’s Supper by the French architect Boullée. Undoubtedly among the most absurd projects ever conceived, the cenotaph of Newton was thought of end of the 18th century by the French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée. A huge, tall sphere 150 meterssurrounded by 3 rows of cypresses arranged on high bases. A ...