Ecology

Which people are the most conspiracy theorists: India in 1st place, in Italy it ranges from 9% to 30% based on the theory

Which people are the most conspiracy theorists: India in 1st place, in Italy it ranges from 9% to 30% based on the theory

According to the survey YouGov-Cambridge Globalism ProjecttheIndia it is the country in which on average conspiracy theories gather the most support. They are though Kenya, Nigeria And South Africa the people to show greater conviction on the theory that gathers the greatest average consensus, i.e. the idea that, beyond the official governments, there is a single secret group you control ...

NASA's Swift telescope is back in operation, but the rescue has failed: it will crash by 2026

NASA’s Swift telescope is back in operation, but the rescue has failed: it will crash by 2026

Artist’s impression of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift satellite, depicted orbiting the Earth. The satellite has been active for over 20 years, studying the most energetic phenomena in the Universe, such as supernova explosions or active galactic nuclei. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab The space telescope Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory of NASA has temporarily resumed scientific observationsalthough ...

How some spiders can fly for kilometers with just a silk filament: the ballooning technique

How some spiders can fly for kilometers with just a silk filament: the ballooning technique

Hundreds of newly hatched spiders can carpet an area with silk filaments. Credit: Little Grove Farms, CC BY 3.0,, via Wikimedia Commons If you pay attention and are lucky, you may happen to observe tiny spiders flyingsuspended in the air dragged by small triangular sails made of silk filaments. It’s about the ballooninga behavior used by various spider species (mostly ...

Australian fur seals are shedding: there seems to be an association with pollution

Australian fur seals are shedding: there seems to be an association with pollution

Credit: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons TO Deen Maar a small island off the coast of South Australia something unusual is happening: some Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) they are losing large portions of their fur. Sea lions, not to be confused with seals, are a family of marine mammals belonging to the Pinnipeds and ...

Bad weather in Italy, strong thunderstorms, storms in Liguria and a victim in Friuli: the damage

Bad weather in Italy, strong thunderstorms, storms in Liguria and a victim in Friuli: the damage

Waterspout in front of Santa Margherita Ligure. Photo by Ale Kiaske The first real one late summer disturbance appeared on our Peninsula, determining a phase of strong meteorological instability. As indicated in the forecasts of recent days, starting from Wednesday 9 September the descent of one sagging of Atlantic origin towards the Mediterranean basin it interrupted the pre-existing warm and ...

How the "float" serve is made in volleyball and why it suddenly changes trajectory: the physics of the gesture

How the “float” serve is made in volleyball and why it suddenly changes trajectory: the physics of the gesture

Generated with AI Today the Italian men’s national volleyball team debuts at the 2026 European Championships facing Sweden at 9.05pm. With the start of the European event, one of the most followed sports in Italy is back in the spotlight, together with the technical gestures that can make the difference during a match. Among these there is an apparently simple ...

Why they say "brand new": the meaning and origin that comes from the minting of coins

Why they say “brand new”: the meaning and origin that comes from the minting of coins

The expression “brand new” is used with the meaning of “new”, “intact”, “never used” or even as a hypothetical comparison to indicate an object that is still completely intact (“as if it were new (…)“). Behind this very common expression, which has nothing to do with the parasitic animal, actually hides a fascinating story between comparative linguistics and the printing ...

The ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud in Iraq mapped: the University of Udine discovers an area of ​​340 hectares

The ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud in Iraq mapped: the University of Udine discovers an area of ​​340 hectares

Aerial photograph of the Nimrud area. Credit: NiLTAP. For almost two centuries, the archaeologists they studied Nimrudancient city Assyrian – capital from the 9th to the 8th century. to. C. – whose remains are today found near Mosulin Iraqespecially through its palaces, temples and monuments. Now a new project byUniversity of Udine is shifting attention to the lesser-known part of ...

The largest mosaic in ancient Rome will be visible in the Baths of Trajan: the fresco is 10 m²

The largest mosaic in ancient Rome will be visible in the Baths of Trajan: the fresco is 10 m²

A part of the Great Mosaic. Credit: Special Superintendence of Rome. At Baths of Trajanon the Colle Oppioa Romean important intervention by restoration and enhancement of thesouth-western exedra and of underground tunnel of the complex, built as part of the program PNRR Caput Mundi. The intervention affected both the upper monumental spaces and the underground path, improving their conservation, accessibility ...