Ecology

Activating airplane mode at night can help us avoid risks: what are the benefits?

Activating airplane mode at night can help us avoid risks: what are the benefits?

It is a function present on all smartphones, which we activate when we are on the plane, but which can also be useful at night, when we should give ourselves the right amount of rest to recharge our “batteries”. Turn on airplane mode at night it is a choice that can lead to different people benefitsespecially if we are used ...

From tobacco to ham, the science that classifies carcinogens: how to read the WHO classification

From tobacco to ham, the science that classifies carcinogens: how to read the WHO classification

THE’International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the WHO has drawn up some lists, the IARC monographswhich group chemicals, foods and pathogens based on the level of carcinogenicity demonstrated in scientific studies. The classification is not made based on the probability of the appearance of cancer but on the solidity of the scientific data present in the literature. There ...

Calls with the +45 area code from Denmark: why it is better not to answer

Calls with the +45 area code from Denmark: why it is better not to answer

Calls coming from numbers with area code +45assigned to Denmarkare not automatically dangerous, but in most cases for those living in Italy they represent an anomalous contact, which deserves proper attention. This is because if we have no personal, professional or administrative relationship with Denmark, answer these unwanted calls exposes to risks that outweigh the potential benefits. In this in-depth ...

The locations of Milan-Cortina 2026: why they were chosen and how travel will be managed

The locations of Milan-Cortina 2026: why they were chosen and how travel will be managed

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will officially start on February 6, 2026 on systems distributed between Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige And Veneto. Considering the position of the various structures, it is natural to ask what is the criterion underlying the choices of the organizing committee and, above all, how the flow of athletes in the different territories will be managed. As ...

How brain-computer interfaces really work: Inside the technology of Neuralink

How brain-computer interfaces really work: Inside the technology of Neuralink

In recent months there has been a lot of talk about chip in the brainespecially thanks to Neuralinkone of the companies founded by Elon Musk. But behind sensationalist headlines and futuristic promises, there is a real technology, studied for decades in neuroscience laboratories: BCIBrain-Computer Interface, or brain-computer interfaces. BCIs do not read mental contents, abstract intentions or hidden desires. They ...

Why birds make white "poop".

Why birds make white “poop”.

Car windshields, monuments, balconies and, for the unluckiest, clothes: they are all targets of bird “poop”, that whitish substance with darker, greenish or brown parts. But what is it exactly? Is it feces or is it pee? And why is it white? The short answer is: both. Birds, in fact, do everything at once for evolutionary and adaptation reasons. Unlike ...