Ecology

Which European countries have the shortest working week: the EU average is 36 hours

Which European countries have the shortest working week: the EU average is 36 hours

Some European countries are testing the short working week. There Chamber of Deputies rejected the bill presented by the opposition to introduce the short working week also in Italy. More specifically, the text of the bill provided for the gradual reduction of weekly working hours from 40 to 32, for the same salary and divisible into 4 days or in ...

Drying clothes at home on the drying rack increases humidity, but does not necessarily expose us to mold

Drying clothes at home on the drying rack increases humidity, but does not necessarily expose us to mold

When let’s lay it down the clothes in the house, the water contained in the fibres evaporates and disperses into the environment, increasing therelative humidity of the room. The Istituto Superiore di Sanità tells us that a healthy environment should maintain a relative humidity level below 50%. If the humidity exceeds 50% for long periods, ideal conditions are created for ...

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What is the boundary between pain and pleasure according to neuroscience

Pain and pleasure have always been considered opposite experiences but in reality the boundary between the two is blurred. In fact, modern neuroscience tells us that in the brain the separation between the two is much less clear than we think: they share the same circuits, the same neurotransmitters and influence each other directly. Pleasure can reduce pain, chronic pain ...

Explosive eruption of Etna's Bocca Nuova crater: no link with the 4.5 magnitude earthquake

Explosive eruption of Etna’s Bocca Nuova crater: no link with the 4.5 magnitude earthquake

Etna during the eruption on March 4, 2026. Credit: INGV THE’Etna gave birth to aexplosive eruption today Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 1.12 pm. As reported by theINGV Etna Observatorythe event affected the crater Bocca Nuova and it lasted a few minutes – therefore classified as impulsive. Following the explosion, an ash cloud of approximately 1.5 km rose into the ...

Do power banks ruin your phone's battery? How to load them correctly and avoid risks

Do power banks ruin your phone’s battery? How to load them correctly and avoid risks

How to properly charge your smartphone with a power bank. If you usually use a smartphone charging boost using a power bank, you will probably have asked yourself this at least once: Do power banks damage my phone’s battery? The answer depends on multiple factors. In general, power banks do not damage the smartphone battery if we use them correctly, ...

War in Iran and energy costs: how much electricity and gas could rise, the data

War in Iran and energy costs: how much electricity and gas could rise, the data

There Third Gulf Warbetween the United States and Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other, is having direct consequences on the world economy and also on citizens’ pockets: according to an analysis of Facile.it bills for Italian families could increase on average 121 euros for gas and 45 euros for electricity this year. The average annual total ...

The largest coral colony in the world discovered in Australia during a dive: 111 m long

The largest coral colony in the world discovered in Australia during a dive: 111 m long

The coral colony (Pavona clavus) largest in the world in Australia. Credit: Citizens of the Reef A mother and daughter, both Australian citizens and scientists, have discovered what could be the largest coral colony in the world. About 111 meters long And 60 wide and an estimated surface area of 3,973 square metersthis is the estimated extent of the underwater ...

New wave of silent phone calls, according to Codacons it is the beginning of a new scam: how to defend yourself

New wave of silent phone calls, according to Codacons it is the beginning of a new scam: how to defend yourself

Image created with AI. The Codacons recently issued an alert through some statements made by Francesco Tanasinational secretary of the association, according to which consumers should pay attention to receiving silent phone calls. These could in fact represent the first link in a scam based on the now infamous silent phone calls. According to the alarm raised by Codacons, these ...

Who is Mojtaba, Khamenei's favorite son elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran

Who is Mojtaba, Khamenei’s favorite son elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran

Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran, via Wikicommons. There new Supreme Leader of Iran is Mojtaba Khamenei, second son of Ali Khameneithe Ayatollah who led Iran for 37 years, killed in recent days by the United States and Israel’s bombing of Tehran. The appointment would be made byAssembly of Expertsfollowing a strong pressure on the part of Pasdaran. ...