The potato paradox It is a mathematical enigma that puts our ability to interpret the percentages in crisis. The situation is this: there are 100 kg of potatoes composed at 99% of water that are left to dry until they drop the percentage of water to the 98%. How many kilos weigh the potatoes now? This apparently simple question brings ...
The plague doctor’s dress was composed of a long tunic and from one Mask with glasses and a long curved beak. It was used to prevent the contact of the doctors with the “infected air”, since, until the nineteenth century, it was believed that epidemics and pestilences were caused by mysmslike bad smells widespread in the air. The history of ...
Comet c/2020 F3 (Neowise) with nightlilting clouds. Credits: Jochenk2002, CC by 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Even October 2025 will offer several astronomical shows to be observed in our skies. Protagonists of the month will be the comets C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) And C/2025 R2 (SWAN)visible throughout October little below the visibility threshold to the naked eye, which will reach the slightest distance ...
The Mongols of Gengis Khan they gave birth to one of the Greater terrestrial empires in history Thanks to the incredible military skills of their leader. Unfortunately, this people, originally inhabitant of Mongolia in Eastern Asia, are often forgotten, above all because they did not usually create large buildings or incredible works of art, unlike other contemporary peoples. But what ...
The triumph of the men’s Italian national team in Manila. Credits: Federvolley Twitter It was an extraordinary September for Italian volleyball: Both national teams, male and female, triumphed in their respective World Cup in the Philippines and Thailand. A back to back only to the USSR in history (twice, first in 1952 and then in 1960). The blue world championship ...
Credit: IT – ALART, Civil Protection The 1 October 2025at 10:00, a new public alarm system will be held It-Alert in Lombardy for the risk of collapse of a large dam: the simulation will concern the Reggio damlocated in the municipality of Garzeno (CO), and will involve Three municipalities of the Como which could be affected by the wave of ...
The images that have marked the history of the Internet. If we had to choose 5 images that made the history of technology and the internetwhich one could we choose? Obviously there is no objective response, but there are images that have marked – perhaps unconsciously – the beginning of an era and have transformed our digital experience making visible ...
A chasm of about 50 meters deep opened in front of the Vajira Hospital of Bangkokin Thailand, sucking vehicles and damaging conduct, fortunately without causing victims. Based on the information available, the event would be attributable to a combined effect between the excavation of a gallery a few meters away, the future Vajira Station of the MRT Purple Line And ...
Credit: Noaa A large submarine mountain (sex) 4200 m high above the ocean seabed was discovered by the researchers of the Noaa (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) during an expedition to the western ocean north of Palaua island country located east of the Philippines. The top of the mountain is found 240 m below the surface of the ocean. The ...
The effect Better-Stan-Average It is that way of thinking that we believe it better than the others. For example, if they asked us if we are more good at driving Compared to the average, we would probably answer yes. Yet, if we stop to reflect, there is something that does not come back: if we all believe we lead better ...