Ecology

Gravity will not turn off for 7 seconds on August 12, 2026: let's dismantle the hoax

Gravity will not turn off for 7 seconds on August 12, 2026: let’s dismantle the hoax

Image generated with AI. «August 12, 2026 the world will lose gravity for 7 seconds. NASA knows this. They are preparing but they won’t tell us why.” This is the beginning of one conspiracy hoax – built around a real event such as the total solar eclipse – which is making the rounds on social media, according to which a ...

Why we remember negative experiences more easily: what is negativity bias

Why we remember negative experiences more easily: what is negativity bias

Is called negativity biasor negativity biasand it is the tendency of our brain to attribute a greater significance to negative experiences or eventscompared to the positive ones. For the same frequency or value, what is negative tends to affect us moreto remain imprinted for longer and to have a greater influence on the way we think, feel and act. It ...

Earthquake in the province of Catanzaro of magnitude 3.8, epicenter in Serrastretta

Earthquake in the province of Catanzaro of magnitude 3.8, epicenter in Serrastretta

A strong shock of earthquake Of magnitude 3.8 hit the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria, at hours 3.20pm today, January 23rd. According to what was recorded by INGV, the epicenter was located at Serrastrettaabout 20 km from Catanzaro, while the hypocenter was detected in 10.1 km deep. The shock was warned distinctly throughout the area and also in neighboring provinces ...

Why does Greenland look gigantic on maps? Spoiler: it really isn't

Why does Greenland look gigantic on maps? Spoiler: it really isn’t

There Greenland was catapulted into the center of global interest after that Donald Trump tried to gain control of it: after the Davos forum, the US President said that the issue will be resolved with an agreement, which according to the New York Times it will involve the extraction of rare earths, new military bases and the organization of a ...

New phishing puts SPID credentials at risk: the Revenue Agency warns

New phishing puts SPID credentials at risk: the Revenue Agency warns

Image generated with AI. THE’Revenue Agency reported a new phishing campaign which, by improperly using the logo and name of AdE itself, attempts to induce users to hand over their SPID credentials, the digital identity that allows access to the online services of the Public Administration. The attack starts with an apparently legitimate communication inviting you to access the reserved ...

Vodafone down throughout Italy, network problems also for Fastweb and I have. Mobile: what's happening

Tim down throughout Italy today 23 January, problems with fixed and mobile internet: what’s happening

From 10am today January 23, 2026 the operator Tim is recording malfunctions in Italy: according to the portal Downdetectorthe peak of reports was reached around 10.39amwith a total of 2,458 reports. Specifically, the 50% of customers have problems accessing the landline internet line, while the 26% reports malfunctions of the mobile network. The down reports for the Tim operator in ...

How many wolves are there in Italy and where they live: the map and data

How many wolves are there in Italy and where they live: the map and data

The first national monitoring conducted between 2020 and 2021 and coordinated by the Institute for Environmental Protection (ISPRA) provides data on gray wolves (Canis lupus) currently present in Italy: approximately 3,501 specimens (average value in a range between 2,949 – 3,945 individuals) distributed across the national territory, with approximately 952 wolves in the Alpine areaparticularly in Piedmont, the Italian region ...

In search of the ancient land bridge that connected Sicily and Malta 22 thousand years ago: the BRIDGES expedition

In search of the ancient land bridge that connected Sicily and Malta 22 thousand years ago: the BRIDGES expedition

The survey area of ​​the BRIDGES oceanographic campaign. Credits: CNR It took place BRIDGES shipping of the Gaia Blu research vessel of the CNR (National Research Council). His goal was to identify submerged evidence of the land bridge which 22,000 years ago, during the last ice age, connected the South-eastern Sicily to the Maltese islands. At that time the sea ...