A small single-engine plane, taking off from Pampulha airport at Belo Horizontein Brazil, crashed 9 minutes after takeoff into a residential building in the Silveira neighborhood. The accident, which occurred on May 4th at 12.25pm local timecost the lives of 3 of the 5 people on board: the pilot Wellington Oliveira (34 years old), the co-pilot Fernando Souto Moreira (36 ...
Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. In a world marked by instability, economic crises and widespread fears, even the most consolidated democracies seem to show an increased inclination towards authoritarian leaders. In recent months the debate on this topic has reignited, highlighting the growing consensus towards strong political figures, often perceived as guarantors of safety and order. But ...
The weekly bulletin on seismicity at Campi Flegrei. Quiet week ai Phlegraean Fields: between 27 April and 3 May 2026, the INGV Vesuvian Observatory detected 13 seismic eventswith the most intense shock that it did not overcome magnitude 1.1. This is a lower number than the 21 earthquakes recorded in the previous seven days. No anomalies from the other control ...
The walls of the Cittadella. Credit: Kromatika Citadel, a medieval village in the province of Padua (Veneto), is a real one masterpiece of military engineering of the 13th century, in which the particular elliptical geometry of the walls meets rigorous urban planning. With his patrol walkway entirely accessiblerepresents a testimony of how the defensive architecture of Padua was able to ...
Stromboli activities on the morning of May 5th at 7:06 am. Credit: INGV, Aeolian webcam Stromboli recorded a significant intensification of its volcanic activity between 4 and 5 May 2026, with a lava flow started from the North crater area during the night reached the coastline walking through the Sciara del Fuoco. Monitoring the evolution in real time is theNational ...
Many of us are struggling with reservations for summer holidaysor have already done so in recent weeks, despite growing concerns about possible cancellations, fluctuating prices and questions about how flight scheduling will actually remain configured over the course of the summer. Airlines around the world, including European ones, are facing their biggest challenge since the COVID-19 pandemic with the Strait ...
How come the different ones game balls – football, basketball, rugby and volleyball – do they have different shapes, sizes and materials? The answer lies in the fact that each specific ball must have some different physical characteristics depending on the use to be made of it. For example, the soccer ball and the volleyball ball must be very efficient ...
Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. ChatGPT has developed an unusual obsession with goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls and orcsstarting to insert these references into their answers with an unusual frequency, referring to these figures in many cases quoting them out of context. The problem became clear after the launch of GPT-5.1last November. Users had reported that the model ...
Purely illustrative image created with AI. Eyes aimed at the sky in the night between 5 and 6 May 2026 to observe the peak of the meteor shower Eta Aquaridsthe “shooting stars” (but the technical term is meteors) of May. The Eta Aquarids are one of the most abundant and suggestive meteor showers of the first part of the year, ...
The light trail spotted in Italy on the evening of May 1, 2026. A brilliant one bright point surrounded by a strange bluish hair accompanied by a persistent luminous trail it suddenly appeared in the skies of Northern Italy, particularly in Piedmont and Lombardy, sparking amazement and curiosity among the population. The curious sighting happened around 10pm on Friday 1 ...