Precipitation surplus over much of Europe. The greener the color, the more precipitation is expected. Source: ECMWF There is an old popular saying according to which after a scorching summer there always comes a winter of times gone by, with frost and lots of snow. But what is the truth behind this belief? As the cold season approaches, the curiosity ...
Venice manages its delicate balance with nature and the lagoon that surrounds it due to targeted and complex human interventions. However, rising sea levels combined with land subsidence threaten the city’s future, especially in the medium to long term. Although this port position has been a strong point over the centuries, today it risks turning into a great limitation. In ...
Do legumes need to be washed? First, we can do a distinction between dried ones and preserved ones. In the first case, a preventive rinsing helps to remove any impuritieswhile leaving the seeds to soak for several hours can reduce the amount of carbohydrates responsible for the production of intestinal gas. Canned legumes, on the other hand, are already cooked ...
The map of the climate zones into which Italy is divided. Map credit: Wikimediacommons Although there is still stable and sunny weather in much of Italy, with October just around the corner, the heating period: as always, the radiators will be activated according to different times between the various regions, depending on the climate and average temperatures of the area. ...
El Niño brings droughts and floods to different areas of the world. Source: GEMINI When it comes to global climate, few phenomena have equal media and scientific coverage ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation), better known in its warm phase simply as El Niño. Every time the surface waters of the central-eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean experience anomalous warming, as this year, a ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses are a millenarian and restorationist Christian confessionpresent in over 200 countries around the world. Overall, according to the official data of the theocratic movement, there are more than nine million active preachers (250,000 in Italy), to which must be added other non-active faithful. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in the same god as Christianity, but reject the rites and some ...
Image taken from the NAZA documentary. It has arrived in Italian cinemas NAZAthe documentary by Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, which analyzes the use of AI by Israeli military forces in the Gaza Strip and which it immediately reached the top of the box officeestablishing itself as ...
The protein powder I’m one of the supplements most popular foods, especially among those who practice sport on an intensive level. Even though they are often perceived as products artificial or “chemists“, these are actually proteins of natural origin. In fact, they come from serum of milkthe same component from which ricotta is obtained. Then they are concentrated and purified ...
AND Octoberthe days are getting shorter and summer should now be a memory. Yet, especially in some areas of Italy, the mosquitoes they continue to sting. It is not an anomaly: their presence during autumn depends on environmental conditions and as long as temperature, light and water availability remain favourable, their life cycle can continue even after the end of ...
The Bronze Age sword found in the bottom of Lake Mezzano. Credit: SABAP Viterbo and Southern Etruria. A bronze sword datable to 13th century BC was recovered in the waters of Mezzano lakein the territory of Valentanoin the province of Viterbo. The discovery occurred during the final stages of the search campaign conducted by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts ...