Glacier covered by debris in the Alps. The heat waves that followed one another throughout the summer made the Alps increasingly fragile and potentially dangerous for hikers. The very high temperatures due to global warming determine the accelerated melting of Alpine glaciers and permafrostthe permanently frozen ground which in the high mountains has a stabilizing function on the rocky slopes. ...
A terrarium (or terrarium) can be considered a real “land aquarium” inside which do not live aquatic creatures, but plants of all kinds. Inside it, in fact, we can recreate a real one miniature ecosystem almost entirely self-sufficient, with a microclimate precise that regulates the internal temperature and the cycle of water and gases necessary for the survival and growth ...
The Council of Ministers approved a reform that rewrites some car tax rules. Starting January 1, 2028 there will be some changes to timing, payments and deadlineswhich will be linked to the month of registration of the vehicle, while other changes will concern administrative detention and rental cars. So no intervention on the amount, on the power of the vehicle, ...
AI-generated image for illustrative purposes. The president of the United States Donald Trump – or rather, its organization – has started the construction of a luxury maxi-resort from 1.5 billion dollars in Vietnamin Hung Yen province, a short distance from the capital Hanoi. It is a 5-star hotel surrounded by endless golf courses and facilities open to the public, whose ...
Every time we adopt a word from a foreign language, it must surpass a linguistic frontier before it can be admitted into our linguistic system. To become part of the Italian vocabulary, it needs to respect certain grammatical rulesamong which one of the most rigid stands out: the one according to which every name must belong to the masculine or ...
By default, Telegram it doesn’t secure our conversations with end-to-end encryption (a cyber protection system in which only the sender and recipient have the keys to decode and read the texts, making them invisible to everyone else, including the app developers). Traditional chats, groups and channels instead use a proprietary protocol called MTProto 2.0 with client-server encryption. This mechanism encrypts ...
When we cook an egg, for example when we make a hard-boiled egg or an omelette, the egg white, initially transparent and fluid, becomes white and compactWhile the yolk thickens, becoming soft and floury. The protagonist of this change is the heat. In fact, as the temperature increases, the egg proteins they go through a sequence of transformations: first yes ...
The alignment of six planets on August 12, 2026, seen from above the plane of the Solar System. Credit: Vito Technology, Starwalk There morning of August 12th six planets of the Solar System – Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Saturn And Neptune – they will be visible at the same time above the horizon, giving life to what is commonly called ...
Yesterday there Colombia was hit by a violent earthquake magnitude 7.4 which, at the moment, has already caused 132 victims, 570 injured and thousands missing. Images of destroyed buildings, collapsing roofs and devastated cities are circulating online. Among the most affected population centers are Cali, Manizales, Pereira and Quibdó, where dozens of buildings collapsed, including hospitals and key infrastructure. The ...
Almost in every family there is one “Uncle” which does not appear anywhere family tree. It is the parents’ friend who accompanied them to football matches, the neighbor who always offered an ice cream, the neighborhood shopkeeper who knew everyone by name: in short, that adult person who, since childhood, has been perceived as part of the family. No blood ...