Ecology

An ancient necropolis emerges among the largest in ancient Rome in via Ostiense with tombs and mosaics

An ancient necropolis emerges among the largest in ancient Rome in via Ostiense with tombs and mosaics

Some vaulted structures of the necropolis. Photo Credit: Special Superintendency of Rome An unpublished portion of the Ostiense Necropolis emerged in Rome during the construction of a university student residence in via Ostiense. The discovery, curated by the Special Superintendency of Rome, has revealed a funerary complex of considerable size which expands knowledge on one of the most important burial ...

Can placing magnets on the refrigerator damage it? No, let's clarify the science

Can placing magnets on the refrigerator damage it? No, let’s clarify the science

It’s always like this: you buy one fridge magnet – maybe a souvenir from a trip, or a magnetic pad to write your shopping list on – and you always find someone who tells you they heard that those magnets are dangerous because they can damage the refrigerator or increase their electricity consumption. Someone even read somewhere that they even ...

When and how the Winter Paralympics were born: history, evolution and symbolic athletes

When and how the Winter Paralympics were born: history, evolution and symbolic athletes

Generated with AI. Once the Winter Olympics are over, Milan-Cortina is preparing for Paralympics which will be held from 6 to 15 March and will be inaugurated by the Opening Ceremony in the Verona Arena. The 2026 edition, the XIV, marks two fundamental stages for the Paralympic movement: ​50 years since the first Paralympic Winter Games in history (Örnsköldsvik 1976) ...

Why millions of users are uninstalling ChatGPT after OpenAI-Pentagon deal

Why millions of users are uninstalling ChatGPT after OpenAI-Pentagon deal

After the news about a agreement Between OpenAI and the US War Departmentthe ChatGPT app uninstalls they exploded with a daily increase of 295%a value that clearly breaks the norm: in the previous weeks, the average removal rate was around 9%. This gap not only signals a decline in popularity of the OpenAI platform, but a conscious stance taken by ...

The "sand" of the Sahara has arrived on Western Europe: forecasts and consequences for Italy

The “sand” of the Sahara has arrived on Western Europe: forecasts and consequences for Italy

In these hours the “sand” of Sahara desert has arrived in the skies ofWestern Europerecall of the currents at high altitude due to the Storm Queen: precisely the combination between the Saharan dust and this Atlantic disturbance could lead to the so-called “red rain” or skies dyed orange especially in Spain and France, and with much lower probability also in ...

Tehran cameras hacked for years? Thus Israeli intelligence may have tracked Khamenei

Tehran cameras hacked for years? Thus Israeli intelligence may have tracked Khamenei

Image generated with AI. The killing of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the top Iranian military leaders, which took place last Saturday in Tehranmay have been the result of a cyber infiltration that lasted over a decade. THE’Israeli intelligence would in fact have checked the traffic cameras in the Iranian capitalconstantly mapping the habits of the regime’s leadership. This visual ...

Which European countries have the shortest working week: the EU average is 36 hours

Which European countries have the shortest working week: the EU average is 36 hours

Some European countries are testing the short working week. There Chamber of Deputies rejected the bill presented by the opposition to introduce the short working week also in Italy. More specifically, the text of the bill provided for the gradual reduction of weekly working hours from 40 to 32, for the same salary and divisible into 4 days or in ...

Drying clothes at home on the drying rack increases humidity, but does not necessarily expose us to mold

Drying clothes at home on the drying rack increases humidity, but does not necessarily expose us to mold

When let’s lay it down the clothes in the house, the water contained in the fibres evaporates and disperses into the environment, increasing therelative humidity of the room. The Istituto Superiore di Sanità tells us that a healthy environment should maintain a relative humidity level below 50%. If the humidity exceeds 50% for long periods, ideal conditions are created for ...