Ecology

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How to Check Your Phone’s Battery Health

Battery life is one of the fundamental aspects for efficient use of your smartphone, regardless of whether it is Samsung, Apple or any other manufacturer. Over time, it is physiological for lithium batteries to lose part of their original capacity. For this reason, it is important monitor the health of your device’s battery to intercept possible problems in time (such ...

Rituale potlach

What is Potlatch, the Pacific-wide celebration of mutual giving?

Potlatch ritual The potlatchwidespread among the native tribes of the Pacific Northwest coast (Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Salish and others) is a traditional ceremony where generosity is rewarded with social prestige. The name potlatch derives “gift” in the Chinook language. During these events, participants compete in donating goods, creating a cycle of reciprocity and status. Marcel Mauss called it “gift economy”, proving ...

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Plane crashes near Terni’s Alvaro Leonardi airfield: two dead

Today, around 1:00 pm, a four-seater plane crashed in the Maratta area near Ternia short distance from the “Alvaro Leonardi” airstrip causing the death of the two people on board, the pilot and the passenger, two men of about 60 years old. According to initial reconstructions, the accident occurred shortly after take-off from the airstrip, where it had made a ...

curiosità morbosa

Why do we stop to watch when there is an accident? What is morbid curiosity

With morbid curiosity it refers to a particular type of curiosity that It manifests itself in situations of tragedycatastrophes or shocking events that can cause physical or emotional harm. We can observe it for example in the phenomenon of rubbernecking (stop and look at road accidents). It is something that we all experience, in different forms and degrees. In recent ...

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Deep-sea robots discover 2,200-year-old amphorae in wreck between Elba and Pianosa

In an ancient wreck over 600 meters deep in the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea between Elba and Pianosa the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has discovered amphorae and other precious finds from the Roman era thanks to deep sea robots made available by the Azionemare Foundation, which had identified the wreck together with ...

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We explain the viral video about the alleged “mermaids” of Google Earth: they are forests of giant algae

Open Google Earth, enter the coordinates 54°43’04″S 71°39’03″W or 46°20’36″S 51°44’49″E and press the enter key. We are in Chilenear the Alberto de Agostini National Park or on thePossession Islandthe island of the sub-Antarctic archipelago of the Crozet Islands. Now zoom in a bit and try to answer the question: what are those ribbon-like things that seem to float on ...

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Features and history of the Perini Navi yacht Bayesian, the sailing boat sunk in Palermo

The Yacht Bayesian, long 56 meters and made of aluminum, sank off the coast of Porticello, in the province of Palermo, at dawn on August 19, 2024, causing 7 victims including the British billionaire Mike LynchThe luxury sailing ship was built by Perini Ships In the 2008 in the shipyards of Viareggioin the province of Lucca, with the name of ...

Cos'è il clostebol, lo steroide anabolizzante del caso Sinner

What is Clostebol, the anabolic steroid of the Sinner case

Jannik Sinnerwho recently became the number one in the world of tennis, had tested positive for clostebol twice in a row during doping tests in March. Clostebol is a anabolic steroid present in a common over-the-counter drug for the treatment of cracks and small wounds of the skin, which you may also find in your medicine cabinet. Since it is ...