Ecology

How to make your smartphone last longer: 4 tips (from the battery to the memory) so you don't change it right away

How to make your smartphone last longer: 4 tips (from the battery to the memory) so you don’t change it right away

Every year, smartphone manufacturers offer us new models which, although introducing interesting improvements, do not always represent such a qualitative leap as to justify the replacement of a device that is still perfectly functional. Changing your phone every two or three years, driven more by marketing than by real necessity, is something perfectly avoidable as long as you do some ...

The oven clock tells the wrong time because it relies on alternating current cycles

The oven clock tells the wrong time because it relies on alternating current cycles

The oven clock shows a certain time, the smartphone clock shows another. Why this difference? Many household appliances like ovens and microwaves do not use advanced synchronization systemsbut they rely on a surprisingly simple principle: counting the oscillations of the alternating current coming from the house socket. In Europe, alternating current oscillates nominally at 50Hzthat is, accomplishes 50 cycles per ...

Stable situation at the Campi Flegrei: the INGV bulletin confirms the ground lifting at 10 mm/month

Stable situation at the Campi Flegrei: the INGV bulletin confirms the ground lifting at 10 mm/month

The activity ai Phlegraean Fields remains modest: the latest weekly bulletin of the Vesuvian Observatory (INGV) records 21 earthquake shocks with a maximum magnitude of 1.9 in the period between 20 and 26 April 2026, compared to 14 in the previous week. The other parameters monitored also do not indicate significant changes: the bradyseism remains in line with recent weeks ...

The Greenland shark lives over 300 years with a diseased heart: the study on its resilience

The Greenland shark lives over 300 years with a diseased heart: the study on its resilience

Generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. The Somniosus microcephalusit Greenland sharkis the longest-lived vertebrate known on Earth capable of swimming in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean for 300 years. A feature that fascinates researchers in biology of aging. How does a heart beat for centuries? It must be a healthy heart, free of ...

The shopping cart was invented by trader Goldman in 1937, but no one wanted to use it

The shopping cart was invented by trader Goldman in 1937, but no one wanted to use it

The shopping cart it is one of the most widespread objects in the world, which we now use without even thinking about it. It was invented in 1937 by Sylvan Nathan Goldman for its supermarkets Humpty Dumpty in Oklahoma City and improved by Orla Watsonwhich added the basket and rear opening. The history of this object is also the history ...

The sky of December 2025, the last astronomical events of the year between the Supermoon and the Geminids

Why the water of comet 3I/ATLAS is so different from ours: the discovery of the ALMA radio telescope

Amateur photo of 3I/ATLAS taken with a Celestron EdgeHD 800 telescope on November 16. Credits: Satoru Murata, Wikimedia Commons. There interstellar comet 3I/ATLASdiscovered in July 2025 and already at the center of a media case due to the statements of Avi Loeb on its alleged alien origin, widely denied by the scientific community, continues to prove of enormous scientific interest ...

The "fake snow" in spring is not pollen, but paps from poplars: they do not cause allergies

The “fake snow” in spring is not pollen, but paps from poplars: they do not cause allergies

The streets and parks of many Italian cities are invaded these days by “spring snow”, those white puffs that resemble cotton that fly out of control. But what is it? Often confused with “pollens” and called “poplars” or “pioppini”, they actually are pappi and are used to transport with the wind poplar seedsa very widespread plant in the Po Valley. ...