Ecology

Arianna Fontana is the queen of the Olympics: the records of a legendary career on ice

Arianna Fontana is the queen of the Olympics: the records of a legendary career on ice

Arianna Fontana in Milan Cortina. Credit: Los Juegos Olímpicos via From the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics, one way. The career of the skater Arianna Fontana it is a contemporary fairy tale, a common thread that has united generations through records and memories in a sport, lo short tracksin which speed and balance, physical and mental, ...

Sanremo Festival, history and origin of the Italian song festival: how it was born and when

Sanremo Festival, history and origin of the Italian song festival: how it was born and when

The Sanremo Festival, officially Italian song festivalis the longest-running television singing competition in the world and an icon of Italian tradition, born in the context of the social and cultural changes that affected Italy in the 1950s. Initially held in Casino of Sanremo (and from 1977 in Ariston Theatre), a Ligurian town in the province of Imperia which at the ...

Hannibal really used elephants in war: first evidence found in Spain 2200 years ago

Hannibal really used elephants in war: first evidence found in Spain 2200 years ago

Carthaginian elephants at the battle of Zama (202 BC), in an illustration from the late 19th century. Credit: By Henri–Paul Motte – Das Wissen des 20.Jahrhunderts, Bildungslexikon, Rheda 1931, Public Domain. Over some archaeological excavations to Cordobain the Spain southern, archaeologists have found a very particular context, almost certainly linked to a war episode which occurred approximately 2200 years ago. ...

When are pheromones used for cats and what are they for: do they work as calmers?

When are pheromones used for cats and what are they for: do they work as calmers?

The pheromones are real odorous messages that cats produce to communicate with their peers: they communicate who they are, where they have been, if an environment is safe, if another cat is a friend or rival. They are such powerful signals from influence the behavior of those who perceive them: for example, females in heat use them to attract males ...

Record-breaking invertebrates, the colossal deep-sea squid is the largest on the planet

Record-breaking invertebrates, the colossal deep-sea squid is the largest on the planet

We are used to imagining invertebrates as small and insignificant creatures – those we usually encounter in everyday life rarely exceed a few centimeters. But some species are actually capable of achieving it impressive dimensions, capable of competing — despite the lack of an internal skeleton — with many vertebrates. The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) – with a weight that ...

Why do they say "you're a salami"? What it means and the origin of the saying

Why do they say “you’re a salami”? What it means and the origin of the saying

Credits: André Karwath via Wikimedia Commons. The Italian language is gourmet: this can also be seen in the use of food expressions to define people. Among all the foods that populate the figurative lexicon, the salami occupies a place of its own. Telling someone “you’re a salami” is one way to describe behavior or cognitive abilities of the person you ...

Gemini will use Google Maps to become a conversational local guide: what the new AI assistant can do

Gemini will use Google Maps to become a conversational local guide: what the new AI assistant can do

The screenshots show some of the new features relating to the integration of Maps into Gemini. Credit: AndroidAuthority. Gemini is preparing to make an important leap in quality by integrating directly Google Mapswith the aim of transform into a real conversational local guidecapable of answering questions related to a specific place starting from a map. This innovation could enable the ...