Ecology

Earthquake in Emilia-Romagna of magnitude 4.3, shock also felt in Tuscany

Earthquake in Emilia-Romagna of magnitude 4.3, shock also felt in Tuscany

A shock of earthquake Of magnitude 4.3 hit the province of Ravenna today January 13th, at 09:27. According to what was recorded by INGV, the epicenter was located at 7 km north from Russians, in the province of Ravenna. The hypocenter, however, was detected at 23 km deep. The first shock was followed by a second earthquake of magnitude 4.1detected ...

Canned tuna and mercury: what are the doses recommended by the EFSA

Canned tuna and mercury: what are the doses recommended by the EFSA

Canned tuna contains mercuryas well as the meat of other large fish such as shark, swordfish, pike and hake. Some compounds that contain this element and are found in fish, such as methylmercurycan cause damage to our body, but if we do not consume them in excessive quantities there is no danger to our health. This is confirmed by theEuropean ...

The referendum on justice on 22 and 23 March will not have a quorum: what it means and how the vote will work

The referendum on justice on 22 and 23 March will not have a quorum: what it means and how the vote will work

It’s official: the confirmatory referendum on justice reform will be held on 22 and 23 March 2026. The Council of Ministers has in fact approved the official date of the popular consultation, during which Italians will be asked to express their opinion for or against the introduction of the separation of careers between magistrates and prosecutors. However, the date could ...

Expired health card scam: how dangerous it is and how to defend yourself from the phishing campaign

Expired health card scam: how dangerous it is and how to defend yourself from the phishing campaign

Credit: Ministry of Health. A new and sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting Italian citizens, improperly exploiting the names and logos of the Health Card System and of Ministry of Health to steal sensitive data, staging an alleged expiration of the health card. Security experts have raised the alarm CERT-AGIDaccording to which it is based on the massive sending of deceptive ...

Rafflesia hasseltii, one of the smelliest flowers in the world that lives hidden in a vine

Rafflesia hasseltii, one of the smelliest flowers in the world that lives hidden in a vine

Recently in the western part of the island of Sumatra, some Indonesian researchers they documented some flowering of a plant hiding in a vine. There Rafflesia hasseltii he spends most of his life like this. Years, sometimes decades, without showing themselves. Walking in the humid undergrowth of the forests of Sumatraeven if you look for it and pass by it, ...

What causes the anomalous Instagram password reset email: the possible causes and what to do

What causes the anomalous Instagram password reset email: the possible causes and what to do

A sudden wave of notifications for restoring login credentials in recent days it has overwhelmed 17.5 million Instagram users. The emails in question were not part of a phishing attempt (sending spoofed emails to steal data). In fact, these were absolutely authentic communications from the Meta servers, showever solicited by unauthorized third party actors. The genesis of this phenomenon is ...

Kilauea returns to put on a show, new eruption in the night: lava fountains up to 6 meters high

Kilauea returns to put on a show, new eruption in the night: lava fountains up to 6 meters high

The eruption of the Kilauea volcano. Credit: USGS There was a new one eruption of the volcano Kilaueaat Hawaiiwhich began on the night of January 11, 2026: as reported by the USGS, the lava overflowed almost continuously from the north mouth of Halemaʻumaʻu, producing domed fountains who have reached the 6 meters in height. This morning only minor splashes of ...

Trump threatens Cuba: why Maduro's fall puts the island with its back to the wall

Trump threatens Cuba: why Maduro’s fall puts the island with its back to the wall

After the US incursion into Venezuela, the fuel and electricity crisis in Cuba further worsened, with the majority of its revenues coming from Venezuelan oil (in exchange for security services for Hugo Chavez and Nicolás Maduro). Last January 4, President Donald Trump said that “Cuba is about to collapse” and that he does not believe there is a need for ...

Because for many, coriander "tastes like soap": it is (also) a genetic question

Because for many, coriander “tastes like soap”: it is (also) a genetic question

Because for many people the corianderknown as Chinese parsley or cilantro, tastes like soap or of bug? When we eat coriander, a lot of aromas are released in the mouth, that is, molecules that evaporate, reach the nose, interact with the olfactory receptors and therefore contribute to the flavour. At the basis of the subjective perception of the flavor of ...

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Poste Italiane down throughout Italy today 12 January, problems with site and app: what’s happening

Down of Poste Italiane throughout Italy. Credit: Poste Italiane. New malfunctions for Italian Post Office Today January 12, 2026: users are experiencing problems with the use of the website and apps during the morning today January 12: as reported by the Downdetector portal, the reports reached their peak around 10.36amwith a total of 743 outages reported. Specifically, the 71% of ...