Ecology

Electrical columns in Italy: what the situation is like

Electrical columns in Italy: what the situation is like

According to Motus-E quarterly tracking, as of September 30, 2025, the active stalls for public charging on Italian soil they were 70,272; the increase in capillarity of the Italian charging network, spread more and more evenly from North to South (including the Islands), has a double interpretation: on the one hand it means that today it is possible to travel ...

RAM crisis: here's how smartphones and prices could change in 2026

RAM crisis: here’s how smartphones and prices could change in 2026

In the 2026The RAM memory market for mobile devices could undergo a significant evolution, with obvious repercussions on both the costs and the technical specifications of smartphones. In response to rising memory prices, which is already impacting several industries, manufacturers may be forced to reduce the amount of RAM present in the devices, leading to a scenario where high-end models ...

Thousands of dinosaur footprints up to 10 meters long discovered in the Stelvio park

Thousands of dinosaur footprints up to 10 meters long discovered in the Stelvio park

Dinosaur footprints found in the Stelvio Park (Elio Della Ferrera, ANSA. Archaeological Superintendence of Como, Lecco, Sondrio and Varese) In the Stelvio National Parka well-known mountain natural park that extends between Lombardy and Trentino-Alto Adige, thousands of dinosaur footprints have been discovered imprinted in the rock. The footprints found are found on almost vertical dolomite walls today, and this is ...

Eyes painted on cows' bottoms to protect them from predators: do they save livestock?

Eyes painted on cows’ bottoms to protect them from predators: do they save livestock?

Credit: Ben Yexley/USNW From southern Africa comes a rather promising technique: paint googly eyes on cows’ butts to be able to deceive predators. The study, published in Nature and conducted by the University of New South Wales in collaboration with the Taronga Conservation Society Australia and the Botswana Predator Conservation, reports how this sort of “tattoo” temporary was able to ...

December 16, 2025, how many °C was there today in previous years? Let's compare temperatures

December 16, 2025, how many °C was there today in previous years? Let’s compare temperatures

Many times we find ourselves wondering “But was it that cold last year?” or “But was it this hot in other years?”. These are questions that can be answered by searching through the meteorological archives, and that’s what we did: we bring you the temperatures of December 16th scheduled for Milan, Rome, Naples And Palermocompared with those of the same ...

How is decaffeinated coffee obtained? With supercritical CO₂

How is decaffeinated coffee obtained? With supercritical CO₂

Have you ever wondered how they remove the caffeine from coffee beans, leaving the aroma and flavor intact? In this video, we show you the most used technique today: the use of Supercritical CO₂ a particular state of carbon dioxide, halfway between liquid and gas. But let’s take a step back: what is caffeine? It’s a natural alkaloida molecule that ...

There is an invisible line that divides Asia from Oceania that animals (almost) never cross

There is an invisible line that divides Asia from Oceania that animals (almost) never cross

Map Credit: Altaileopardo, CC BY–SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Indonesian archipelago is crossed by an invisible border, a line that is not found on any map, but which is practically impassable for nature. Is called Wallace Line and separates the Asian and Australian regions from an ecological and faunal point of view. The line owes its name to Alfred ...

The absurd project of the Tsar's tank: why was it never used in war?

The absurd project of the Tsar’s tank: why was it never used in war?

Image generated with AI. A gigantic Russian battle vehicle heavy 40 tons and with two high wheels 9 meters: this is the Tsar tankalso known as Lebedenko or Nepotir. This is a military vehicle of which only one example was built between 1914 and 1915: given the poor results in the testing phase, it was never actually used on the ...