Ecology

How the anti-missile shield that protects the United Arab Emirates from attacks works: doubts about supplies

How the anti-missile shield that protects the United Arab Emirates from attacks works: doubts about supplies

A reproduction of the THAAD anti-missile system. After theIran responded to the joint US-Israeli attack by hitting US military bases and diplomatic facilities elsewhere Gulf countriesThe United Arab Emirates they intercepted successfully 174 ballistic missiles launched by Iran – of which 161 were destroyed, with the defense systems shooting down 645 Iranian drones (out of a total of 689 launched) ...

The map of countries that import oil and gas from Iran via the Strait of Hormuz

The map of countries that import oil and gas from Iran via the Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz connect the Persian Gulf al Gulf of Oman and the Indian Oceanwith to the south Oman and to the north Iran. From this sea passage, long 167 km and narrow around 33kmevery day it passes approximately 20% of the world’s oil and of liquefied gas (LNG), with raw material exports coming mainly from Iran, Iraq, Qatar, ...

Campi Flegrei, tremors double with 70 earthquakes up to magnitude 3.5: the INGV bulletin

Campi Flegrei, tremors double with 70 earthquakes up to magnitude 3.5: the INGV bulletin

Bulletin at the Campi Flegrei in the week from 23 February to 1 March 2026. To the Flegre fieldsthe seismicity is increasing again: in detail, the bulletin of the Vesuvian Observatory highlighted an increase in seismic activity between 23 February and 1 March, during which 70 shocks, more than double compared to 34 tremors the previous week. The maximum magnitude ...

The remains of a small dinosaur weighing less than 1 kg discovered in Patagonia: why it is an important find

The remains of a small dinosaur weighing less than 1 kg discovered in Patagonia: why it is an important find

A graphic reconstruction of the Alnashetri cerropoliciensis. Credit: Gabriel Díaz Yantén, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. A small dinosaur no bigger than a chickenwhich brings to light new details on the evolution of theropod dinosaurs, carnivores with an upright posture from which today’s birds descend. This is what emerged from a new study published in Nature from Peter Makovicky from ...

Anthropic's AI hypothesis behind the Iran raids, how US Central Command may have used Claude for the attack

Anthropic’s AI hypothesis behind the Iran raids, how US Central Command may have used Claude for the attack

Image generated with AI. The US Central Command he may have resorted to tools artificial intelligence to support the planning and execution of the recent war in Iran that began with the Israel-US attacks of February 28th. According to the reconstructions of Wall Street Journal And Axiosthe US military would use Claude, the language model of Anthropicduring the military operation ...

Because cold doesn't exist according to science

Because cold doesn’t exist according to science

Cold doesn’t exist. But how is this possible if, especially in winter, we hear it clearly? The truth is that the cold is not a physical entity, it is not something that moves and comes upon us. In short, cold is not an active and direct phenomenon, but a bodily sensation which, from a purely physical point of view, is ...