THE’CNR Institute for Bioeconomy (CNR-IBE) has certified that thesummer 2026 is the hottest in Italy since 1950 until todayousting the historic record of 2003 from the podium. In the collective imagination of Italians, the summer of 2003 has represented for over twenty years the absolute yardstick for defining extreme heat, a summer that has remained engraved in the memory for ...
In the background, the map proposed by Equal Earth. In yellow, the Mercator projection. Looking at a world map hanging on a classroom wall, Greenland seems huge, about the size of all of Africa, but that’s an illusion. In fact, there are fourteen “Greenlands” in Africa. This is not the only case where the map deceives us about the proportions ...
Image generated for illustrative purposes only with AI. Check the weather forecast on the smartphone it is now an almost automatic gesture: just open an app to find out if in the next few hours it will rain, it will be hot or you will need to bring an umbrella with you. Behind apparently so simple indications, however, there is ...
The debate on pensions has reignited around a figure: 64 years old. It is the age at which the League would like to allow those who started paying contributions before 1996 to leave their jobs, widening a channel currently reserved only for “pure contributors”, i.e. those who started paying contributions after 1996. But together with the discussion on early retirement ...
Washing rice before cooking it is an automatic gesture in many kitchens, but what really changes? Rinsing first helps to remove residues such as dust, bran or traces of pesticides. The case ofarsenicwhich rice tends to accumulate in large quantities compared to other cereals: a simple wash eliminates very little. According to the guidelines of Food and Drug Administration American, ...
The ability to speak seems one of the most natural and obvious characteristics ofhuman beingwhich develops from childhood, when we learn to combine sounds into words, until we build complex sentences and thoughts, thanks to a unique combination of vocal anatomy and brain architecture, combined with the need to cooperate and communicate. The origin of human language, according to scientific ...
Have you ever inserted one plug into the socket and notice for a few moments a very small spark? If so, you’ve probably wondered why the socket sometimes sparks when we plug it in and whether there’s anything to worry about about the “health” of your home’s electrical system. In principle, this phenomenon could occur when the metal contacts of ...
Take the name «Anna», or a phrase like «I love laughing at Rome», and read them backwardsstarting from the last letter to return to the first. You will get exactly the same word or phrase, because the letters will appear in exactly the same order, in perfect symmetry. In both cases it is about palindromesthat is, sequences of letters (syllables, ...
AI-generated image for illustrative purposes. The Nepal disaster has once again drawn the world’s attention to the devastating effects of climate change on the environment and populations. Coinciding with the start of one of the most intense El Niño never recorded, one wonders whether this may have played some role in the thermal anomalies observed at over 5,100 meters above ...
AI-generated image for illustrative purposes. If you opened this article it’s because you too probably spent your childhood (and not only) together with Pokémon. For decades the main video games of the saga have been associated with minerals, metals And precious stonesbut the science behind these titles hides dynamics as fascinating as the pocket “monsters” themselves. Indeed, behind the covers ...