Ecology

There is a wind tunnel in Milan that simulates gusts of up to 200 km/h to study winter sports

There is a wind tunnel in Milan that simulates gusts of up to 200 km/h to study winter sports

generated with AI When we watch a ski or skating competition, we see the end result of years of scientific research And physical training. There is a place where the hundredths of a second that make the difference between gold and fourth place are shaved off: there gwind allergy. During the event Winter Sports Tech organized by the Polytechnic of ...

Why we shouldn't share the photo of our boarding pass or passport on social media

Why we shouldn’t share the photo of our boarding pass or passport on social media

If we publish on social media photo of ours boarding passes or our plane tickets, a stranger might cancel our flight. This is what happened in 2025 to a woman who had booked a flight to Singapore and shown the ticket on TikTok: an unknown person used the woman’s surname and the alphanumeric code on the ticket to cancel her ...

The history of the blood pressure monitor: when Hales first took it on a horse

The history of the blood pressure monitor: when Hales first took it on a horse

There blood pressure hasn’t always been an easy issue to read. For a long time it was, first of all, a force to be made visible. In the first experiments it was observed directly, connecting an artery to a glass column and looking how far the blood reached. This first invasive and cumbersome system was initially made more practical, measurable ...

The Academic City, one of the largest university centers that is being created in Yerevan with over 580 hectares

The Academic City, one of the largest university centers that is being created in Yerevan with over 580 hectares

Render of Academic City. Credit: Academic City of Armenia Among the most relevant projects promoted by the government of Armenia is: Academic Citya multidisciplinary hub that will be built in the north-western area of ​​the capital, Yerevan. Conceived as an integrated campus on an urban scale, the new district will bring together 26 Armenian universities, research centers, spaces for scientific ...

The carnival trumpet is called “Menelik's Tongue”: the story behind the curious name

The carnival trumpet is called “Menelik’s Tongue”: the story behind the curious name

Who has never blown one Menelik language? Also known as “Menelicche’s tongue” or “mother-in-law’s tongue”, we are talking about the sound tongue (or trumpet-whistle) that can be seen almost everywhere during the carnival, the one in which by blowing inside a long colored paper tube it unrolls and suddenly lengthens making an annoying noise and then curls up again. The ...

The tallest statue in Italy is the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo in Arona, 35 m high

The tallest statue in Italy is the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo in Arona, 35 m high

The Colossus of San Carlo di Arona, which inspired the Statue of Liberty in New York The Sancarloneor more correctly the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeoit is the tallest statue in Italy: overall measurement 35.1 metersof which 11.40pm of statue covered in copper and 11.70 of pedestal. It is located at Arona, in Piedmont, on Lake Maggiore, and is one ...

What is the ethical tax, who pays it and how much does it really weigh on digital workers

What is the ethical tax, who pays it and how much does it really weigh on digital workers

Image generated with AI There ethical tax is an additional tax introduced in Italy with the financial law (Law 266/2005) of 2006 and applied to income deriving from activities that the legislator has defined as “sensitive”, starting from production and dissemination of pornographic content. The rate is 25% and is added to ordinary income taxes. Those who pay it are ...

Jupiter is smaller and flatter than previously thought: the discovery of NASA's Juno probe

Jupiter is smaller and flatter than previously thought: the discovery of NASA’s Juno probe

Image of Jupiter obtained by the Juno probe on February 12, 2019. The iconic red spot is visible at the top right. Credits: Enhanced image by Kevin M. Gill (CC–BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL–Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. The gas giant Jupiter would be smaller and more flattened at the poles than previously estimated. A study published in Nature Astronomy in ...

Steven Bradbury, the true story of the most incredible gold victory of the Winter Olympics

Steven Bradbury, the true story of the most incredible gold victory of the Winter Olympics

Winning a gold medal at the Olympics requires talent, sacrifice and, sometimes, a significant dose of luck. The story of the former Australian skater Steven Bradbury he is living proof of this. The athlete won an incredible gold in short tracks – the discipline of ice skating – at the Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City 2002starting as a super ...