The most incorrect plurals by Italians? Cherries, suitcases, rain and oranges probably, but even compound nouns give us a lot of doubts. If as children in primary school it immediately seemed simple to us to transform words from singular to plural, we soon realized that this is not really the case. Without going to see the invariable names, there are ...
Hans the Intelligent Answering a Mathematical Question, 1909. Hans the clever is a horse that lived in Berlin between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, which was so called because for a long time it was believed that it was capable of performing arithmetic operations and other tasks, and responded by stamping his hooves ...
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 14th scheduled for Milan, Rome, Naples And Palermocompared with those of the same ...
The professional footballer embodies a unique athletic combination. Must possess the resistence of a middle distance runner, capable of covering great distances, but also showing off the explosive power of a sprinter, capable of lightning-fast sprints to overtake the opponent or recover a crucial ball. On average, in a top flight match, an outfield player covers a distance of between ...
A recent analysis done by cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky brought to light an insidious cyber attack targeting macOS users where search engines, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity intertwine, creating fertile ground for a new dangerous online fraud. Attackers exploit the function of ChatGPT chat sharing to create an installation guide for ChatGPT Atlas (OpenAI’s browser). The result is a trap capable ...
Chapeau it is a French word that literally means “hat”, but in the transition to Italian it changed meaning: we use it as an exclamation to show admiration, esteem or sincere appreciation. It is the formal equivalent of the colloquial expression “hats off”, a way to openly recognize someone’s value. In practice it is like reproducing, with a single word, ...
The thirteenth (also called “Christmas bonus“) is an additional monthly salary that is paid to all employees (public and private) and pensioners in the month of December. In practice, it is a “additional” salarywhich is added to 12 paychecks that are received during the year: hence its name, given that it is equivalent to a 13th month’s salary. The thirteenth, ...
Distribution map of probability of damage greater than 40% generated following the 1976 earthquake simulation. (Copyright DICAM – Ugolini, Nardin, Broccardo) A research team from the University of Trento has developed digital maps of seismic risk in the Riva del Garda area, in the province of Trento. Here, the December 13, 1976at 6:24 an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 (which was ...
University Minister Anna Maria Bernini. Credit: Reuters During the political demonstration in Atreju, the University Minister Anna Maria Bernini was contested by a group of medical students against the recent reform of “filter semester”. Young people have questioned the new system of access to the faculties of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science which binds enrollment to passing three specific exams ...
There is a particularly interesting phenomenon that shows how the human brain tends to systematically associate sounds and shapes: the Bouba-Kiki effect. This experiment, studied within the psychology of languageinvestigates the link between the acoustic characteristics of sounds and the visual properties of shapes. The Bouba-Kiki experiment is very simple: it consists of taking two abstract figures, one come on ...