According to the latest Istat update, there are in Italy 3 new cities: Vigevano, Tivoli and Guidonia Montecelio. The latter has also become one of the 9 new territorial areas classified as Extended Cities, together with Milan and Naples. These variations do not concern their administrative status, but the European statistical classification which defines what a city really is from ...
Anyone who has turned on a modern TV after years of using an older generation TV has probably noticed it right away: the movements of the images reproduced on the screen seem fluid, even too fluid. This phenomenon is called “soap opera effect” and it is linked to a technology present in practically all contemporary televisions: the motion interpolationthat is, ...
There lie is considered one of the more typically human behaviors. From childhood we learn not only to distinguish truth from falsehood, but also when it is socially convenient to tell the truth, omit it or modify it. Yet, what we define “lie” it is not unique in all cultures. Some societies value direct honesty and transparency, while others place ...
Image generated with AI. News recently spread of the alleged discovery of one tofu battery which is attributed an autonomy of approximately 300 years. However, it remains legitimate to ask whether this is a real technological innovation or one fake news. In fact, the news finds a concrete feedback – even if you call her tofu battery It’s pretty misleading. ...
The space before the 0 on the ruler is not due to a manufacturing error. Have you ever noticed that, on most of the rulersit zero it is not exactly at the end but is often preceded by a small one empty space? It’s such a common detail that we don’t even pay attention to it: yet, after a Spanish ...
By often washing glasses in the dishwasher, they can undergo a process of “opacification”, i.e. the loss of transparency following the formation of white marks. It is no coincidence that in English this phenomenon is called cloudinessfrom cloud (“cloud”): the glass loses its clarity and takes on an appearance milkyjust as if a cloud had been trapped inside the glass. ...
AI generated image. “If I would have studied more, I would have gotten a better grade”: a sentence like this is enough to automatically start the correction. This is the most common error in the use of the subjunctive. In the standard Italian language, the conditional after “if” is almost always considered a mistake, especially when talking about hypothetical period. ...
The fireflies they are among the most recognizable insects in the world, but their evolutionary history has remained obscure due to the scarcity of fossils. Now, finally, researchers have been able to shed light on the evolutionary history of these fascinating beetles. A new Chinese study published on Proceedings of the Royal Society B, with Shuailong Yuan as the leader, ...
When we think about the sea levelwe tend to imagine it as a perfectly uniform surface all over the Earth. In reality this surface is irregular, with depressions and bulges that depend on many factors: gravity, winds, chemical-physical characteristics of the water. One of the best known cases, documented by decades of observations, and best documented is the difference in ...
Generated with AI What does a runner found frozen to death after a race have in common? snowstormanother capable of pedaling for 430 kilometers on dirt roads and a young climber who takes off Indurain on the Mortirolo in the rain? All three are protagonists of some of the most extreme stages in the history of the Giro d’Italia — ...