Ecology

There is already an important US military base in Greenland: what is the Pituffik Space Base and where is it located

There is already an important US military base in Greenland: what is the Pituffik Space Base and where is it located

Pituffik Space Base, the US military base in Greenland. Credit: Kalshi, via There Greenland returned to the center of public attention after the President of the United States Donald Trump he reiterated his intention to annex this territory – now under the control of Denmark – to the USA, considered “indispensable for American national security”. But while on the one ...

Can using ChatGPT fuel psychosis? What the studies say and OpenAI's response

Can using ChatGPT fuel psychosis? What the studies say and OpenAI’s response

OpenAIthe company that develops ChatGPTis hiring a “Head of Preparedness” (“Preparation Manager”), a figure in charge of anticipate and reduce risks related to the impact of OpenAI’s artificial intelligence on mental health of users. As a growing number of studies and empirical evidence show, in fact, prolonged and “immersive” interactions with ChatGPT can contribute to the onset of psychotic episodes. ...

How fountain candles work, why they make sparks and the regulations in force

How fountain candles work, why they make sparks and the regulations in force

The tragedy that recently occurred in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, during a public event, put the pyrotechnic fountainsalso called pyrotechnic candles or luminous fountains. They are columns of sparks, which last a few seconds, they make no noise, they don’t explode and they don’t scare. This is why we consider them harmless, little more than bright decorations used on birthday cakes or ...

How to activate the free digital identity with the CIE as an alternative to the SPID

How to activate the free digital identity with the CIE as an alternative to the SPID

Image generated with AI. It is increasingly complicated to be able to have the SPID for free (as demonstrated by the recent PosteID affair). And, as expected, more and more Italians are interested in have a free digital identity with the CIE as an alternative to the SPID. The CIE, in fact, being equipped with a radio frequency microprocessor which ...

Not just Maduro and Venezuela: major US interventions in Latin America in history

Not just Maduro and Venezuela: major US interventions in Latin America in history

The intervention in Venezuela last January 3 to oust Nicolás Maduro, strongly supported by President Trump, is the last act of a long series of interferences of the United States in the affairs of Latin American countriesthat is, South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, countries that speak Spanish, Portuguese and French, distinguishing themselves from Anglo-Saxon America (USA and ...

The Hubble telescope confirms that Betelgeuse has a companion star: it would explain the mystery of its brightness

The Hubble telescope confirms that Betelgeuse has a companion star: it would explain the mystery of its brightness

Artist’s impression of Siwarha’s wake in Betelgeuse’s outer atmosphere. Credit: NASA, ESA, Elizabeth Wheatley (STScI) Betelgeusethe red supergiant in the constellation of Orionhas a companion, which astronomers have renamed Siwarha (“her bracelet” in Arabic): a star that had already been discovered, but now there is confirmation from a team of astronomers led by Andrea Dupree of the Smithsonian Center for ...

Exceptional discovery in Morocco: human remains could rewrite the origin of Homo Sapiens

Exceptional discovery in Morocco: human remains could rewrite the origin of Homo Sapiens

Ancient jawbone found in Thomas Quarry, approximately 773,000 years ago. Photo Credits: Hamza Mehimdate A study published in Nature reported that a group of researchers discovered gods new hominid fossils dating back 773 thousand years in a cave near Casablanca (Morocco), remains that could belong to closest ancestor (among those known to date) of modern human beings – Sapiens, Neanderthals ...

Why do split ends form? What it is and how to prevent trichoptylosis

Why do split ends form? What it is and how to prevent trichoptylosis

An image of a hair with split ends seen under a microscope The double ends they are one of the most common problems in hair care that can alter their aesthetics. From a medical point of view the technical term is trichoptylosis and indicate damage to the hair structure. In this article we will see why split ends form, what ...