We are in autumn and many of us venture into the woods in search of mushrooms: in reality, what we commonly call “mushrooms“I’m actually the fruit – said carpophore – of a much larger organism, formed by a network of thin filaments called hyphaewhich develop in the soil. The carpophore represents the reproductive part of the fungus, with the task ...
Born between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, theRussian salad (born as Olivier salad because of its inventor Lucien Olivier) is a mix of potatoes, carrots, peas and mayonnaise, often with eggs, tuna or pickles, all cut into perfect cubes like an edible mosaic. In reality, the name is partially misleading: this salad you don’t say “Russian” to indicate its originbut ...
Photo of comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) near the star Xi Serpentis. Credits: Chuck Ayoub, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Comets C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will reach the point of closest approach to Earth respectively on October 20th and 21st. Comets will be visible for approximately 4-5 hours after sunset in a west/southwest direction, in the case of SWANand ...
Cat king, Germany, circa 1450. Scheibler’sches Wappenbuch – BSB Cod.icon. 312c Strange faces with human features, elongated or crushed bodies: why in medieval manuscripts i cats don’t look like real cats? The particular shapes given to these animals have nothing to do with the personal skill of the authors involved in their creation, but it is a precise choice given ...
AI generated image After ten years of activity, and a year of closure, it reopened in the summer of 2025 smallest museum in Italy, “The time box” (also from the name of the association that manages it, chaired by Mario Sotgiu). We are in Sardinia, ad Arzachenain the Gallura province of North-East Sardinia: here, in a space of around twenty ...
The Austin Formula 1 circuit. Credit: Circuit of the Americas, Austin, via Wikimedia Commons The Austin circuitbetter known as COTA (Circuit of the Americas)is a permanent circuit located near the city of Austin, Texas. Present in the Formula 1 calendar since 2012, it has so far hosted 12 editions of the World Championship and since 2013 it has also hosted ...
In Italy the young people they leave their parents’ house on average around 30 yearswell above the European average of 26.2 years: a trend influenced not only by cultural issues but also by economic instability and difficulty in finding affordable housing. Eurostat data tells us that in 2024 Europeans left their parents’ home on average at the age of 26.2 ...
When in 2008 the robot vacuum cleaner Roomba exceeded two and a half million units sold, it seemed like the beginning of a new era: one in which robots would populate our homes, taking care of daily chores. On the other hand, the first robot vacuum cleaner (for the record it was called Trilobite and was produced by Electrolux), made ...
Being “caught in the dark” or “caught in the dark” is perhaps a slightly curious expression, this very ancient way of saying is still used today to indicate who gets caught in the actmade a mistake or told a lie and was exposed. In other words, the root of the expression lies in a pun which made the chestnut an ...
You don’t have to be a Crime series fan to know it: the luminola chemical compound used by the Scientific Police, stands out and is remembered for its spectacularity, much loved by TV criminologists. Just turn off the lights, spray a mysterious solution on a spotless floor and luminescent spots appear to reveal the crime. The luminescence we see is ...