Ecology

If the Earth rotates so fast, why don't we feel it spinning? The reason is gravity

If the Earth rotates so fast, why don’t we feel it spinning? The reason is gravity

While you are reading this article you are rotating around the Earth’s axis with speeds comparable to that of sound: to be precise, 1180-1280 km/h to the latitudes of Italy. Yet, despite the very high speed, we don’t feel this movement at all. We feel the rotation very well when we take a bend in the car or when we ...

Why the US can't buy Greenland

Why the US can’t buy Greenland

In 2019 Donald Trump’s idea of ​​“buy Greenland” seemed like a provocation, but the tune changed at the beginning of 2026. Following the White House’s statements last Tuesday 6 January which spoke of “militarily occupying the Arctic island” to guarantee their security in the face of growing threats from China and Russia in the Arctic, Denmark and Greenland – clearly ...

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From archeology to dubbing: here are Dialogues of Science with Marta Filippi

You’re watching Science Dialogues Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop In this new episode of Science Dialogues we hosted Marta Filippi a well-known face from the world of entertainment. Many know her as an actress and voice actress, but few know that Marta also has a degree in archeology. We had a chat to find out what studying ...

Turning off your smartphone's Bluetooth can help us avoid risks: what they are and how to avoid them

Turning off your smartphone’s Bluetooth can help us avoid risks: what they are and how to avoid them

Image generated with AI. The habit of keep Bluetooth always active on your smartphone (and, more generally, a device) certainly makes it convenient to connect to wireless accessories, such as headphones, smartwatches and car infotainment systems. At the same time, however, this practice can be potentially dangerous. The same one NSA (National Security Agency), in a briefing paper published in ...

What would happen if Trump militarily acquired Greenland (even though Denmark is a NATO country)

What would happen if Trump militarily acquired Greenland (even though Denmark is a NATO country)

In the last few hours the US administration has reiterated that “using military force to acquire Greenland is always an option“And if in 2019 Donald Trump’s idea of ​​buying the Arctic island seemed just a provocation, considering what happened in recent months, the perception is now clearly different, because it is now becoming a institutional language. As stated by the ...

Why open book quiz questions aren't fair

Why open book quiz questions aren’t fair

The questions at school they are always scary, even more so if preceded by the suspense of the extractions made with the book page method. This method consists ofopen a random page and add the digits of the page number until you get a class register number. But is it a right method? Actually no, it’s a method “rigged” in ...

Earthquake in the Philippines measuring 6.4, no tsunami warning

Earthquake in the Philippines measuring 6.4, no tsunami warning

6.4 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines. A strong shock of earthquake Of magnitude 6.4 hit southern Philippe at 11:02 today, 7 January 2026 (04:02 in Italy). According to what was recorded by the USGS, the epicenter was located at sea, about 16 km from the town of Baculin – on the island of Mindanao –, while the hypocenter was detected ...