An underestimated element in the scope of Crans-Montana tragedythe Swiss town where a restaurant caught fire on New Year’s Eve, killing 47 people and injuring 115, is the fact that the flames spread not on the ground, but on the ceiling. At first glance, it might seem that if the ceiling catches fire, people would be safer and have more ...
There Crans-Montana tragedyin Switzerland, is particularly affecting public opinion in light of an apparently very simple question: how can a small localized fire become so large and so quickly as to cause dozens of victims in just a few minutes? In a film that is making the rounds a lot at the moment, and which we attach to this article, ...
The lava flow in the Valle del Bove fueled by the effusive activity of Etna. Credit: Boris Behncke, via Etna gave birth to one new effusive activity inside the Valle del Bovewhich began around 4.30pm on 1 January 2026 at the north-western face (near the Monte Simone, at 2,100 meters altitude), which fed a lava flow that descended to 1,500 ...
I “New Year’s Eve bangs”, in addition to causing victims and injuries and scaring domestic animals, they pollute the environment: despite being a difficult tradition to eradicate, in fact, i firecrackers hey fireworks have a notable impact – even if only for a few hours – on air quality that we breathe and, in particular, on the concentration of fine ...
The possible starting point of the Crans–Montana fire. Credit: Tony Truant, via On New Year’s Eve 2026, around 1:30 in the morning, a violent explosion occurred in the bar The Constellations in the ski resort of Crans Montanain Switzerland, which caused at least 47 dead and 115 injured. The investigations are still ongoing and the dynamics of the tragedy are ...
Comparison of angular size between a “supermoon” and a typical full Moon. Credits: Marcoaliaslama, CC BY SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. There “super wolf moon” it is the event that will kick off a rich 2026 of astronomical shows. This “supermoon”, a term that indicates the concomitance of a full moon and lunar perigee, will in fact occur on January 3precisely ...
The ham sandwich theorem, demonstrated by the mathematicians AH Stone and J. Tukey in 1942, tells us that if we want to share a sandwich with another person it will always be possible to do so with a single cut of the knife which divides, in one fell swoop, exactly halfway through each part of the sandwich. We explain the ...
It is not an aging Italy that is growing across the border, but a young Italy that is leaving. With an average age under 33, expatriates (156 thousand, +36.5% on 2023) push the number of Italian residents abroad to 6 million and 342 thousand residents, an all-time high. The effect of also contributes to inflating the figures sanctions for failure ...
If you think of an alpine skiing race, the speed and noise of the edges on the snow immediately come to mind. Behind what you see on the track, however, lies an often overlooked element: protective device technology. In recent years, skiers’ equipment has transformed into an increasingly sophisticated system: airbags capable of inflating in a few milliseconds, helmets designed ...
Credit: Ookla/Downdetector. There photograph of the major IT downturns of 2025 returns a clear fact: our digital daily life is based on infrastructures that are most often efficient, but also on delicate balances. When these balances are broken, the effects become immediately visible on a global scale. Over the course of the year, we have seen disruptions that have not ...