December 21: 7 things you don’t know about the day that begins winter
The period between 21 and 22 December in our hemisphere coincides with the winter solstice, the day on which the
Medieval volcanic eruptions may have unleashed the deadliest plague in human history, killing tens of millions of people
There black plaguewhich devastated Europe in the late 1340s, was not only an unprecedented health tragedy, but also an event
Pompeii continues to amaze: Pappus, the mask from ancient comedy, re-emerges in the Villa di Poppea
There is a place, a Oplontiswhich after centuries continues to tell stories with surprising clarity. It’s there Villa of Poppeaand
Little Foot hominid fossil could be a new species of human ancestor (and rewrite human evolution)
There is a fossil, kept for years in the heart of South Africa, which today is once again making headlines
Einstein was right! Astronomers have captured space-time vortex around a black hole
For more than a hundred years it remained only a theoretical certainty, good for physics books and university blackboards. Now,
Winter is coming! Here’s when the 2025 solstice will be (and why it doesn’t always fall on the same day)
Winter is coming! This year the winter solstice falls Sunday 21 December at 4.03pm (Italian time). It is not just
Is there a fifth force in the universe? The all-Italian study that could revolutionize physics
There is a corner of the universe where matter is so compressed that it defies all human intuition. It is
Stelvio Park, a valley of dinosaurs! Thousands of footprints discovered that tell of a past of 210 million years
In the heart of Stelvio Parkamong the peaks that today dominate the Lombard Alps, an extraordinary testimony of the Earth’s
Apple surpasses Samsung for the first time in 14 years to become the best-selling smartphone in the world
The smartphone market is experiencing a historical change, which for a moment took us back in time, to 2007, when
Robot wolves with bright red eyes, this is how Japan keeps bears away (and makes coexistence with humans easier)
Something is happening in Japan that, until a few years ago, would have seemed little more than a technological curiosity.