History of torture: what are the most brutal instruments used over the centuries

Torture is a practice of causing physical or psychological pain to a person. The purposes for which it is implemented ...
How does a smartphone know if it’s in your pocket? Here’s the explanation

Putting your smartphone in and out of your pocket is a gesture that we perform dozens, if not hundreds, of ...
Plane crash in Colombia, flight crashes on the border with Venezuela, 15 people dead: what we know

There was a plane crash in northern Colombia: a Beechcraft 1900 plane (a twin-engine turboprop) of the Colombian state company ...
What does “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” mean and who invented the Mary Poppins song

“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (in English Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious) is an invented word of 33 letters, famous for being the protagonist of the most iconic ...
What we write to ChatGPT is not private: how to know what data it has collected to protect privacy

The data we enter on ChatGPT may not be completely secret. In messaging apps, like WhatsApp, we are used to ...
What “solipopist” means and why Trump was defined as such: the differences with narcissism

Solipsism began as a purely philosophical concept. It comes from Latin solus ipse“only himself,” indicates the idea that the only ...
What were the “dollars of the Middle Ages” and why did they also circulate in Italy

“Middle Age dollars” refers to a particular type of gold coins that during the medieval periodfrom the fall of the ...
How many submarines does Italy have: from the “Delfino” submarine to today’s Navy fleet

The Italian Navy currently has 8 submarines in service: the national fleet is made up of 4 units of the ...











