Tommaso Buscetta: the “boss of two worlds” who revealed the secrets of Cosa Nostra to magistrates
Tommaso Buscetta, born in Palermo in 1928 and died in Miami in 2000, was a mafia boss and collaborator of ...
How the defibrillator works and when an electric shock can save your life
How does a defibrillator work? What effects does its electric discharge have on the heart? And above all: why in ...
In Micronesia there is an island without colors: how genetics took them away from the island of Pingelap
Pingelap Atoll is a small atoll in Micronesia, just under 2 km in size2with a unique characteristic in the world: ...
71 years ago the first metro in Italy connected Termini to EUR: the history of Rome’s Metro B
Today marks the 71st anniversary of the opening of the first metro in Italy: Metro B in Rome. Originally designed ...
Do you say pregnant or pregnant women? Here’s what Italian grammar says
A recurring grammatical error in the Italian language is that of saying or writing “pregnant women” (or even “pregnant women”) ...
What happens in the few moments between when you click a link and the web page appears
The exact moment we press “Enter” after typing a website in the browser’s address bar or click on a hyperlink, ...
How many dogs and cats are there in Italian families?
22% of Italian families have at least one dog, a figure which has been growing in recent years, while 17% ...
What’s inside a ski: how the “sandwich” architecture is made
Generated with AI Have you ever wondered what really lies beneath the surface of your skis? It is not a ...
The science behind ice hockey: the rules of the most fast-paced sport of the 2026 Olympics
Ice hockey is one of the most intense and fascinating sports we will see at the Winter Olympic Games. Speed, ...
Elderly and digital, a challenge in the use of the Internet: only 31.4% of over 75s use it
Civic participation does not automatically grow with digital. This is shown by ISTAT data on the 2024 permanent population census: ...
