Because ceiling fires, like the one in Crans-Montana, can be even more dangerous
An underestimated element in the scale of the tragedy in Crans-Montana, the Swiss town where a restaurant caught fire on ...
SPID with Poste Italiane becomes paid: how much it costs and when it will be paid
The SPID with PosteID becomes paid. Credit: Poste Italiane The SPID with Poste Italiane officially becomes paid: this is what ...
How much did the New Year’s Eve bombs pollute? The air quality in Milan, Rome and Naples
The “New Year’s Eve bangs”, in addition to causing victims and injuries and scaring domestic animals, pollute the environment: despite ...
Is it possible to split a sandwich in half with just one cut? The ham sandwich theorem explains how
The ham sandwich theorem, demonstrated by mathematicians AH Stone and J. Tukey in 1942, tells us that if we want ...
Is white chocolate really chocolate? The differences with fondant
There is a debate, especially among enthusiasts, according to which white chocolate is not “real chocolate”. The reason would lie ...
The worst downsides of the year: the top 10 of the most serious IT outages in 2025
Credit: Ookla/Downdetector. The photograph of the major IT downturns of 2025 returns a clear fact: our digital daily life is ...
Who decided that the year begins on January 1st?
It is not at all obvious that New Year’s Eve, the first day of the year, falls on January 1st: ...
From airbags to anti-rotation helmets: how technology has revolutionized safety in alpine skiing
If you think of an alpine skiing race, the speed and noise of the edges on the snow immediately come ...
Why do sumo wrestlers weigh so much?
Sumo (相撲) – a Japanese term that literally means “pulling each other” – is a form of hand-to-hand combat: the ...
The story of Sofonisba Anguissola: who was the forgotten Italian lady painter
Sofonisba Anguissola was a Renaissance “painter lady”, one of the few artists of the time to have achieved international fame ...
