Italy gold in short track at the 2026 Olympics: what is “Formula 1 on ice” and how it works
Gold medal for Italy in the mixed relay short tracks: Arianna Fontana, Pietro Sighel, Thomas Nadalini and Elisa Confortola took ...
40 years ago the Palermo Maxi Trial: when the Italian judiciary dealt a severe blow to the mafia
The Palermo maxi-trial was the largest criminal trial against the mafia, and was celebrated (in the three levels of judgement) ...
There is a flag that changes several times in a year: it is that of the independent Republic of Uzipis
Among all the flags in the world, there is one that is particularly interesting because it changes four times a ...
How the new OPCOPRO financial scam that extorts money works and what the film The Truman Show has to do with it
Researchers from the cybersecurity company Check Point have uncovered a new online financial fraud called OPCOPRO, also dubbed “The Truman ...
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, ...
