Suviana disaster, the possible technical explanation of the accident at the Bargi power plant
After about a month and a half after the Bargi hydroelectric power plant disaster on 9 April 2024, in which ...
SOS does not stand for “Save Our Souls”: meaning and history of the universal distress signal
Who has never used – even just playfully – the term “SOS” to ask help? The universal distress signal, emitted ...
What year are we in: 2024, 1445 or 5784? It depends on where we are born
For us it is obvious to count the years starting from traditional date of Jesus' birthi.e. from the year 1 ...
Why is the Milky Way called that? And what does milk have to do with it?
Our planet, together with the Sun and the entire Solar System, is located inside a spiral galaxy called the Milky ...
Yasuke, the samurai of African origin protagonist of the new episode of Assassin's Creed
Credits: Anthony Azekwoh, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The black samurai protagonist of Assassin's Creed was called Yasukewas most ...
Contents of Beth Shemesh cuneiform tablet discovered: it is not a sacred text
Cuiform tablet from Ugarit exhibited in the Louvre. Credits: Mbzt, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. There tablet in cuneiform ...
The Egyptian pyramids may also have been built thanks to an ancient branch of the Nile that disappeared
Credit: Ian Sewell. A group of 31 Egyptian pyramidsincluding that of Giza, they may have been built thanks to a ...
Political parties: history, structure, functions, financing
Political parties are i “mediators” between citizens and institutions. When we elect a person to a public office, we almost ...
The Holodomor, the terrible famine that struck Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s
The Holodomor (which literally means death by starvation) was one of the most serious famines of the 20th century. Starting ...
Brief history of the Chinese empire: origins and development of the world's second superpower
Chinese civilization has very ancient origins (the first settlements witnessed in the Yellow River date back to 3000 BC), but ...
