Is there really a girl with a smartphone in a 19th century painting? Obviously not, even if it seems like it

smartphone telefono quadro ottocento
But is there really a 19th century painting that portrays a young woman holding a modern smartphone in her hands ...

The flood in Valencia wasn’t caused by cloud seeding or HAARP – here’s why

bufale alluvione valencia
They have begun to spread on social media and on the web hoaxes and fake news on the presumed origin ...

Flood in Valencia, Spain, DANA arrives in Barcelona: the areas at risk and data on the disaster

alluvione valencia
He rose to 217 the death toll caused by the disastrous flood that hit Valencia on the night of 29 ...

The Genoa flood of 2011, the disaster that 13 years ago caused 6 victims in Liguria

alluvione genova 2011
In the early hours of November 4, 2011the city of Genoa she was hit by one violent flood in which, ...

What are the Lateran Pacts, the agreements between State and Church of 1929 renewed (partially) in 1984

Patti Lateranensi
THE Lateran Pacts are the agreements stipulated between the Holy See and it Italian state theFebruary 11, 1929 to put ...

What does it mean that ours is an individualistic society? And what effects does it produce?

societa individualista cosa vuol dire e perche
THE’individualism it’s a social phenomenon which consists of a loosening of social bonds in favor of individual expression. It is ...

How does the relationship with death change in various cultures? From funeral mourning to “death positivity”

rapporto con la morte diverse culture del mondo
There death in itself it is not just a biological fact, but a real one phenomenon full of cultural, religious ...

US elections, why are the elephant and donkey the symbols of the Republican and Democratic parties?

asino elefante simboli partito repubblicano democratico america
The reasons why in the United States the Democratic Party and the Democrats are represented bydonkey (and the color blue) ...

Who was Vlad III, the true story of the prince of Wallachia who inspired the legend of Dracula

storia di vlad III vero conte dracula
Vlad III of Wallachia Hagyakborn in Sighisoara in 1431 and died in Bucharest between 1476 and 1477, was a Romanian ...

Why was the figure of ghosts born? Origins and meaning in popular culture

Origini e significato dei fantasmi nella cultura popolare
THE ghosts (often also called ghosts) are fictional supernatural entities present in many cultures and traditions of the world, which ...