Record number of medals for Italy at Milan-Cortina 2026, closes at 30: analysis of the Winter Games
Italy had never won so much at the Winter Olympic Games. In Milan-Cortina the historical record of 20 medals won ...
Calà del Sasso with its 4444 steps is the longest staircase in Italy: it connects Valstagna to Asiago
In the heart of Veneto, between the Asiago plateau and the Brenta valley, lies the Calà del Sasso: the longest ...
What is impostor syndrome and why does it affect us
Impostor syndrome is the often irrational belief that one does not deserve one’s results: successes are attributed to luck or ...
How the Olympic and Paralympic Village of Cortina, the “temporary city” of the 2026 Games, works
With the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics, the first major phase of the Games ends. But the lights ...
The oldest geometric shapes drawn by Homo sapiens 60,000 years ago on ostrich eggs discovered
The oldest geometric decorations created by have been identified Homo sapiens known to date, dating back to between 64,000 and ...
What is an oxymoron, meaning and examples of the rhetorical figure of contradiction
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two words or ideas with opposite meanings. Some examples? Deafening silence, ...
The legendary history of Jamaican bobsleigh: from Caribbean beaches to the Winter Olympics
Let’s close our eyes and think of Jamaica: crystal clear beaches, sun, the notes of Bob Marley in the background… ...
In the most important museum in Amsterdam there is a secret trap door that protects Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
Night patrol (1642) is one of the masterpieces of the Flemish painter Rembrandt, as well as the main work exhibited ...
Arianna Fontana is the queen of the Olympics: the records of a legendary career on ice
From the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics, one way. The career of skater Arianna Fontana is ...
Hannibal really used elephants in war: first evidence found in Spain 2200 years ago
During some archaeological excavations in Cordoba, in southern Spain, archaeologists found a very particular context, almost certainly linked to a ...
