Factored time at the Paralympics: the mechanism that allows competitions between athletes with different disabilities
Looking at some of the races of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics we may come across what seems like ...
Elon Musk is the richest man in history with 839 billion: the Forbes ranking of the top 20 billionaires
2026 is a record year for global wealth: according to the updated Forbes ranking, this year there are 3,428 billionaires ...
Why some cultures do not use large numbers or our number system: the case of the Pirahã
We are used to thinking that numbers are the same everywhere and used in the same way to describe the ...
How Paralympic skiing works for blind athletes: looking through another person at 100 km/h
Skiing along a snow-covered slope at over 100 km/h without seeing – or seeing very little – seems impossible. Yet, ...
Why Mattarella convened the Supreme Defense Council: what it is, who participates and what it is for
The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella has convened the Supreme Defense Council for Friday 13 March at 10:00 am, ...
How many Gulf wars have there been: the history of conflicts in the Persian Gulf from 1980 to today
Graphical representation generated with AI The current war in Iran and the Middle East is not the first international conflict ...
March 10, 1946: 80 years ago the first time Italian women went to the polls
When we talk about women’s suffrage in Italy, 2 June 1946 comes to mind, the day of the institutional referendum ...
Pensions in Europe: why the retirement age is increasing and what will happen by 2060
Some before and some after, all around the age of 65 and with the prospect of exceeding 70. The retirement ...
How the Incas created the largest empire in South America
The Incas built over 40 thousand km of roads at the top of the most impervious Andean mountains, despite an ...
Teacher’s card 2026 active from today: because this year the amount is lower
The 2025/2026 Teacher’s Card can be officially activated from today, Monday 9 March: this was confirmed by the Ministry of ...
