NASA changes plans for the Moon landing (and times are getting longer)
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The return of man to the Moon may have undergone a new, abrupt slowdown. Certainly, what has been announced by NASA is a profound strategic …
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Increasingly violent rains: “This is where the risk is highest”
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In Italy it rains worse and worse. And it’s not just a sensation, or a fixation of the press. The total amount of rain that …
Because we love songs that make us cry so much
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There is a common thread that links Irama’s “Wherever You Will Be”, Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares to You”,Tears in heaven” by Eric Clapton, “Go with …
Total lunar eclipse, the first of the year arrives: how and when to see it
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The first total lunar eclipse of 2026 is arriving. On Tuesday 3 March the sky will offer one of the most beautiful and evocative natural …
They invented a “universal” spray vaccine (also prevents allergies)
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For each pathogen, its vaccine. It’s a rule that has held true for over 200 years, since Jenner’s first pioneering experiments with the smallpox vaccine. …
Why we follow strangers (even if they waste our time)
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You are in a crowded station. In front of you are two possible routes to reach the platform, and you don’t know which one to …
So, what will spring be like
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So do aliens exist (as Obama and Trump say)?
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Last Saturday, former American President Barack Obama was a guest on YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen’s podcast. In a 40-minute interview we talked about the ICE …
The faults under the bridge over the Strait of Messina are more complicated than previously thought
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For decades it was thought that the seismic risk in the Strait of Messina had a single, large, culprit: a single, large fault capable of …
All life forms have a common ancestor but in our genes there is a trace of something even older (and mysterious)
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Whether giant sequoias, humans, or microscopic bacteria, every life form that inhabits Earth today shares a single, enigmatic ancestor. He is affectionately called Luca, an …
Intermittent fasting doesn’t seem to work much
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Intermittent fasting “works”, or rather, it works more or less like other diets, but it is not miraculous. This is stated by a review of …