Cloud iridescence or irisation is a peculiar colorful optical phenomenon. It occurs when clouds are in of the Sun or Moon. The colors resemble those seen in soap bubbles or oil on a water surface. …
The magic of the soap bubbles clouds
Physics
Human pregnancy reorganizes mothers’ brains
Body’s transformation during and after pregnancy is universally recognized but what about the mothers’ brains? Is the animal instinct something depending on the environment or something ancestral, or does it come from the brain? A …
Love seen by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
At the end they’ve done it! The research published on Cerebral Cortex leaded by the group of the Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, has finally get an image of love. How? …
To feel like a Jedi all you need is a laser pointer
The Star Wars saga is rich of scientific insights, starting from the Millenium Falcon, passing through mysterious worlds, and arriving at what many would like to possess: the light saber. Well, it’s very difficult to …
150 years of Guglielmo Marconi: the father of wireless communications
In 1895 a wireless signal surpassed an obstacle a mile far, the hill behind Griffone’s Villa, in Bologna. It was the house of Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi was only 21 years old, but he changed the …
The space weather forecast
Space weather forecast will be more and more important in the future. Our planet is now completely dependent on electricity and internet. Let’s imagine what could happen if suddenly our world falls in the dark. …