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 …
PIECES of science
Waiting for the total solar eclipse
While we are waiting for the total solar eclipse of the 8th of April 2024, we can have a look at some special images of the solar corona. The first pictured here, using multiple images …
A family album: the spiral galaxies sitting for Webb
In the cover photo the spiral galaxy NGC 1300, a 69 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus (Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), and the PHANGS team) shows its …
CRISPR for wild crops: when a cut can tame
We are used to think at CRISPR as a hope for the future of medical sciences, but now scientists are moving their attention to the world of crops and food. Could many wild crop species …
Five reasons to handwriting
In world more and more digitalized, where AI is everywhere, we’re still celebrating the handwriting day, on the 23th of January. But why do we have to still use a pen, or a pencil to …
We are light!
Since humans discovered fire attempting to imitate the Sun, the urgence of light up the world has become more and more widespread. Christmas is coming and our streets, houses, trees are sparkling and coloured. Here …