Category: General
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Fleetwood Mac’s 50 Greatest Songs
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in GeneralFrom British blues to California rock, from smooth sunshine to the most haunting breakup epics ever
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Le 4P, pane, pasta, pizza, patate: ecco da dove viene (davvero) il sovrappeso
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in GeneralLo scienziato Valter Longo e la nuova rubrica dedicata alla salute e all’alimentazione. Quali sono gli zuccheri più pericolosi?
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Google’s greenhouse gas emissions are soaring thanks to AI
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in GeneralAI systems need lots of computers to make them work. The data centers needed to run them, essentially warehouses full of powerful computing equipment, suck up tons of energy to process data and manage the heat all of those computers produce. The end result has been that Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have soared 48% since 2019,…
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Pork’s Dirty Secret: The nation’s top hog producer is also one of America’s worst polluters
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in GeneralOriginal article on Rolling Stone magazine, December 2006:https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_top_hog_producer_is_also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters Also:https://www.oliveridley.org/2007/01/04/rolling-stone-magazine-expose-on-the-pork-industry/
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6 giugno 1944: cronaca dall’inferno di Omaha Beach
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in GeneralOttant’anni fa lo sbarco alleato sulle coste della Francia occupata dai nazisti avrebbe segnato la svolta nelle sorti della Seconda guerra mondiale. Ma costò un prezzo umano altissimo: alla fine dell’Operazione Overlord gli americani dovettero seppellire 9387 soldati
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«World’s 101 best steak restaurants», i 7 locali italiani premiati. Il primo? In Toscana
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in GeneralSi trova a Saturnia, in provincia di Grosseto, il miglior ristorante di carne in Italia secondo la classifica delle più prestigiose steakhouse al mondo. Ed è solo uno di sette. Ecco gli altri
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3,000 Best Free Movies on YouTube
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in GeneralA Playlist of the 3,300 Best Films & Documentaries on Youtube, Including Works by Hitchcock, Kubrick, Errol Morris & Other Auteurs. Not all these movies belong in the cheap-thrills bin. You’ll also find the work of celebrated auteurs like Alfred Hitchcock (The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps), Stanley Kubrick (Fear and Desire, Barry Lyndon), Akira…
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Download 131,000 Historic Maps from the Huge David Rumsey Map Collection
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in GeneralDavid Rumsey Map Collection, whose more than 131,000 historical maps and related images are available to browse (or download) free online.
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4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
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Earth is 4.5 billion years old – which is approximately the same amount of time it took us to create this video. We’ve scaled the complete timeline of our Earth’s life into our first animated movie! Every second shows about a million years of the planet’s evolution. Hop on a musical train ride and experience…
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Bruce Springsteen plays key role in the the most perfect concert selfie ever
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in GeneralAs Bruce Springsteen belted out his iconic songs on stage on Tuesday, one fan managed to snap the ultimate selfie with ‘The Boss’ himself. It was during his hit Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out near the end of the concert that the astrophysicist and circus performer decided to snap a selfie.
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Alla faccia del bicarbonato di sodio! Il caso Solvay e le spiagge bianche tossiche nella nuova inchiesta di Report
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in GeneralA Rosignano Marittimo ci sono delle spiagge di sabbia bianca, apparentemente pulite e quasi caraibiche. Ma non c’è niente di naturale e puro, purtroppo, si tratta della conseguenza degli scarichi effettuati dalla vicina fabbrica del bicarbonato Solvay. Ora l’operato della multinazionale belga è finito nel miro di Report che ha svelato una serie di sconvolgenti…
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Earthrise
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in GeneralThis photograph, called “Earthrise,” was captured on Christmas Eve 1968 by astronaut Willam Anders aboard Apollo 8. It was the first time we had ever seen our planet like this, rising over the lunar landscape, and is believed to have been a catalyst for the first Earth Day in 1970. Earthrise helped spark a realization…
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The Issue
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in GeneralThe Issue is an independent, subscriber-supported publication launched in August 2023 by Umair Haque. If you subscribe today, you’ll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows The Issue to continue to exist. Thank you!