Viaggio per immagini a Cuba, tra crisi e orgoglio – Lazio – Ansa.it

‘Patria o muerte’ è una delle espressioni che più immediatamente rimandano alla storia della Cuba rivoluzionaria: per decenni è stata uno slogan politico, una dichiarazione di appartenenza, quasi una sintesi dell’identità nazionale. Oggi, nella Cuba attraversata da una delle crisi più difficili della sua storia recente, quelle parole sembrano raccontare…

Interstellar solar sails hit a strange problem at 75% of light speed

Reaching another star within a practical amount of time will require something far more capable than chemical rockets. One of the leading ideas is a solar sail, a large reflective structure that can be pushed by light. If extremely powerful lasers are aimed at such a sail, they could accelerate…

Money problems may age your brain faster

Persistent financial hardship may speed up age-related cognitive decline, according to new research led by University College London (UCL). Published in Innovation in Aging, the study analyzed information from 2,759 people in the UK who completed questionnaires across much of their lives through the MRC National Survey of Health and…

Alzheimer’s may leave a mark on the brain long before plaques appear

A new study suggests that brain imaging could reveal changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease more than seven years earlier than researchers previously believed. The work was led by scientists in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo and was published in Nature Neuroscience. The study suggests that the…

A coffee-table-size scorpion roamed Earth before forests existed

A newly analyzed fossil predator from what is now England and Wales has been identified as the largest scorpion known to science. Researchers from The University of Manchester and the Natural History Museum reached the conclusion after revisiting fossils that had remained in museum collections for more than 150 years.…

Teheran: due petroliere a fuoco dopo aver urtato mine a Hormuz – Notizie – Ansa.it

Le Guardie Rivoluzionarie Islamiche hanno annunciato che due petroliere hanno preso fuoco dopo aver urtato delle mine nello Stretto di Hormuz. Teheran ha affermato che gli equipaggi hanno abbandonato le imbarcazioni su suggerimento dei militari statunitensi, lasciandole sotto il controllo di personale americano che cercava di farle navigare lungo una…

Too much coffee may weaken bones, study finds

Researchers at Flinders University have found new evidence that coffee and tea may have different relationships with bone health in older women. Published in Nutrients, the study tracked nearly 10,000 women aged 65 and older for 10 years. The researchers examined whether regular coffee and tea consumption was associated with…