The organization Science Communication – SciCo, in collaboration with the University of the Aegean, is celebrating the Mediterranean Researcher’s Night in Mytilene. On September 30th, from 10:00 to 13:00, the University will welcome more than 530 students...
Specimen of Aplysina archeri. / Benjamin Mueller This week’s #Cienciaalobestia features porifera, also known as sea sponges, which ‘sneeze’ to clean their internal filtering systems. This mucus expelled into the water is used by some animals living...
Looking at the city of Messina with mathematical eyes allows you to discover unsuspected similarities between different buildings and at the same time to learn in a simple way some element of mathematics that has fascinated young and old in centuries of Mediterranean...
Europe has experienced a significant number of large fires this summer. The main reasons for turning ignitions, both anthropogenic and lightning, into large fires have been the high density and continuity of vegetation (a product of rural abandonment and poorly...
A modern scientific analysis of ancient stone tools is challenging long-held beliefs about what caused radical change on the island of Crete, where the first European state flourished during the Bronze Age: the ‘Minoan civilization.’ About 3,500 years ago, Crete...
The top map shows the historical record of “dangerously” hot days per year, with a heat index above 39.4°C. The left-hand column reflects the range of dangerously hot days in 2050, with more than 100 “dangerous” days in parts of South America,...
