Yearly Archives: 2023

29 posts

Dedicated to the little ones

January, a new year. Let’s start this new year with a special thought for our children. What better gift could the Befana bring them? What’s better than a book to learn, understand, dream? In the case of the little ones, especially if they are not yet able to read autonomosusly, […]

Animal compasses: the geomagnetic field

The geomagnetic field as a source of directional information The Earth, due to its constituent characteristics, is comparable to a huge magnet. We live like this, like it or not, immersed in the lines of force of its magnetic field. These envelop our planet starting from a point close to […]

Animal compasses: the Sun and the Moon

That animals knew how to use the sun to guide their large or small movements was the first important acquisition in the field of orientation towards a defined destination (migration and homing).Felix Santschi, a doctor who moved from Switzerland, operated in Kairouan, Tunisia in the early 1900s. With simple field […]

Let’s redesign the world

Many wonder if individual efforts can really be significant in stopping or at least mitigating climate warming and allowing the planet to replenish its resources. This question can be easily answered: the serious problems that afflict us for having disturbed so many balances are nothing more than the sum of […]