the eventSolar eclipse: the five stages, what time it is, how long it lasts. Everything you need to know about this astronomical phenomenonTonight’s eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse in Europe since 1999. In Italy, it will begin at around 7.30 pm, with the Sun already low on the horizon and nearing sunset, reaching the intermediate phase at around 7.50 pm and its peak at 8.20 pmbyRedazione12 AUG 26
Bad ScientistsHow democracy dies amid anti-scientific nonsense. The American caseAmongst the various measures, Trump’s executive order argues that the United States recommends more vaccines than anyone else and that it is therefore necessary to align with ‘peer countries’. Furthermore, the requirement to split the trivalent measles-mumps-rubella vaccine into three separate injections stems from a study that was retracted due to fraudbyEnrico Bucci11 AUG 26
postmodern popularisersI think, therefore I am: Mancuso and the mysticism of suffering plantsThe agrobiologist and university lecturer has used the findings of his (sound) research to present an esoteric interpretation of real-world phenomena. Academic freedom, of course, but this can prove harmful to studentsbyGilberto Corbellini e Roberto Defez8 AUG 26
Bad ScientistsWhat can we learn from Astra’s results on the ten maths problems?OpenAI’s new model has tackled questions that have remained unresolved for years. The company initially announced a triumph, then issued some clarifications. The truth lies somewhere in between: a system that is less miraculous than the initial headlines suggested, yet more interesting than the dismissive reactions would have us believebyEnrico Bucci8 AUG 26
Bad ScientistsThe dual origin of the first living cellsA recent study has proposed the existence of a common ancestor of bacteria and archaea. Here’s how the history of life splits into twobyEnrico Bucci7 AUG 26
Bad ScientistsInfectious diseases that debunk Kennedy’s rhetoricThe recent surges in cases of measles, cyclosporiasis, West Nile virus and mpox leave little room for doubt: the US Secretary of Health bears clear political responsibility for the current situation, which has been shaped by a number of decisions, ranging from staff cuts to anti-vaccine stancesbyEnrico Bucci5 AUG 26
BAD SCIENTISTSAnthony Fauci caught in the trap of Trumpian anti-intellectualismThe persecution of the immunologist therefore concerns far more than just the assessment of the pandemic: it shows what fate awaits any institution tasked with setting reality against the demands of those in power, when those in government believe they no longer need to answer to anything other than their own majoritybyEnrico Bucci4 AUG 26
MagazineMind the tree. We call on them to save us from the heat, but we don’t know themWe imagine them as loyal soldiers under our command, in the trenches, ready to solve all the problems – the ones we’ve created, whether we like it or not. But, like nature itself, they are completely indifferent to human destinies. Figures, contradictions and ideas for planting more effectively (and putting an end to the rhetoric)byAntonio Pascale1 AUG 26
Bad ScientistsMemory is not an archive, but a filter. A studyThe work by Takehiro Tottori and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi seeks to establish when it becomes advantageous to retain some of the information received in the past. Memory as a benefit and as a costbyEnrico Bucci31 JUL 26
Bad ScientistsIn Germany, the cost of homeopathy will no longer be borne by the healthcare systemUnder a new German law, statutory health insurance funds will no longer be able to reimburse homeopathy and anthroposophic medicine. From 2027, the ban will then be extended permanently to include any form of supplementary cover or supplementary insurance policy that provides for the funding of such treatmentsbyEnrico Bucci30 JUL 26