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2019-12-15T08:19:58.940Z


Here are some of the news of the week that aroused interest, made people talk or simply aroused curiosity © Ansa


Here are some of the news of the week that aroused interest, made people talk or simply aroused curiosity.

What are the emerging works in Italy? In the top 10 the technology is predominant, between data protection and management, passing through artificial intelligence and business support functions.

Mountaineering becomes Unesco heritage : the candidacy was put forward nine years ago by Courmayeur and Chamonix. And also the transhumance, the traditional pastoral practice of seasonal migration of cattle along the tracks and towards better climatic conditions, has been unanimously included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO .

Greenland is losing its ice more rapidly than expected , to the point that it is estimated that by 2100, 40 million people may be exposed to the risk of coastal flooding: this is shown by the most complete map ever obtained, published in the journal Nature and based on the data collected between 1992 and 2018 by the Imbie collaboration which involved 89 researchers from 50 research centers.

And in 25-30 years the Marmolada glacier in the Dolomites could disappear completely . In a decade, from 2004 to 2015, it has undergone a reduction in volume of 30% and in an area of ​​22%. To outline the scenario, through two 3D models, researchers of the Cnr-Ismar and of the Universities of Trieste, Genoa and Aberystwith (Wales) and of ARPA Veneto.

A bit of technology. WhatsApp returns to the past, call alerts arrive : the news with an update currently available only for Android and includes the video call feature.

Meanwhile, Apple has made available its new Mac Pro, the computer for professional users. The PC can be ordered on the company website at a starting price of € 6,000 for the basic version. But for the most powerful configuration - with processor, memory, graphics card and storage space at the top - it reaches 60 thousand euros . Monitor not included.

The most popular topics in Italy on Twitter in 2019 ? The memory of Le Iene for Nadia Toffa, the minister Teresa Bellanova who ironizes about her looks.

YouTube crackdown on harassment cases . The Google platform announced new rules to protect users from cyberbullies. The new rules will prohibit not only explicit threats as they already exist, but also veiled or implicit threats, including "content that simulates violence against an individual or a language that suggests that physical violence could occur". Furthermore, zero tolerance for content that insulted someone based on personal and sensitive characteristics, such as origin or ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Now science and space. Gigantic cyclones have formed in the area around the South Pole of Jupiter : they are seven and close to each other, each of them is at least as vast as the United States and together they appear as a hexagon of red and yellow velvet with an almost hypnotic effect.

The oldest hunting scene ever discovered dates back 43,900 years. It represents human figures with animal heads next to pigs and buffaloes, was discovered in a cave in Indonesia and is described in the journal Nature by the Australian Griffith University group led by archaeologists Maxime Aubert and Adam Brumm.

Journey through time in an Arctic lake: the DNA of organisms that lived 125,000 years ago was recovered in its sediments . The discovery, which needs further confirmation, could open a window on an era in which the climate was slightly warmer than today and help to understand how plants will respond to climate change.

Art and surroundings. The step is short from avant-garde art to pastry art. Maurizio Cattelan's banana becomes a panettone . Inspired by the work created by the Paduan artist at Art Basel Miami 2019, the latest creation of the Pasticceria Clivati ​​1969 in Milan.

A journey to discover the genius of Leonardo da Vinci through over 170 works and 39 multimedia installations . So Milan, the city where the genius lived and created for over 15 years, pays tribute to him with a permanent public exhibition at the Museum of science and technology, the 'New Leonardo galleries'.

This week the music world bid farewell to Marie Fredriksson , the female half of Swedish pop duo Roxette, who died at the age of 61. Fredriksson formed Roxette with Per Gessle in 1986. The two released their first album the same year and then achieved international success in the late 1980s and 1990s.

How is Santa's journey to delivering gifts around the world? The adorable old man with the big belly and long white beard, dressed in red, can be traced from moment to moment on Christmas Eve via the Google Santa Tracker.

Source: ansa

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