Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole, China, via Wikimedia Commons Among the many global records that characterize the territory of People’s Republic of China could not miss that of deepest sinkhole on the planet: in the municipality of Chongqingin the south-west of China, one of the largest is opening karst depressions known to …
How the name influences people’s lives: anthropological studies on determinism
We continually use i names to identify people, so much so that we rarely ask why they have one. Yet the name can influence our lives – influencing the perceptions of others and our development – and giving a name is a practice present, in different forms, in all societies, …
10 Brutalism buildings in Italy that made the history of architecture
Milan, Velasca Tower. Credit: MarkusMark via WikiMedia Commons The Brutalism it is one of the easiest architectural currents to recognize there is: this is because brutalist buildings expose in plain sight the materials they are made of, mostly concrete (hence the name brutalism, from French brut concreteraw concrete), with exposed …
