Super Bowl ads: Celebrities, snacks and ‘Flashdance’ That wraps up the Super Bowl 58 ad slate. The biggest snack brands from Oreos, Pringles and Mountain Dew to Doritos, M&Ms and Starry dominated the line up. There were some head-scratchers, like Martin Scorsese’s alien invasion and a curiously shaped Duolingo owl. And two commercials even spoofed the 1983 film “Flashdance” — looking […]
DoorDash, DunKings, Beyoncé and more
Sedentary lifestyle? A mortal sin
Sitting for many hours a day increases the risk of mortality from all causes. The results of a 12-year study conducted on almost half a million people
Milei, visiting Rome, gets out of the car and takes a selfie with a group of Argentinians
Unscheduled for the Argentine president Javier Milei who, before being received in the Vatican by the Pope, got out of the car in via della Conciliazione near the Argentine embassy and took a collective selfie with a group of Argentinians. He then got back in the car towards the Apostolic Palace for the face-to-face meeting with the Pope and the […]
beat Nigeria in the final
There Ivory Coast, Roman player Ndicka wins the Africa Cup thanks to the 2-1 comeback on Osimhen Nigeria. Nigeria had taken the lead first, with Troost-Ekong’s header in the 38th minute of the first half, equalizing Kessie in the second half with a corner kick in the 62nd minute. But he scored the winning goal in the 81st minute Hallerwho […]
The colors of the Lunar New Year celebration around the world, it is the year of the Dragon
Celebrations for the arrival of the lunar year of the Dragon, one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, have begun in Asian countries and communities around the world. They will end on February 24th with the first full moon. Precisely because they are based on lunar cycles, the dates of the holiday vary slightly each year, falling between […]
Sanremo 2024, Margherita Buy and Elena Sofia Ricci at the Ariston for “Volare”
Elena Sofia Ricci and Margherita Buy on the Ariston stage, dressed in a similar way, reach Amadeus who tells them: “You are proof that between two great actresses, there is not necessarily a rivalry…”: and the two instead joke, teasing each other real rivals. The occasion is special: to present “Volare”, an upcoming film, which marks Buy’s first attempt as […]
Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly are tackling supply issues
Injection pens of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023. Victoria Klesty | Reuters The insatiable demand for weight loss drugs is trouncing supply, leaving many patients struggling to find the injectable treatments. The dominant weight loss drugmakers, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, have said supply woes likely won’t go […]
Francesca Buffa, from theoretical physics to cancer research. With Artificial Intelligence
In the digital work “RenaissanceDreams” (created for the Meet in Milan), the Turkish artist Refik Anadol fed thousands of open-source images of works of art and architecture from the Italian Renaissance, and literature texts from 1300 to an artificial intelligence and the 1600s: an immense dataset processed and revisited in real time by algorithms that create, in a fluid and […]
“The memory of what happened, in defiance of those who wanted to hide it, never fades”
“I return here today with a few more wrinkles and with responsibilities on my shoulders that as a girl I never imagined I would one day have. And I return to make a solemn commitment: that is, to do my part so that that witness of memory that you, with your tenacity and your courage, your pride, have allowed to […]
Sanremo 2024, the “Blue Butterflies” against violence against women with Mr. Rain on stage
The blue butterflies Alessia Maurelli, Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Daniela Mogurean and Laura Paris (Aeronautica Militare) and Alessia Russo (Fiamme Oro) are the ambassadors against violence against women in Sanremo this evening. “The Ariston stage is truly a very important and super exciting stage”. Thus the captain of the Italian team who will be on stage together with Mr. Rain […]