Our editorial staff’s pick of the most-read news stories of the last week: strange lights in the US, Facebook’s teleportation and the date when we’ll be back to normal after Covid-19
What are the most read news stories of the last week? What were the trending topics in the world of innovation? What was talked about on social networks around the world? In order to answer these questions, we have selected the news items which, over the past week, have had the most visibility on our portal and have ignited the curiosity of our readers.
Most read news items of the week
Covid: when will we return to normal? ISS sets the date
An authoritative study carried out by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the Bruno Kessler Foundation and the Italian Ministry of Health has just been published. It is a statistical and epidemiological analysis of data from the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy. The researchers collected the numbers from the Italian regions and processed them to determine a date by which we can finally ‘return to normal’. The study is entitled “Return to normal: COVID-19 vaccination under mitigation measures” and sets out the period in which we can finally say goodbye to the restrictive measures and Coronavirus infections. READ THE ARTICLE
Strange lights in the US sky: Professor Aaron Coyner’s explanation
On the night of Thursday 25 to Friday 26 March 2021, many residents of the Northwestern states spotted eerie flying lights in the sky above their heads. The phenomenon was particularly visible in Oregon and Washington state. Citizens have reported to local authorities the presence of elongated luminous objects whizzing through the dark night at an extremely high speed. Naturally, the strange lights were captured in dozens of photographs and amateur videos that immediately went viral on social networks. Questions from concerned citizens became more and more numerous and insistent. Aaron Coyner, professor of physics at Southwestern Community College in Webster, North Carolina, stepped in to try to restore calm. FIND OUT MORE
Zuckerberg: “Virtual reality will enable teleportation by 2030”
In a recent episode of the well-known US podcast “The Information’s 411”, Mark Zuckerberg announced the arrival of an important innovation in the field of Virtual Reality. It’s about teleportation. No, it’s not a joke. The founder of the world’s most widely used social platforms has assured us that within 10 years the new models of Oculus Rift – the virtual reality glasses developed by the Californian high-tech company acquired by Facebook in 2014 – will allow us to meet friends, play games and visit faraway places without moving from our sofa at home. A real revolution in the field of Virtual Reality.READ THE FULL ARTICLE
