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Greeks are Everywhere: The Greek History Behind the Sicilian Flag

Greeks are Everywhere: The Greek History Behind the Sicilian Flag

Greeks are everywhere! Anyone who has travelled to Sicily has most likely seen, on flags, ceramics and souvenirs, a strange-looking representation of a female head with three legs attached to it, flexed to form a triangle. Read about how the Italians drew from Greek history to create the Sicilian flag.

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Coated Face Masks: The New Weapon Against COVID

Scientists have developed a coating suitable for almost any type of fabric, such as face masks, which can reduce the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, by up to 90%. The researchers have applied for a patent for the technology in the United States with hospital fabrics and sportswear companies already showing interest.

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Shares of Facebook Parent Company Meta Plummets 26% in Biggest One-Day Drop Ever

Fiercer competition from other social networking platforms such as TikTok, the huge investments and the risk involved in turning to the so-called metaverse and Apple’s new privacy policy are the three main reasons for the shock results and financial forecasts of Meta, causing the unprecedented fall of its shares on the stock exchange – more or less equivalent in value to the GDP of Greece.