Two French amateur astronomers have discovered an asteroid about 50 meters in size that could come dangerously close to Earth. According to the U.S. space agency, there is a “very small possibility” that the chunk, with the catalogue name 2023 DW, could impact Earth in February 2046. Discovered on February 26 by Georges Attard and Alain Maury as part of the MAP asteroid search program at Maury’s private observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, the cosmic chunk will take 271 days to orbit the Sun. According to initial calculations,…
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Leaving the charging cable in the socket: That’s how much it costs
Chargers and power supplies consume electricity even when they are not connected to a device such as a cell phone or laptop. Why this is so: As soon as a charger is plugged into the socket, a small closed circuit is established – even if no other electrical device is connected.In times of inflation and electricity crisis, consumers wonder what the cost of such an idle loss is. The German consumer protection experts at Öko-Test know the answer: they have compiled previous findings and tested them themselves. External power supplies…
Read MoreAustria: New climate bonus 2023
There will also be a climate bonus throughout Austria in 2023 – albeit in a slimmed-down version. Last year’s best-known cash bonus is making a comeback. The climate bonus was first paid out in 2022 as part of the eco-social tax reform – back then, it was coupled with an anti-inflation bonus and totalled 500 euros. This year, everyone registered in Austria for six months will receive their money, albeit in a slimmed-down version. This is because for this year, no “Antiteuerungsbonus” is planned – thus, 250 euros are omitted.…
Read MoreThinking along with your purchases: How to reduce household waste
Waste disposal companies collect four hundred eighty-three kilograms of household waste per capita annually. This huge amount cannot be completely avoided. But everyone can do something to reduce their contribution. A life without waste – that’s a big goal that only very ambitious people can come close to. But many consumers want to produce less waste. However, industry and retail do not make it easy for them because they package their products in elaborate ways. Nevertheless, it is worth trying – even if the “zero waste” goal is not achieved.…
Read MoreThe weather in Austria this week
A varied weather week is ahead for Austria, especially with temperatures there are ups and downs. First, the inflowing polar air will be driven away, and on Monday, double-digit highs are expected again everywhere, with southern foehn locally even above 20 degrees. However, the cold air will make a comeback after a frequently wet Tuesday, including an Italian low, and snow will again be an issue on the northern side of the Alps on Wednesday. At the end of the week, the weather finally calms down, and with lots of…
Read MoreFix: the wait is over for 1.75 million retirees in Austria
Due to technical problems, pensioners had to wait for their tax settlement. Now they can finally get their money. Finally, there is money; the wait is over. Retirees will be able to do their tax assessment on FinanzOnline starting in the middle of this week. Technical problems with the data transfer of annual pay slip previously prevented the submission of the employee tax assessment, as the Ministry of Finance explained on Sunday. These computer problems are now being fixed by IT experts from the ministry and the Pension Insurance Institution.…
Read MoreScam Alert! Don’t click on this mail from the Finanzamt
The time for employee assessments has arrived. That’s exactly what brazen scammers have now taken advantage of. With fake text messages in the name of the tax office, they are trying to trick unsuspecting victims into making bank transfers. The message talks about outstanding debts, saying that 349 euros must be transferred. This is the only way to prevent the threat of garnishment proceedings, they say. Now crooks have come up with something new again. The likely reason: is an important security update at FinanzOnline. The fake mail has an…
Read MoreOnion – one of the oldest cultivated plants.
The onion is important in humanity’s diet because it has been cultivated for at least 5,000 years. For the Egyptians, it symbolized eternal life because of its shape and onion rings. Therefore, it served as an offering to the gods and was given to the dead as travel provisions to the afterlife. In the Roman Empire, the onion was one of the staple foods. The word onion originally comes from the Latin word “cepula,” which translates as “little head.” Cepula were Roman legionaries who brought the vegetable plant to Central…
Read MoreA special time of the year: Why do the days get longer faster in March?
Many people feel that the days get longer more quickly in March. This is no imagination; the daylight hours increase more than in any other month of the year. But what is the reason for this? Around Christmas, it feels dark around the clock in our latitudes. Only in January does the situation improve, until the days seem to get longer and more quickly in February and March. An impression that is not deceiving: the length of daylight grows faster in March than at any other time of the year.…
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