25
Apr
Italian firm invites inmates to help create prototype micro-dwelling unit
Meet the newest micro-dwelling on the (cell) block: Freedom Room is an innovative and low-cost micro-housing prototype designed in collaboration with inmates from an Italian penitentiary.
22
Jan
14
Nov
Venice submerged by record-breaking flooding
A family wading through a flooded Venetian street wear trash bags around their legs to keep dry on Nov. 11 during an ‘Acqua Alta’ in Venice. In some areas of Venice, the flood water has reached 5 feet — the 6th highest level since records began in 1872. This is the 4th time since 2000 that Venice has been submerged by record high flood water.
24
Oct
Can you get high just from breathing the air in Rome?
Study measuring traces of psychotropic drugs in the air of eight major Italian cities has alarming results.
10
Aug
Visitors flock to Italy luxury liner wreck
Tourists are visiting the wreck of the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia, which ran aground off Giglio Island on Jan. 13, killing 32 people.
14
Jun
Italian crop circle linked to solar eclipse
A crop circle researcher argues that the field art has connections to ‘eclipse astronomy’ and the history of solar eclipses over thousands of years.
21
Mar
Still-sinking Venice is also tilting
As if rising seawater and a sinking city weren’t enough, scientists have now discovered that the City of Bridges is also tilting a millimeter or two eastward per year.
13
Mar
Long-lost da Vinci masterpiece found?
Chemical analyses point to da Vinci painting hiding behind a mural in Florence.
03
Mar
What future cities can learn from 179-year-old Italian roads
The city of Groane was never formally planned, but looking at historical records, scientists think that they can form a mathematical model to predict growth.
13
Feb
Fuel pumping starts from capsized cruise liner
Salvagers started to pump fuel away from the wrecked ship, a month after it capsized and foundered off the Italian coast.
