Reading time: 8 minutes Black Friday is much more than the discounts delivered to your inbox or the huge posters inviting you to take your window shopping to the next level. Black Friday is [ … ]
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Armageddon Might Wait
Reading time: 3 minutes Asteroids have entered collective imagination as objects of inexorable destruction; now, they might not be any longer. NASA carried out a mission to deflect an asteroid, and it seems like [ … ]
Far from a steady state
Reading time: 3 minutes The aftermath of Queen Elizabeth’s unexpected demise – the first of a British monarch in the digital age – was characterized by a shower of comments, posts, images, and articles. [ … ]
Meloni hates rave parties, but she does like cash money
Reading time: 4 minutes If you participate in a rave party you’ll be fined, but no worries: at least you can pay with cash.That’s the bizarre situation outlined by the first measures announced by [ … ]
When Economics meets Film – a sensory dive into the mechanics of our world
Reading time: 4 minutes Economics and film are two worlds that often intertwine in ways that are not always evident. Appreciating them together can thus be at the same time insightful and fascinating. Dive [ … ]
An Invisible Threat: Microplastics in Our Food
Reading time: 3 minutes According to a 2019 study, an average person could be ingesting as many as 1,900 microplastic particles a week, which is equivalent to eating a credit card. But how does [ … ]
Do ut des: the frontier of volunteerism
Reading time: 3 minutes How has volunteerism changed with the pandemic? Was it for the better? Asking ourselves questions, we could be able to grasp what is to be found at the core of [ … ]
The Three of Briscola
Reading time: 3 minutes We all have a different set of cards in our hands as we play the game of life. In turn, some of our best moves come from a place of [ … ]
A Foreign Facade
Reading time: 3 minutes As a foreigner moving into a new country, you are guaranteed to listen to quite a few boring clichés. They are most likely to come from all of your usual [ … ]
The two sides of the night
Reading time: 3 minutes Innovative projects ensuring the safety of people – particularly women – in city streets are emerging as private initiatives throughout Italy. This phenomenon, along with recent data collected, is part [ … ]