SocietyThe good news
Centobuchi gets ready for school
The refurbished primary school is inaugurated; pupils are due back on 14 September.
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Edition of 13 September 2026
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ScienceThe good news
Space data could use another pair of eyes
Artifact InSPECtor invites volunteers to spot false signals in Euclid observations. An online tutorial gets you started.
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WorldThe bright side
At Chornobyl, sunlight helps with the work still ahead
A 2 MW solar installation supplies site operations, UNDP reports.
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SocietyThe good news
Fiumicello takes a walk
A new route links fields, waterways and churches.
Moving forward.
EnvironmentThe good news
Bologna University puts its rooftops to work
Four solar installations are running in Bologna and Forlì. Installed capacity has passed the target set for 2027.
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SocietyThe bright side
The Gambia: finding children who missed vaccinations
WHO reports on catch-up doses and household monitoring.
CultureThe good news
Poggio a Caiano’s park welcomes visitors again
The Medici Villa’s green spaces return to the visitor route after work on its trees.
ScienceThe good news
MTG-I2 finds its place above the clouds
Europe’s weather satellite has reached its assigned orbit. Commissioning comes next, before operational service.
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A little more to discover.
Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities. Ideas worth a closer look.
01Design
Verner Panton, a chair in one piece
The Panton Chair shows how much work a continuous shape can conceal: one curve, many trials and several different materials.
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Epicurus and the pleasure of enough
For Epicurus, pleasure does not require an endless collection of desires: even bread and water can help explain the point.
Read the discovery03Plants
Oxalis triangularis folds up for the evening
Its leaves, each made of three triangular leaflets, change position at night: a small performance that requires no remote control.
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Honey bees give directions by dancing
Inside the hive, a dance communicates the direction and distance of flowers: movement becomes useful information for the other bees.
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