SocietyThe bright side
An abandoned school site becomes a place to play
Casalnuovo opened a free sports space on 21 September, turning a former school site into Campania’s first Sport Illumina playground.
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Edition of 22 September 2026
N° 015 7 stories to take with youPerspectives.
ScienceThe good news
Mars rocks preserve more than one encounter with water
A 21 September study traces at least three water episodes at Jezero. Their dates remain uncertain.
ScienceThe good news
Pisa brings the faces of research into its squares
From 18 to 25 September, 18 photographic portraits bring researchers into Pisa’s streets, covering both science and the humanities.
WorldThe bright side
Laos begins a new chapter in care for mothers and children
A Luxembourg-backed health programme entered a new phase on 17 September. Better access and quality remain goals.
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Moving forward.
CultureThe bright side
Lebanon’s libraries rebuild skills as well as spaces
UNESCO reports training for 52 staff from 34 libraries. Restoring services also means investing in people.
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EnvironmentThe good news
Twenty panels help walkers read Monte Reale’s landscape
New educational panels add nature and local history to existing trails near Ronco Scrivia, in the programme presented for 20 September.
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CultureThe good news
Brusasco presents a garden for telling time with the Sun
Brusasco has presented a sundial garden at Palazzo Ellena. The planned opening ceremony has not yet been independently confirmed.
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A little more to discover.
Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. Ideas worth a closer look.
01Design
Susan Kare: a computer begins with a square
A notebook of squares invites us to design small, understandable pictures that can survive the test of another person using them.
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Montaigne: understand before repeating
A lesson can become a question: could you use what you have learned when the words and the situation change?
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A sunflower changes as it grows
Observing a plant also means asking how it changes as it grows: a young bud and a mature head tell different stories.
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The gecko’s secret beneath its toes
To understand a foot gripping a wall, we need to change scale: the crucial structures are much smaller than we can see.
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Bussola: a word with a box inside
An object, its name and a figurative expression: follow three clues without confusing a word’s origin with an invention’s history.
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An onion is not telling a sad story
Between the chopping board and our eyes lies a small chain of events: learn to separate what we see from what causes it.
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Sodai: a hanging garden made of straw
In a Lithuanian tradition, threads and stalks form light geometries: we can observe the shape and listen to the people keeping the craft alive.
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That is quite a lot of good for one day.
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