EnvironmentThe good news
Val Sesia surveys add detail about invertebrate life
A butterfly seen in Val Vogna is a first record for the Natura 2000 site surveyed.
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Music for today ·Edition of 17 October 2026
N° 040 5 stories to take with youPerspectives.
WorldThe good news
UNICEF delivers medicines for leishmaniasis in Pakistan
Health authorities received 75,000 vials; distribution through selected facilities is planned next.
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CultureThe good news
An Abano exhibition plans to bring three Previtali panels together
An exhibition scheduled from October 17 plans to reunite a triptych from Serina.
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EnvironmentThe good news
UNDP signs twelve agreements for community projects in Bangladesh
UNDP has signed agreements with twelve organisations for initiatives in forests, coastal areas and wetlands.
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Moving forward.
ScienceThe good news
SatSeaBio tests a way to observe marine life while sending less data
In two tests, selecting short video clips reduced the data to be transmitted; the complete system still needs validation.
AI illustration · Positive Times · ImageGen
A little more to discover.
Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words. Ideas worth a closer look.
01Design
Lucie Rie: a button can tell the story of a workshop
From buttons to ceramic vessels, Lucie Rie explored how form, surface and work could meet in objects used every day.
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Anna Julia Cooper: who gets to join the conversation?
For Anna Julia Cooper, education and listening to Black women were matters of knowledge, dignity and participation in shared life.
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Gynura: the purple is a coat of hairs
The green leaves of Gynura aurantiaca look like purple velvet: their striking colour comes from a dense covering of hairs.
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Why does a soap bubble change colour?
A transparent bubble can show moving colours: its thin film changes the way light travels back towards our eyes.
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Curiosità: an Italian word that takes time to look
From a Latin family linked to care to the wish to learn and intrusive questions: context changes the meaning of curiosità.
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A chart a day
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Enlarge the chart The gap that follows people into retirement.
- Data period
- 2024
- Datobello chart dated
In 2024, among pension recipients aged 65 and over in the European Union, women’s average gross pension income was 24.5% lower than men’s. The gap ranged from 5.6% in Estonia to 40.3% in Malta. [1]
These figures compare averages: they do not show the amount received by each person or, by themselves, explain the causes of the difference. Eurostat includes old-age and survivors’ benefits and regular payments from individual private pension plans. The figures refer to 2024, not to a change observed today. [1]
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