Francesca Clemente

Millions will suffer from hunger due to climate, FAO warns

According to FAO, if we don’t take action, up to 122 million people more will be driven into extreme poverty by 2030.

Home-made crunchy granola

A quick recipe to prepare crunchy granola at home with mixed seeds and nuts. Top your favourite yogurt for a delicious breakfast.

Lucy, the lamp that illuminates your home without the need for electricity

Developed by Solenica, Lucy reflects the sunlight redirecting it into closed spaces, generating as much electricity as five 100w bulbs.

A Neapolitan inventor’s turntable is amazing the world

Designed in a small studio in the neighbourhood of Materdei, Naples, a new compact turntable is thrilling hi-tech lovers around the world. It is called ON, O stands for old school, N for new school because it combines a vintage aspect and cutting edge features, and was created by Giuseppe Pinto. A turntable created with passion

Poland’s new cycling lane glows blue at night

A luminous cycling strip has recently been unveiled in Poland: created in the town of Lidzbark Warminski, the cycling lane glows blue at night, a feast for the eyes. Features of the bike path The lane is divided into two sections – one for cyclists, one for pedestrians – so that everybody can enjoy such

London Film Festival, 3 movies you need to see, explained

3 films you can’t miss out of the 60 presented at the 60th edition of the London Film Festival. On subjects ranging from human rights to the web revolution.

Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

After more than a decade as one of the nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature Bob Dylan has finally done it: he won the Swedish Academy’s prestigious recognition. The enigmatic and brilliant songwriter of Duluth, Minnesota unexpectedly won the prize of the 108th edition “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

Who are Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström, the Nobel Prize in Economics winners

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström won the Nobel Prize in Economics 2016 The two winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2016 Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström have been studying how contracts and incentives influence business decisions and relationships since the ‘70s. “This year’s laureates have developed contract theory – the Royal Swedish Academy explains – a comprehensive framework for

Germany to ban petrol and diesel-fuelled cars by 2030

Germany made the first step towards banning petrol and diesel-fuelled vehicles. If the federal resolution is passed into law, starting from 2030 only electric cars will be allowed on the country’s streets.

Damian Marley is turning a former prison into a marijuana farm

Damian Marley is transforming a prison into a marijuana plantation to give more than one hundred ex-prisoners a job.