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Birds in love make more babies

Study shows that birds allowed to breed with their preferred partner achieved higher reproductive success compared to pairs that were forced to mate.

Orange cake without butter

Orange cake without butter. An excellent orange sponge that can also be used for the preparation of other cakes.

Yoko Ono, world’s largest peace sign for John

October 9th marks what would have been John Lennon’s 75th birthday. To commemorate the Beatle and her life partner who was murdered in 1980, artist and activist Yoko Ono is trying to realise the world’s largest human peace sign. The challenge of “Imagine Peace” is not at all easy: on 6th October in Central Park,

M-KOPA: the affordable kit bringing (clean) energy to Africa’s poorest areas

Since 2012, M-KOPA provides a kit made of a solar panel, LED lights, and charging USB. Everything at the cost of a telephone subscription.

Spoleto-Norcia: from an abandoned railway to a breath-taking path

The ex-railroad from Spoleto to Norcia is turning into an easy historic, artistic and naturalistic path. At the moment not all the trail can be passed through but there are breath-taking cycling and pesdestrian stretches that let those who go through it plunge into the green. The project of a late ‘800 railway was

The committee of environmental associations says no to glyphosate

Weed killer glyohosate is harmful for the health and environment: the Committee of Environmental Associations and Organic Farming asks the Italian Government to banish it.