“O friend, o gracious moon, once more returns to mindThe turning of the year, when over this wooded knoll,I came, full of pain, admiring thee:And there you hung over that woodAnd then, as now, everything bathed in light.”To the moon – Giacomo Leopardi (translation by Michael Curtotti) Since childhood, the […]
Yearly Archives: 2025
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“In autumn, the sun and all objects seem to be of a different color, the clouds of another shape, the air of another flavour. It seems absolutely as if all nature has a tone, a look, all its own, of this season, more distinct and marked than in other seasons. […]
Ethology and animal behaviour are two terms that are now considered synonymous. However, for a long time, they were not, leading to significant disputes in the scientific community and beyond. Let us explore the reasons why. Since the beginning of the last century, the study of animal and human behaviour […]
In a world overwhelmed by waste and plastic, a growing awareness of environmental issues urges us to reflect. Can we fix this? What positive habits can each of us adopt, in our own small way, to help improve the situation? If we look around our homes, we see we are […]
“A bee has 960,000 neurons in its brainstem. With this limited number of neurons, it can perform cognitive feats such as learning to distinguish Monet paintings from Picasso paintings, and then instantly recognize new works by Monet and Picasso that have never been seen before. With its 960,000 neurons, the […]