We are in the second-to-last month of the year, and the increasingly shorter days, made even more noticeable by the switch from summer to winter time and the arrival of autumn rains, make us long for a spot by the fireplace, perhaps with a pan full of chestnuts, their skins […]
Yearly Archives: 2025
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“Where Man Begins” is an extremely fascinating book, published in May 2025 by two of Italy’s most brilliant science writers, Telmo Pievani and Giuseppe Remuzzi.The former is a Professor of Philosophy of Biological Sciences at the University of Padua and a Visiting Scientist at the American Museum of Natural History […]
In every branch of science, a careful and complete description of observed phenomena must precede experimental study. The study of behaviour is certainly no exception to this requirement.When studying a species, however, achieving a comprehensive understanding of its behaviour is a challenging task. It requires patient observation and objective description […]
“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 […]
“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. […]