While most PCBs stick to tried-and-true methods of passing electrons through their layers of carefully-etched copper, modern construction methods allow for a large degree of customization of most ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Nestled on the side of a hill in Umbria, Italy is an unusual sight: a ...

Explore the intricate genetic structure within the Italian population, revealing distinct Northern and Southern groups. In spite of the common belief of Europe as reasonably homogeneous at genetic ...

More than 1,400 monuments, street signs and plaques honoring fascism have been put online in the first nationwide attempt to document the symbols of Benito Mussolini’s regime that still dot the urban ...

The tortuous path of the new Italian seismic hazard map has hit another roadblock. Nature Italy has learned that the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) has completed the internal ...

Posidonia oceanica is a Mediterranean seagrass whose meadows act as a carbon sink, a coastal protector and a nursery for marine life. This ecosystem is under severe threat from human activities, ...

Italy's Blue Flag beaches are rated as the cleanest and safest in the country. Photo by Massimo Virgilio on Unsplash The list of Italy's high quality beaches has grown again this year. Here, we take a ...

A picture taken on January 18, 2021 shows people walking and wearing protective masks in pedestrian streets next to Canal Grande in the northern city of Trieste during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by ...

“The idea of travelling has controlled their minds…People who travelled started building concrete houses and multi-story buildings. The youth became jealous of each other…and travelling became the ...

In the immediate aftermath, more than 80 aftershocks were recorded by EMSC, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. These spanned from the epicentre in Norcia, Umbria, a town 100 miles north ...