Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?
Science On March 31, 2009, a panel of scientists and civil servants met to assess the risk presented by a recent series of tremors in the Abruzzo region of Italy. They concluded that… On March 31,...
View ArticleItalian Scientists Convicted Of Manslaughter For 'Inexact' Earthquake...
Science The six scientists and one ex-government official have been sentenced to six years in prison after prosecutors said they assured the public there was a low chance of disaster. After a 6.3...
View ArticleWaggling Phallic Scanner 3-D-Maps The Tower Of Pisa In 20 Minutes
Technology The spring-mounted laser scanner does its work while sproinging around comically.
View ArticleThe Key To Predicting Volcanic Eruptions May Be Hiding In Plain Sight
Science The rocks know Can we predict volcanic eruptions? Can we predict volcanic eruptions?
View ArticleIn Italy, Parents Who Force Vegan Diet Could Go To Jail
Health A controversial bill calls the diet "reckless" A law proposed by Italy's centre-right political party Forza Italia would charge parents who force children to eat a vegan diet with neglect.
View ArticleZika Stays In Body Twice As Long As Previously Thought
Health Virus found in a man's semen six months later After a man in Italy was reported to have signs of Zika virus in his semen six months after exposure, scientists are questioning whether the virus...
View ArticleDeadly Earthquake Strikes Italy, Reducing Towns To Rubble
Science At least 38 confirmed dead A large earthquake struck central Italy just after 3:30 am local time, when most people in the region were asleep at home.
View ArticleCyclones in the Pacific made it snow in Rome, and soon that weather will hit...
Science Your regular reminder that weather is a wild system of tiny causes and huge effects. There’s more to this story than a few pretty pictures of snowy Roman roofs. There's also some sweet gifs of...
View ArticleThe Leaning Tower of Pisa stays up for the same reason it leans
Science Engineers and scientists have been fascinated by the unusual structure for half a millennium. Earthquakes, Mussolini, two hundred years of construction misadventures—the Leaning Tower of Pisa...
View ArticleThe real-world Mount Doom just erupted (again)
Environment Stromboli has really made a name for itself. On Wednesday afternoon, videos of an ashy blast went viral when the volcano Stromboli erupted, killing one hiker. But the seismic belch isn’t a...
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