When sets lasted forever: how the Rally Point System changed the rules of volleyball
The volleyball we know today, with quick sets to 25 points and matches of overall predictable duration, has not always ...
The history of Caffè Florian in Venice, among the oldest coffee shops in the world, still in business since 1720
The oldest historic café still active in Italy and among the oldest in the world, it was inaugurated on 29 ...
Study, work, resign: because in Italy it is still mothers who leave their jobs
Study, work, resign. This seems to be the parable of thousands of Italian women who every year are forced to ...
The oldest known Viking burial ship from 670-700 AD found in a mound in Norway
On the island of Leka, along the central-northern coast of Norway, there is one of the largest burial mounds in ...
Monumental Mayan site discovered in Mexico: El Jefeciño of Quintana Roo had 80 buildings in 900 AD
In the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán peninsula, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has ...
One Italian in 4 abandons sport, 15 million young people abandon it in adolescence: ISTAT data
According to the latest Istat data, around 25% of Italians have abandoned sport during their lifetime. And drop-out often occurs ...
What to do with damaged euro banknotes or coins: the Bank of Italy can replace them
It has happened to many of us to find ourselves with a ruined banknote, perhaps slightly torn, accidentally ended up ...
9,000 years of rock paintings linked by ancient DNA discovered in a refuge in Kakapel in Kenya
In the Busia district, at the foot of Mount Elgon in western Kenya, lies Kakapel, a granite rock shelter and ...
Controversial pardons that have divided Italy: why the President can cancel a sentence
Often the granting of pardon by the President of the Republic to convicted people gives rise to political controversy because ...
How much the war in Iran weighs on families and businesses in Italy: economic impact and estimates of price increases
Since the outbreak of the war in Iran and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz we have seen prices ...
