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Pasta-shaped radio waves beamed across Venice

A group of Italian and Swedish researchers appears to have solved the problem of radio congestion by cleverly twisting radio waves into the shape of fusilli pasta, allowing a potentially infinite number of channels to be ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 53 | with audio podcast

Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice

(AP) -- An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws - evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire. The unusual ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Nearly half of Venice underwater

Much of the historic Italian city of Venice, including St. Mark's Square, was underwater Monday following a meteorological depression combined with natural tide waters, officials said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Venice hasn't stopped sinking after all: study

The water flowing through Venice's famous canals laps at buildings a little higher every year – and not only because of a rising sea level. Although previous studies had found that Venice has stabilized, new measurements ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast