Rome and Milan have ordered no-car days next week to combat pollution, which has hit unhealthy levels for weeks mainly because no rain has fallen to wash away the smog.
Environment
Dec 24, 2015
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The streets of Rome will be the backdrop for a race in the new Formula E world championship in 2014, it was announced on Saturday.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 2, 2012
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Seeps from which gas and oil escape were formative to many ancient cultures and societies. They gave rise to legends surrounding the Delphi Oracle, Chimaera fires and "eternal flames" that were central to ancient religious ...
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2015
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The city of Ife has been significant to the Yoruba people of West Africa for as long as they can remember. It was briefly abandoned in the 19th century, and Gerard Chouin says the Yoruba repopulated the town, likely drawn ...
Archaeology
Jun 3, 2015
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(AP) -- Google says it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.
Internet
Mar 10, 2010
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Ancient Rome's emperors did some pretty bizarre stuff—bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter, appointing a horse as a priest, dressing in animal skins and attacking people ... the list goes on.
Other
Jun 29, 2021
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Guardian dogs do a great job of protecting Australian livestock from predators.
Veterinary medicine
Jul 7, 2023
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Weekend rain washed away the dangerous pollution that has afflicted Rome in recent weeks but left city authorities with a new headache: roads and pavements made treacherous by bird droppings.
Environment
Jan 3, 2016
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Travelers in Rome have a new way to earn cash towards public transportation tickets: recycling plastic bottles.
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
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Tired of bird droppings on the city's most famous monuments, local authorities in Rome are resorting to unusual measures to try and scare off a million starlings that migrate to the Eternal City every year.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2012
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