In response to my scurrilous insinuation that slow food is for old people with time on their hands, and therefore just not fast enough for us fast moving modern types, Judith Greenwood sent me one of her very quick to rustle up recipes to try.Alas, this week has been a wee bit chaotic what with … [Read more...]
Anti-Matters
September 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Italian scientists are helping to understand the properties of that stuff of science fiction: antimatter.Research on this subject, which may one day in the not too distant future lead to antimatter based power sources for space vehicles, has been carried out at CERN by Italian brain boxes from the … [Read more...]
Too Much Power?
September 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Italy decided to put battle dress clad troops on its streets to help maintain law and order just before the summer this year.Aside from a few soldiers hovering around Milan's central station, I had yet to see much evidence of the military on the streets here in Milan, until recently. … [Read more...]
Sigh of Relief
September 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Our little one went in for an operation today. The op was to have a cyst like thing removed from the sinus area between his nose and eye.Thanks to the miracles of modern medicine and good Italian doctors, the keyhole surgery seems to have been a success. … [Read more...]
Berlusconi’s Nuclear Power Trip
September 22, 2008 By 4 Comments
Worryingly, Berlusconi is rattling on about introducing nuclear power into sunny Italy.Italy's prime minister also mentioned renewable energy sources too, but the priority appears to be to nuke Italy.Not a great idea. Why? … [Read more...]
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