Francesca Clemente

Palm oil contaminated with a carcinogenic dye, the EU is on red alert

In palm oil coming from Ghana via the Netherlands health officers found an illegal carcinogenic and genotoxic dye called Sudan IV.

2016 Nobel Peace Prize? Let’s give it to bicycles

Bicycles as candidate for Nobel Peace Prize. Caterpillar, the radio programme broadcast on Rai Radio 2, known for the environmental initiative M’illumino di meno, is launching the Bike the Nobel campaign in order to present bicycles as a candidate for Nobel Peace Prize. The programme, hosted by Massimo Cirri and Sara Zambotti, relaunched the idea

Figures and history of the Islamic State, or DAESH

In 2015, the Islamic State (Isis), or DAESH – the acronym of the Arabic words for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Al Dawla Al Islamiya fi al Iraq wa al Sham) with which it renamed itself from 2013 to 2014 – has brought terror and brutality beyond the areas that are under its

Music after Paris attacks

The music world is still upset by Paris assaults that on Friday night killed 129 people. Most of them were at Bataclan, the historic concert hall where the Eagles of Death Metal were playing. What should have been a party night of pure entertainment and rock music with the ironic California band turned into the theatre

Berlin Kombinat Tours: the real Berlin

Being guided along the untravelled roads of a foreign city is a pleasant experience. It can even be an amazing one if those who guide us make us fall in love with what they describe, if they arouse our passion and curiosity, if the sites that we see together are unexpected and unique. But it

Red lentil and pumpkin soup

The red lentil and pumpkin soup combines the smoothness of the two main ingredients.

The bamboo forest of Sagano has beautiful sounds that must be preserved

The idea of soundscape has been theorised for the first time in the ‘70s by Canadian composer, scientist and environmentalist Raymond Murray who invented the World soundscape project, an interdisciplinary research project for the comparative study of the sounds of landscapes throughout the world. Thanks to his theories, he created a real alternative discipline to the

Street Art in Barcelona: graffiti and folding bicycles, a perfect combination

Discovering “silent” Barcelona’s street art by bike. That’s what David Cristian did on his folding bike one Sunday morning, in search of graffiti in some areas of the Catalan city. “You can easily picture Saturday evenings in Catalonia by thinking about tapas, beer, terraces and plaças full of people until really late at night. That’s why – David

University returns a 1 million dollar donation granted by Coca Cola to support research in favour of sugary drinks

1 million dollars were returned to Coca Cola because they had been used to shift the blame for obesity away from junk food. This is Colorado University’s courageous choice.

With E-Kaia we can source electricity from plants

Small mobile devices can also be charged with plant-extracted electricity. You just need to connect them to an E-Kaia charger.