PHOSPHINE IN THE CLOUD DECKS OF VENUS. UNKNOWN CHEMISTRY OR A SIGN OF LIFE?
As many already know, a recent study [Greaves et al. 2020] suggested the presence in the cloud decks of Venus of phosphine, a gas that…
Culture and Society
Part 2. THE MODERN WITCH HUNT AGAINST SCIENCE
Part2: Answering some of the most common antiscience arguments. Starting from the first part of our “The modern witch hunt against science” saga where…
Part 1. THE MODERN WITCH HUNT AGAINST SCIENCE
PART 1: The Witch, the Pied Piper and the Mob “Vaccines cannot be trusted. Big-pharma earn money from your illness. They have nothing to…
Digital Beauty
Would it be possible to have a fully digital art gallery? Back in 2006, Germano Celant, the father of the Italian art movement Arte Povera…
Setting the Sun on the British Empire
‘To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s’. In this line from Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky evokes…
The Resilience of the Chinese Government in Face of Coronavirus
Early in 2020, the Chinese government was facing a serious legitimacy crisis after the Wuhan government was found to conceal the Coronavirus outbreak. By the…
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure: Why You Should Care About Your Data
In Hansel and Gretel, two children are lured into the candy-coated home of a deceitful witch. In exchange for doing household chores, the witch fattens…
Between Authoritarianism and Democracy: What’s the Right Way to Fight the Virus?
Amidst the unstoppable news wave regarding the Coronavirus pandemic, the gaze of the world has now shifted to some of the major Western democracies. Having…
The cost of freedom in times of a pandemic. Reminiscences of Albania’s troubled history
During my final year of high school, I went on exchange to China, to a school affiliated with Renmin University in Beijing. Italian students were…
The End of Medusa?
On February 23, a 3-minute video with the title “Be A Lady They Said” was published on Instagram and soon after went viral across the…
What we are missing on inequality. Italy’s case study
When dealing with the issue of inequality we often approach the problem in the wrong way. We end up discussing about the inequalities as outputs…
Art Basel Hong Kong 2020: pragmatism hiding behind idealism?
2020 is off to a bit of a rocky start to put it lightly: from Australia’s environmental disaster to the threat of a global conflict…
Ethics for Everyone: We Are the World?
Have you ever dreamt of world peace ? In the likely event that you did, you surely pictured a world not only rid of wars,…
We Were Never Taught How to Deal with Our Mistakes
To err is human, but we must also learn how to deal with those mistakes. The Cantonese term for the Hong Kong Correctional Services (CSD…
Balancing the Narrative: the Hong Kong protests from a mainlander’s perspective
As the world rang in a new decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping took to state media in his New Year’s address, praising China’s domestic achievements…
