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Coronavirus, the South Korean lesson: how democracies can face a pandemic crisis
Are dictatorial regimes better than democracies in facing a pandemic crisis? This one of the questions that people in the Western countries are asking themselves, considering how governments around the world are managing the coronavirus spread through different...
Coronavirus, how life in East Asia has completely changed
Almost two months. The world has changed: a new virus has caused the death of thousands of people, locked down cities - even countries - and thrown the global economy into crisis. But something seems not to be changed, as usual. The national governments are...
YEAR 3: Steve McQueen gives a fair shot at arts to (almost) every schoolchild
Hearing the expression "family portrait", you probably wouldn't think of 76,000 children photographed in their school uniforms and displayed in billboards across London. It’s the new artistic exhibition by award-winning film director Steve McQueen, Year 3 - which...
“The bag of contention”: what you need to know about the introduction of the compostable bags
From the first of January 2018, biodegradable and compostable bags, used to contain mainly vegetables and fruits, have replaced plastic bags in Italian shops and supermarkets. Many people got angry and did not understand this decision, which was taken for a serious...
The day that man stopped visiting Antarctica
There are times in history when man is compelled to accept he has perhaps gone too far, and scale back from its ambitions. Ancient Greeks even had a word for this sentiment: hubris. That is exactly what happened in December 1979, when touristic flights over Antarctica...
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