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The Wild Within the Walls
“From antiquity to modern times, Rome has been entangled with the wild animals who creep, slither, scurry, and nest among its pillars and palaces.”
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Food Shopping in Rome
“Deliciousness, I discovered, was more filling than deprivation.”
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My Grandpa, the Fascist?
“An old family album sent me on a journey through Italy’s dark past in Libya.”
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Soundscapes of the Silenced
“In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification. Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.”
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It Began as a Rewilding Experiment. Now a Bear Is on Trial for Murder
“The death of a jogger in the Italian Alps has sparked a furious debate about the relationship between humans and nature.”
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Flying Solo
On self-love and self-acceptance while aging in a disabled body.
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The Vatican’s Secret Role in the Science of IVF
“More than half a century ago, men of science and men of faith gathered together to unlock the mysteries of female fertility. The answer: urine from the brides of Christ. And lo, those nuns gaveth.”
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Can AI Unlock the Secrets of the Ancient World?
“Almost 2,000 years ago, a volcano preserved Herculaneum’s vast library of scrolls but left them unreadable. A volunteer army of nerds has been racing to decipher them.”
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Buon Appetito: A Reading List on Italian Food
Six stories to challenge your assumptions about one of the world’s most iconic cuisines.
