Italian oil major ENI lobbied for more fossil fuels despite 1970 internal report warning of dangers; faces lawsuit

The climate lawsuit, if brought to the court, will be the first of its kind in Italy

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US space shot lifts tethered satellite

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Lasting imprint

Not through this valley

Satirist Dario Fo sued

Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo has been sued for defaming Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in his new satire The Two-…

Mama mia

Supermice to the rescue

Rain plays truant in Italy too

A germ that heals

Politics, genetically modified

A political mountain to climb: Why the Alps are such a commonly used metaphor in European thought

Fascists used the Alps as grounds on which to improve the health of the nation

In honour of Galileo

Exhibition>> Astronomy • Italy

Leading the way

A parasite's parasite

Extreme care is required to ensure the purity of plasmodium cultures

Dazzling rays

Earthling or not?

Set to explode

Millions of birds killed annually in southern Europe during olive harvest, says study

The birds are sucked into machines that harvest olives during the night

Venice in peril

In the absence of a strategy to combat the frequent floods, the city of Venice may drown

Fifth wheel

In the natural world away from the laboratories, redundant genes are not really useless

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Aid to AIDS treatment

A common virus can help in preventing the growth of a HIV variant

Cancerous transmission