SocietyThe good news
Cremona opens a new home for nursery and preschool
Opened on 10 October in the Po district, the Mario Lodi centre brings together four nursery sections and three preschool sections.
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Music for today ·Edition of 13 October 2026
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Perspectives.
ScienceThe bright side
LISA moves towards its next telescope test
NASA announced a new engineering test unit on 8 October for the future European-led gravitational-wave mission.
CultureThe good news
Savona brings San Giacomo’s spaces and frescoes back into view
The restored 15th-century church was inaugurated on 9 October. Work on the rest of the complex remains a separate project.
EnvironmentThe bright side
England brings flood preparation tools together online
Flood Action Week, from 12 to 18 October, accompanies a website linking local risk, free warnings and planning. It does not replace physical protection.
Moving forward.
EnvironmentThe bright side
UNDP opens a $1 million ocean innovation call
Up to ten projects could receive as much as $100,000 each. Applications are open; environmental results have not yet been delivered.
SocietyThe good news
Students from China and Russia worked together on robots in Shenzhen
A UNESCO IITE report published on 12 October describes an exchange held on 18–23 September, with programmable vehicles and international teams.
ScienceThe bright side
NovaMoon plans reference points for finding the way on the Moon
ESA describes a future mission to improve lunar navigation. Positioning within a metre is an objective, not a service already available.
CultureThe good news
Molentargius offers three days of nature, culture and sound
Quartu’s council reports 10,000 attendances at the 9–11 October festival, with outdoor experiences, workshops and sporting activities.
A little more to discover.
Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words. Ideas worth a closer look.
01Design
Jean Prouvé: a chair shows where the weight goes
The Standard chair’s legs are deliberately different: their shapes reveal the structural work hidden inside an everyday object.
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Patañjali: a short sentence is not a shortcut
A definition of yoga asks us to distinguish movements of the mind from what we actually know about a tradition.
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Spathiphyllum wallisii: the white sail is not a giant petal
The peace lily’s white sail is a modified leaf: its tiny flowers sit on the central spike inside it.
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Hummingbirds: reversing is not a flight played backwards
A study of Anna’s hummingbirds reveals precise changes in posture and wing movements as the birds back away from flowers.
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Quaderno: the Italian word that keeps a four inside
The name of the Italian notebook recalls sheets gathered in groups: folding paper makes its history easier to understand.
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That is quite a lot of good for one day.
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