Fill your car up with… pcs
Illstrated by Priya Khatri
Every time I have to fuel my car I am so embarassed! Not only because fuel is very expensive, not only because the men working at the gas stations are always very excited since they don’t expect to see a girl coming out from the car.
I just cannot believe that in spite of all the technology available today we have not found yet a solution to fuel cars without using polluting materials.
Scientists in Romania and Turkey are seeking ways to remove toxic materials from electronics so these scrap materials can be safely recycled and… junk computers could fuel cars! Read more
Filed Under Environment, Modern Life, Research, Technology
In the beginning God created ET
Illustration by Priya Kathri
It’s always been a problem for me since I was a child.
At school I started to attend the religion class and the science one at the same time.
What a dilemma: “How did it all begin?!”
Since my teachers were all Sisters, every time I asked them to tell me why the two stories were so different, they just answered: “One day you will understand by yourself”.
Then I decided to study philosophy at the university and things got worse, as I realized that the two conceptions, the creationist and the scientific ones were irreconciliable.
Is it still true?
Filed Under Diversity, History & traditions, Modern Life, Research
Enjoy your meal!
Illustration by Lars Wannop
I remember when I was at school.
At 11 in the morning, as the bell rang, hundreds of pupils ran out of the classrooms to queue at the bakery.
Just one word to resume our thoughts: HUNGRY.
Sandwiches, pizzas, cakes, chocolate… those fifteen minutes were the most exciting moments of our young existence at school.
I cannot imagine what our reactions would have been at the bakery owner’s answer: “D’you prefer an apple or a banana”?
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Filed Under Food, Modern Life, Research, World Health
Was it good for you?
Illustration by Lars Wannop
It has always been men’s dilemma, and I wonder if there’s ever been a girl not having faked one at least once.
Come on girls, we all know: we can imitate orgasm to please men - or just because we are tired or late! - and this fact drive our partners completely crazy.
Why?
Is it just because they want to know how macho they are? I don’t think so… there’s something deeper in this issue: first of all we are “western girls”; we are lucky because we are supposed to be not just blowup love dolls, but human beings having the right “to feel”.
Not all women in the world are so lucky.
Filed Under Diversity, Human Rights, World Health
Love, your hair smell like… nothing!
Illustration by Valerie Gudenus
When I was a child one of my favourite tale was “Through the Looking-Glass” by Lewis Carroll.
I remember the flowers insulting Alice because she was supposed to be a no fragrant flower.
But today, Mr Carroll, she could do the same!
The flowers no longer smell like flowers.
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Filed Under Environment, Modern Life, Research, Technology
Skinny dreams…
Illustration by Lars Wannop
Have you ever suffered from insomnia?
Every hour laying in your bed becomes eternal, you can not stop thinking of your work, you know your alarm could be ringing soon, you look at your boyfriend snoring next to you and you begin to hate him.
Did you know that you also run the risk to put on weight?
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A traditional charity football match in Venice
Everybody like Venice: its beauty, its romantic atmosphere, its ancient buildings… but there’s another lovely thing strictly related to Venice: the spritz, a famous orange coloured alcoholic drink. For Venice citizens aperitif time is a way to join friends, to have a break… to get drunk (since you don’t have to drive ‘cause there are no cars in the fish shaped isle!).
So… why not using the alcohol excuse to do something good?
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Filed Under Events, Food, History & traditions, Sport