Selected articles
Dental Fillings: a Reaction in Your Mouth
Chemmatters, October 2017
Is your home healthy? Ask the DNA
Genetic investigations are the latest tool for busting unsafe microorganisms and improving air quality in buildings.
Do microbes control our mood?
Research on gut bacteria may change the way we look at anxiety, depression, and behavioural disorders
Which is more wholesome: wild or farmed fish?
Choosing between wild and farmed fish is often a dilemma for consumers. Science gives us a heads-up for choosing at the counter and helps in the struggle to save the global fish stocks Sergio Pistoi, Youris.com Wild-captured fish cost twice as much as their farmed counterparts; a difference that many believe is justified by their better […]
Smart Cities Vs. Terrorism
Does technology expose cities more to terrorist attacks?
The Social Life of Bricks
A celebrity in the materials world, Mark Miodownik dreams of colour-changing walls and looks at the future of renewable buildings
Power of the Sun. Dirt Cheap.
In a world hungry for energy, top scientist Michael Grätzel hopes to make solar cells more affordable by copying photosynthesis
Science and High Schoolers: my Survival Guide on PLOS
How to talk about science to teenagers.
The DNA diet: does it work?
Genetically-tailored diets are in vogue. But do they work?
The Big Boob Persuasion: does it work for science, too?
Using naked boobs to disseminate science? The Tumblr blog Boobs for Science has just proved it’s no joke. Is it sustainable?
Italian scientists protest against budget cuts, crocodile tears included
Sergio Pistoi for The Euroscientist In the successful Italian comedy, Smetto quando voglio (I can quit whenever I want), a group of young and talented scholars with no career perspective turns into a successful drug-dealing mob. The story is imaginary—a surreal rendition of Breaking Bad—but it is also the portrait of Italian academia.There, the shortage […]
Darwin Rocks!
The nerdiest playlist of anti-creationist rock tunes.
Lessons from the Italian ban on pesticides
Youris.com
Beauty is in the moth’s eyes
Youris.com