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A state maritime museum in Christopher Columbus' birthplace of Genoa is challenging a Florence library to be the custodian of the recently returned 1493 letter in which the explorer described his voyages to Spanish royals. Maria Paola Profumo, the director of the Galata Sea Museum, told The Associated Press on Friday she wants to put the lette...

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L'Italia è un Paese per vecchi? Certo, secondo le statistiche demografiche che lo mettono fra i primi Paesi al mondo per basso tasso di natalità e alta età media dei suoi cittadini.   Ma c'è un altro lato della medaglia, proiettato verso il futuro e non verso la decadenza: l'Istituto italiano di tecnologia (IIT) è il leader internazionale de...

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The cancer cells of the body are able to circumvent our natural defenses, preventing our immune system to attack. Many new details on this mechanism have been brought to light by a study conducted at the Hospital Bambin Gesù of Rome and by the Department of Experimental Medicine of the University of Genoa.   The study in question was publish...

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2016 is a very important year for Genoa, as it marks the first ten-year anniversary from the declaration of Le Strade Nuove e il Sistema dei Palazzi dei Rolli as Unesco world heritage.   In order to celebrate the important achievement, this little city in the North-East of Italy has organized three "Rolli Days" in which some of its best and...

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