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Insects are spreading a devastating plant disease in Italy – Britain must keep it out

Insects are spreading a devastating plant disease in Italy – Britain must keep it out: Olive trees that have died after becoming infected with _Xylella fastidiosa_. Fabio Michele Capelli/Shutterstock Since 2013, over 20 million olive trees in Italy have succumbed to a devastating plant disease. The same disease now threatens many more plant species, across …

Contested memory in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy: how her far-right party is waging a subtle campaign to commemorate fascist figures

Contested memory in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy: how her far-right party is waging a subtle campaign to commemorate fascist figures: Since coming to power, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and her party Brothers of Italy have repeatedly raised the question of who and what is remembered in Italy. They have paid particular attention to how the …

Italy is set to ban lab-grown meat – here’s why it should think again

Italy is set to ban lab-grown meat – here’s why it should think again: Scientists recently created a meatball with the flesh of the long-extinct woolly mammoth. The meatball was the product of one of this century’s most promising technological advancements – cellular agriculture. Sometimes called “lab-grown meat”, the process involves growing animal products from …