Stories of ideas, discoveries, inventions ... and blunders
Stories of research and development of new technologies for environmental, economic, and social sustainability. We draw lessons for the future from tales of successes interspersed with major failures.
Before oil they used… whales
A brief history of fossil energy The discovery of oil: a resource that illuminated the past but obscures the future...
Lorenza Colzato: cognitive psychologist genius of creativity or queen of...
When those who study how inventive thinking, an indispensable element in the scientific process towards a more sustainable world, is...
Electric cars: stuff from over a century ago. The history...
How it all started before the combustion engine, why today the electric revolution is not coming and we are still...
Who’s fishing with the Net: the staggering increase in online...
The development of the Internet has revolutionised the way we live, work and connect with the world. But, as in...
Wind turbines: the story of how to capture the wind...
The exploitation of wind energy began together with human civilisation; today it is a decisive element in the decarbonisation of...
Carlo Maria Croce: medical genius or serial fraudster?
Between ambition and controversy in the fight against cancer. How a quack can undermine trust in science and slow the...
















