Video timeline: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Meet Rosa Patritti 01:09 Folklore 01:54 Traditional Dress 02:18 Language 03:01 Music 04:00 Food
So what actually makes this village Scottish? Legend has it that the population descended from Scottish soldiers, who stumbled across the area whilst fleeing a battle 500 years ago.
But it’s not just their supposed ancestors flying the Scottish flag – the inhabitants today wear traditional tartan, grab drinks in their local Scottish bar and they even mix Scottish into their language…Ay, can you believe it! These are the Italian locals keeping this delightfully unexpected Scottish tradition alive.
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will travel to one of Jupiter’s largest moons to look for evidence of conditions that could support life.
The Large Hadron Collider hasn’t seen any new particles since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012. Here’s what researchers are trying to do about it.
Figuring out how the human body can withstand underwater pressure has been a problem for over a century, but a ragtag band of divers is experimenting with hydrogen to find out.
The Globalist (February 29, 2024): We get the latest from a Western Balkans summit that includes Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Then: the latest battle for Pacific Island influence between the US and China, what Japan can do about its record-low birth rate and how Christian nationalism is rising in the US. Also, technology news with David Phelan and fine wines in the Arabian Peninsula.
The long-serving Republican leader said he would step aside from the role at the end of his term but remain in the Senate, acknowledging that his views on national security had put him out of step with his party.
The former president’s trial on charges of plotting to subvert the 2020 election will remain on hold while the justices consider the matter.
Democratic unease with the president’s handling of the Mideast war will continue to trail him, but his allies hope that no other state on the primary calendar will present the same challenges.
New satellite-based research reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise.
A major culprit: overpumping of groundwater.
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