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How Europe’s Electric Grid Is Coping With the Heat

Greater energy efficiency and renewables are easing some of the pressure from air-conditioning.

By Stanley Reed

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It’s May in Rome: A Time to Revere, and Fear, Fava Beans

Although favism, a blood disorder that can cause a violent reaction to fava beans, lurks throughout Italy, many Romans look forward to May, when the legumes are in season.

By Jason Horowitz

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Leonardo’s Ferry Left High and Dry by Global Warming and Red Tape

A ferry used to traverse the banks of the Adda River, in northern Italy, but drought and an abundance of bureaucracy has closed it down.

By Jason Horowitz

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In Italy, a Home With Renaissance Frescoes and a Giant Mirrored Cube

By reimagining an apartment inside a storied palazzo, the designer Paola Moretti both preserved its history and gave it a bold new chapter.

By Laura May Todd