CronacaNews of the Old, Talk of the NewMet drops a della Robbia- July 2, 2008 A glazed terra cotta relief by the Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia came loose overnight from its perch above a doorway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and crashed to the stone floor below,http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005417.html Guillotines in orbit- July 1, 2008 "France plans revolution in space"http://www.cronaca.com/archives/005416.html The population bust- July 1, 2008 Interesting article in this weekend's NY Times Magazine on the possible causes of the developed world's demographic time bomb. It is argued there that one crucial factor is partial modernization: where women have joined thehttp://www.cronaca.com/archives/005415.html |