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FACTA is an independent Italian non-profit media outlet that applies the scientific method to investigative and data journalism. Our mission is to promote democracy through science-based investigations. We work in Italy, a country with enormous political, environmental, and social issues. We publish in Italian and English, often in syndication with other Italian media. We strongly believe rigorous, transparent, open science, public interest journalism can help better inform the public debate and build scientific citizenship.
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Episode 3
Follow the Water - Ep. 03
25.10.2022
The blood vessel of Egypt meets China: the world's plumber-in-chief. A journey which starts with the Neolithic revolution, passes through the “hydraulic century” and carries us into the future. By following the history of water, we delve into the roots of human civilization, crossing paths with science, technology, politics, and the stories of people and places.
Episode 6
The environment in which we evolve - Ep. 06
5.09.2022
Indeed, our history is one that for a long time was primarily, and exclusively, an African story..
Episode 5
The environment we ignore - Ep. 05
26.08.2022
In the motion of rain, the water touches what cannot stay. In the first days of the world, we were travelling. Where have you gone, leaf and flower, scent of moths?
Episode 4
The environment we explore - Ep. 04
4.08.2022
If you want to be a polar explorer and cross the Arctic on skis, you should do it soon and in the winter. This message is quite clear.
Episode 2
The sound of ice - Ep. 02
29.07.2022
Listen to the numbers. From an ice-breaker in the Arctic to the keyboard of a piano, scientific indicators become music and gestures, a narrative made of science and digital art. An experimental tale of the emotions at the heart of research. This is how Judy Twedt creates data-driven soundtracks from sea ice.
