Renowned men’s tailored clothing company Cesare Attolini of Naples has opened its first store outside of Italy, on Madison Avenue at the corner of 67th Street in New York. Within the 2,500-square-foot space, clients can meet with the store’s tailor to select from nearly 1,000 swatches of fine English, Italian, ...
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An Italian physicist at the head of a team that made a cautious but hugely controversial claim that neutrinos may travel faster than the speed of light resigned on Friday following calls for his dismissal.
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Just about the last thing you’d expect to hear piercing the silence of the snowy Dolomites surrounding the quaint Italian town of Cortina d’Ampezzo is the shriek of 10- and 12-cylinder Lamborghinis. But here we are at a makeshift racetrack carved from ice and snow, attempting to tame three strikingly ...
Read More »Raise It or Raze It?: How Will the Stranded Italian Cruise Ship Be Salvaged?
At more than twice the size of the Titanic, the Costa Concordia was the largest passenger vessel ever to sink when it capsized off Italy's northwest coast on January 13. So far, Italian authorities say of the more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board, at least 18 are confirmed dead and 14 unaccounted for , and the insurance costs may reach $1 billion, according to Moody's Investors Service.
Read More »$35 Raspberry Pi Computer Goes On Sale, Marvel Sends 80 Graphic Novels To iBookstore, Microsoft And Nokia Collaborate On Maps
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Read More »Fighting Fake FiveFingers
When Vibram had trouble meeting demand for its popular FiveFingers running shoes, the market became flooded with counterfeit, nearly identical, shoes. Here's how it fought back.
Read More »California Seismologist Testifies against Scientists in Italy Quake Manslaughter Trial
The courthouse in L’Aquila, Italy, on February 15 hosted a highly anticipated hearing in the trial of six seismologists and one government official indicted for manslaughter over their reassurances to the public ahead of a deadly earthquake in 2009 (see
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Most people wish they could say they do what they love. Here's how one business owner actually made it happen
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Enjoy a romantic all inclusive charter this Valentines day aboard the luxury catamaran NEMO, visit the most beautiful Caribbean islands, St. Vincent, colorful Bequia, magic Tobago Cays and Mayreau, tropical Union Island, exclusive Petit St. Vincent, fashionable Mustique and any other destination in your dreams...
Read More »Sanlorenzo’s Newest Model, the SL94
The latest semicustom model from Italian shipyard Sanlorenzo bridges the gap between the Italian yard’s SL88 and SL104 models. The new yacht reflects Sanlorenzo’s efforts to employ some big-boat thinking, with such features as a flybridge that is larger than those of most similar yachts, plus a transom garage that ...
Read More »The Last Life Boat
After spending over 200 days on a cruise ship, Sixthman founder Andy Levine offers his perspective on what happened on the Costa Concordia. I am probably one of the few 41 year olds who has been on over 50 cruises in my lifetime and was actually on a cruise last weekend when the news of the Costa Concordia incident broke
Read More »Alfa Romeo 4C Concept Represents the Shape of Things to Come
It’s been almost two decades since a new model Alfa Romeo has rolled off a showroom floor here in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean that the Italian manufacturer does not want to offer its highly styled cars to the American market. Roughly five years ago, Alfa’s parent company, Fiat, ...
Read More »Sturdy and Stylish Snow Goggles
Taking inspiration from the first two people to reach the summit of K2, the second tallest mountain in the world, Italian and German design companies Mykita and Moncler have teamed up to create a functional and stylish collection of snow optics called an Homage to the Mountains. The lenses, which ...
Read More »Purists Rejoice: Lamborghini Debuts Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder
Lamborghini devotees have lamented that in the Italian automaker’s undeniably dazzling lineup of recent years, rear-wheel drive seemed to have gone the way of the carburetor.
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