Florence, Italy News

History and the fantastic tales surrounding it have always been a playground for entertainment.

How do you ever get tired of this? Today Ubisoft has announced that it has two pieces of downloadable content in the works for Assassin's Creed II , though it's being highly judicious with just how much detail it's actually revealing.

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 03 Dec 2009 Children who bully at school are likely to also bully their siblings at home.

E-mail: rdsemba@jhmi.edu Received 7 April 2009; Revised 29 September 2009; Accepted 2 October 2009; Published online 2 December 2009.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, December 01, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- An exhibition on show at the Museum of History and Science in Florence offers visitors an insight into the role that Italy has played in global scientific development.

The Artist, The Philosopher, and The Warrior By Paul Strathern Bantam, $30 Leonardo da Vinci once observed, "Man is a model of the world." In "The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior," London author Paul Strathern presents the idea that artist da Vinci, philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli and warrior Cesare Borgia represent the three sides of the ...

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi is not being investigated in connection with a Mafia bomb attack in Florence in 1993, a court said after reports that he was being probed on the evidence of a mobster-turned-witness. The Italian media has buzzed with reports that Berlusconi and an associate would be linked to the Mafia by a mob informant in open court on ...

You'll spend at least 40 a day seeing 'classic' Florence. Use our guide, from the author of the city's new iPhone app, and you can save your pennies for postcards and coffees If you love Renaissance art, a trip to the Uffizi is a no-brainer. In no other world museum is time so tangible.

The seventh edition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from 5th - 13th December 2009.

A battle breaks out among men in armor. Assassin's Creed II Systems: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Price: $59.99 Rating: M for mature Italian crime families have become a staple of video games during the past few years, starring in hits such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , The Godfather and Mafia .

Researchers are invited to contribute their abstracts to the World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010 , the largest global meeting devoted to all aspects of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis research and patient care.

A jar containing two of Galileo's missing fingers has been located. The jar containing the digits has been missing for more than a century.

Barbie, the iconic children's doll, is dressed in a traditional head-to-toe burka in her latest incarnation.

Florence, Italy And Seville, Spain - GE Oil & Gas' advanced steam turbine technology has won CSP Today's Best Applied Research and Development Award for innovation in concentrated solar power .

Occasionally, even those on holiday in Florence need an escape from their vacation.

One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burkha.

Robert Pattinson The Twilight Saga: New Moon make Italy home Have you seen The Twilight Saga: New Moon yet? Or, are you going for a second time? When you do, take a good look at Volterra, resident location for the Robert Pattinson Edward Cullen character and all his blood-sucking buddies when you do.

This photo shows a finger from Galileoa s right hand, removed in 1737 from the great Tuscan scientista s corpse as it was being transferred to the monumental tomb in the Basilica of Santa Croce.

Joanelle Mulrain worked at a feverish pitch to complete seven paintings while battling a giant kidney stone.

It sounds fairly benign in English but clandestino has Italian media roiled up. It's the word of choice for some for those in the country illegally - " the "illegals" of Italy's immigration debate.