An Italian Constellation: Six Scientists and a Voice Recorder

In this special solo edition of The Blue Hour, I introduce what I've begun calling my Italian constellation: six distinguished scientists and thinkers whom I'll be travelling to Italy to interview in January 2027, each in person with my portable voice recorder. The constellation includes evolutionary philosopher Telmo Pievani, whose work brings together biology, philosophy and literature; zoologist Maurizio Casiraghi, who studies evolution, symbiosis and the relationships between living organisms; neuroscientist Giorgio Vallortigara, internationally recognized for his research into animal cognition and the origins of knowledge; and Giuseppe Remuzzi, one of the world's leading authorities in nephrology and director of the Mario Negri Institute. Joining them are Paolo Ferri, former Head of Mission Operations at the European Space Agency, whose career spans nearly four decades of European space exploration, and Guido Tonelli, the CERN particle physicist who played a leading role in the…

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