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  • The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight. This is the most alarming signal issued by the Bulletin since the Clock was created in 1947. From the very beginning, the purpose of the Clock has been to assess the world’s vulnerability to human-made threats and to raise

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I am a physicist, and I got my degree at the university of Rome Sapienza and my Ph.D. at the University of Bologna. After spending about 10 years between the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne Université in Paris, I become research director at the Enrico Fermi Research Center in Rome.  In 2025 I was awarded of the title of honorary professor at the Institute of Technology of Sumatra (Indonesia). My research activity includes statistical physics of complex astrophysical and cosmological systems, self-gravitating systems, galactic kinematics and dynamics. Beyond my professional publications, I am author of several books about the problem of higher education and academic research in Italy and abroad and more generally about science and politics. I write comments on several Italian dailies.