Astronaut Luca Parmitano talks to us from the Columbus European Space Laboratory. He explains why tadpoles can help us learn a lot about the weightless conditions of outer space.

This segment is all about so-called "Near-Earth Objects," called "NEOs" for short. They are comets, asteroids, metors and man-made objects, as well. What have they done in the past, and what might they do in the future?

This segment talks about the difference between an asteroid and a comet. Important work is being done with the Hera and Dart missions to study how to deviate an asteroid, thus avoiding possible great damage to our beloved planet

In August of 2014, the European Space Agency Rosetta probe reached the comet 67/P. This mission allowed for the collection of a great deal of data about comets. In fact, in this episode, a comet will be fashioned out of fairly common ingredients in a normal kitchen. That's pretty exciting.

TIM ad in which De Sica tries to flirt with the beautiful Adriana. His daughter, however, jumps in and ruins everything because she threatens to tell all to her mother.

De Sica, speaking in a heavy Roman accent, plays a skeptical traffic cop who stops Santa and his truck. The truck is full of cellphones intended as gifts. A passerby, Valentino Rossi, sees that it really is Santa and the officer pays dearly for his lack of faith.

Ad for Maxxi Day Vacanze [Maxxi Day Vacations], a calling card on offer to TIM clients during the summer months. Christian De Sica plays a clueless uncle who doesn't get what it's about and thinks it involves ice cream.

Elisabetta Canalis, Italian TV hostess par excellence, appears as an inexperienced taxi driver. She asks the police if she can call them if she gets into difficulty, seeing as how she has an economical cellphone plan.

Christian De Sica goes to speak with his son's Latin teacher. He's annoyed about having to go, until he sees that the teacher is a beautiful woman (Belen Rodriguez). He quickly comes about, passing himself off as an expert in Latin.

For a TV commercial in Germany, Elisabetta Canalis, Italian actress and showgirl, lends her image to "Giotto" chocolates, made by the Italian company, Ferrero.

English names for things are more and more popular in Italy. The original famous Italian cookie Pan di Stelle (star bread) is a rich, caloric, chocolate and hazelnut cookie. The Mooncake is a slightly less caloric, and creamier spinoff.

Pupia.Tv – The Auction – Referendum commercial Public Water. On June 12th and 13th vote 2 Yesses against the privatization of water. The ad was produced by the commitee for public water of Velletri. Directed and edited by Luca D’Annibale. Idea and script by Astrid Lima. General organization – Annalisa Marroni.

This video is a Sky Sport advertisement, and was filmed with some of the most important players, for example, Totti, Marchisio, and Perrotta.

Mario Aprile, president of the Trifolao Association in Piedmont, gives us some tips about the characteristics of white truffles: their growth, the ideal way of storing them and of course some excellent recipes.

That's Italy allows us to discover different aspects of Italian style. This first episode features Basilicata, a region offering places of astonishing beauty that few know and few appreciate.