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A small team of architects and environmental scientists from Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, both in ...

Smoke indicating whether or not the 267th pope has been chosen could come from the specially-erected chimney of the Sistine Chapel as early as Wednesday evening. The chimney of the Sistine Chapel is ...

As Catholic cardinals meet behind closed doors, a puff of smoke from the Vatican's roof will soon signal the arrival of a new pope. But how does this centuries-old ritual actually work?

black smoke is emitted instead, signaling that the conclave will resume with further voting rounds until a pope is elected. During conclave, cardinals will do four rounds of voting per day.

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals have made a decision, or black if they remain deadlocked. By Elisabetta ...