There’s New Proof Crispr Can Edit Genes Inside Human Bodies
The technique had largely been limited to editing patients’ cells in the lab. New research shows promise for treating diseases more directly.
22/09/2022 Wired
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The future of gas
The UK has a target to be net zero by 2050. That means reducing harmful CO2 emissions by 100 per cent. We have to find new ways – greener ways – to do these things. In 2019, the UK emitted 351.
27/09/2022 New Statesman
Taxing non-doms fairly would raise billions
In 1799, William Pitt the Younger introduced Britain’s first income tax, to raise revenue for the war against Napoleon. Back then, Britain was in its colonial heyday, and many people made or maintained their fortunes through foreign investments.
27/09/2022 New Statesman
Chambers of commerce back Firth of Forth green freeport bid
Three chambers of commerce have declared their support for a green freeport in the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, Fife Chamber of Commerce and Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce, which represent nearly 1,500 international and Scottish…
27/09/2022 The Independent
Can reducing plastic production ease the energy crisis?
Plastic production relies on oil and gas, yet reducing output has not been put forward as a response to the energy crisis. Until now. A new report says this is the moment for bold action.
27/09/2022 Deutsche Welle
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'Truly remarkable' drug helps motor neurone disease
Scientists say they have slowed and even reversed some of the devastating and relentless decline caused by motor-neurone disease (MND). The treatment works in only 2% of patients but has been described as "truly remarkable" and a "real moment of…
21/09/2022 BBC
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The four new driving laws coming into force in UK this month
Motorists have been urged to be familiar with new driving laws that have been rolled out this month, including stricter rules against the use of mobile phones.
27/09/2022 The Independent
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APPEC Shell sees 2024 global aviation fuel demand return to level before pandemic
Global aviation fuel demand is expected to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels of 300 million tonnes per year in the next one to two years, the head of aviation at Shell said on Tuesday.
27/09/2022 Reuters
How samovar tea is warming the hearts in Qatar
Doha, Qatar – Mohammed Ali, a restaurateur in Qatar’s capital Doha, has a story about a female customer who would come to his shop every day with a flask and have it filled with karak tea. One day, her driver brought the flask and said the woman was…
27/09/2022 Al Jazeera
A disabled NDIA chair is a great first move in the NDIS reset. Here's what should happen next
The original vision for the NDIS was that it would give people with disabilities a say in how services are delivered. The appointment of an NDIA chair who is disabled is a positive move.
27/09/2022 The Conversation
How we accidentally planned the desertion of our cities
The zoning policies that planners introduced to create vibrant and resilient mixed-use neighbourhoods have had the opposite effect, as services and residential developments crowd out light industry.
27/09/2022 The Conversation
The French town that has lived without tap water for three months
The water has not been potable in the town of Le Castellet in southeastern France since June, after molecules derived from a pesticide were detected at levels seven times higher than the regulatory limit.
27/09/2022 Le Monde
Victoria promises Australia’s biggest renewable energy storage targets
The targets will be met through a $157m package of projects, including a big battery in north-western Victoria and two bio-energy projects at farms in Gippsland and Barwon.
27/09/2022 Sydney Morning Herald
The dangers of TikTok mental health advice
Psychiatrists often recommend coping with trauma by sharing experiences in familiar group settings after first receiving professional help.
27/09/2022 El País
NASA Smashes Into an Asteroid, Completing a Mission to Save a Future Day
The DART spacecraft completed its 10-month journey to demonstrate a technique that could defend the planet from deadly space rocks in the future.
27/09/2022 New York Times
Nasa tests defence technology by crashing spacecraft into asteroid
The aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them.
27/09/2022 The Independent
Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
A spacecraft named Dart plowed into a 525-foot asteroid named Dimorphos on Monday, in a test to alter the space rock's orbit and better prepare Earth to avoid future cosmic collisions.
27/09/2022 Le Monde
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an Asteroid—on Purpose
The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth.
26/09/2022 Wired
NASA spacecraft to hit asteroid in planetary defence test
In world's first attempt to change motion of an asteroid, scientists hope the method can prevent collisions with Earth.
26/09/2022 Al Jazeera
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NASA set to crash DART probe into asteroid as test for future collisions
The space agency will attempt to knock Domorphos off its orbit using a technique that could hopefully one day save the Earth from potentially life-destroying impacts
26/09/2022 El País
NASA's DART mission will slam into an asteroid's moon today
A NASA spacecraft will deliberately slam into an asteroid Monday, and it's all in the name of planetary protection.
26/09/2022 CNN
Webb telescope being aimed at asteroid targeted by Nasa Dart mission for collision
Nasa’s space telescopes, Webb and its predecessor Hubble, as well as the Lucy space probe, are all set to monitor Nasa’s Dart mission slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday. “We are moving an asteroid. We’re changing the motion of a…
26/09/2022 The Independent
Tim Cook: 'No good excuse' for lack of women in tech
Apple chief executive Tim Cook says there are still "not enough women at the table" at the world's tech firms - including his own. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Cook said technology "will not achieve nearly what it could achieve"…
26/09/2022 BBC
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Siemens automates design process for testing new chips with advanced packaging
Siemens Digital Industries Software, a unit of Siemens AG , on Monday said it launched new software called Tessent Multi-die that automates a design process for testing chips made with advanced packaging.
26/09/2022 Reuters
More than half of the world's palm trees in danger
More than a thousand species of palm tree are at risk of extinction, according to a study. Scientists used artificial intelligence to assess risks to the entire palm family, from tall trees to climbing plants. The data gives a much better idea of…
26/09/2022 BBC
Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day linked with longer lifespan – study
26/09/2022 The Independent
64% ‘think banks and others should do more to help customers through crisis’
26/09/2022 The Independent
Dora Maar and Françoise Gilot were much more than Picasso's muses or lovers. They are important artists in their own right
26/09/2022 The Conversation
How helping others during major life transitions could be a path to greater well-being
26/09/2022 The Conversation