Nestled between a Trader Joe’s and New York City’s East River is Oko Farms, a little hub of greenery in Brooklyn that looks out on to Manhattan’s skyline. Fenced off in the corner of an expansive construction site, it’s not easy to locate.
07/09/2023 The Guardian
Canada’s partnership in the world’s largest radio telescope, located in South Africa and Australia, creates new opportunities for research, but the benefits go beyond astronomy.
21/09/2023 The Conversation
The bacterium that causes Lyme disease is a master of disguise, changing its appearance to evade the immune system as it moves from the ticks that carry it to humans or animals.
21/09/2023 The Conversation
Acronyms like BIPOC can highlight the similar ways racism impacts different people. However, they can also gloss over the distinct experiences of communities.
21/09/2023 The Conversation
Nature positive is the new rallying cry to reverse environmental decline. But it could easily become greenwash – if we’re not careful.
21/09/2023 The Conversation
Greg Brooks Jr, a football player at Louisiana State University (LSU) had a brain tumour removed last week after suffering from dizziness, according to the athlete’s family. “Greg Jr was diagnosed last week with a large brain tumor that required…
21/09/2023 The Independent
Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change. But it is far from clear that those goals can be met without forcing people to do -- or not do -- certain things.
21/09/2023 The Independent
Designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons achieved an unbearable lightness in a series of translucent chiffon dresses that gently cosseted the form, trailed by wispy strands of chiffon
21/09/2023 The Independent
Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esa’s strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid.
21/09/2023 The Conversation
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have shown carbon dioxide on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa – that’s a good sign for the habitability of its buried seas
21/09/2023 NewScientist
Artificial intelligence tools that can conjure whimsical artwork or realistic-looking images from written commands started wowing crowds last year
21/09/2023 The Independent
They live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful levels of toxic waste, research reveals.
21/09/2023 BBC
The vast subterranean ocean of Europa, one of Jupiter’s many moons, contains carbon, one of the crucial ingredients for life, scientists have discovered.
21/09/2023 The Guardian
Early laboratory experiments with tobacco demonstrated that a plant’s natural defence mechanism can be activated by using light.
21/09/2023 The Independent
The UK has delayed its ban on the sale of new cars which burn petrol or diesel in internal combustion engines (ICE) from 2030 to 2035. In some ways, this is no surprise: the original plan was to ban them from 2040, a deadline brought forward by the…
21/09/2023 The Conversation
Microsoft has unveiled a new AI-powered assistant for its Windows PCs that is able to help users with any computing task.
21/09/2023 The Independent
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals — starting with an end to poverty — were set in 2015. At the halfway mark, the world is reeling from crises. Progress is stunted. Do the goals still help?
21/09/2023 NPR
Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, has announced his government will scrap or delay a number of measures designed to help the UK reach net zero by 2050, with a particular focus on housing.
21/09/2023 The Conversation
The Prime Minister said the changes he had announced were ‘particularly important for our rural and farming communities’.
21/09/2023 The Independent
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