Man and woman with nothing in between, gender as identical to sex ― those who deny the existence of intersex and transgender people like to point to biology. But science actually proves them wrong.
31/03/2021 Deutsche Welle
Forgot tempeh. The humble shroom has the potential to be used across industries, in ways we're only beginning to grasp.
31/03/2021 The Conversation
A community in Scotland has completed one of the country’s largest ever land buyouts – and is now turning the estate into a nature reserve
30/03/2021 Positive News
Google's Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes and other factors, the company announced on Tuesday.
30/03/2021 Reuters
The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, according to experts.
29/03/2021 USA Today
Access to deeper waters allow turbines to be positioned in areas with more consistent windspeeds, company says
24/03/2021 The Independent
Some campaigns take years, even decades to achieve change. Not for Skye Neville, a 10-year-old girl from a Welsh seaside town who in November became outraged at the cheap plastic toys that came attached to her favourite magazines.
23/03/2021 The Guardian
Flying into Egypt in early February to make the most important presentation of his life, Ties van der Hoeven prepared by listening to the podcast 13 Minutes To The Moon – the story of how Nasa accomplished the lunar landings.
20/03/2021 The Guardian
Peanut butter and jelly. Hall & Oates. Now there’s a duo that could literally and figuratively be even more powerful: solar panels and canals.
19/03/2021 Wired
‘There [are] so many negative narratives around low-income families, and in particular, low-income Black families as being people who waste welfare dollars,’ project leader says
18/03/2021 The Independent
A new approach to making jet fuel from food waste has the potential to massively reduce carbon emissions from flying, scientists say. Currently, most of the food scraps that are used for energy around the world are converted into methane gas.
15/03/2021 BBC
A Finnish company has found a way of using wood pulp to print new clothes – and the only byproduct is water
15/03/2021 Positive News
Whenever you hear about a new bit of science news, these suggestions will help you assess whether it's more fact or fiction.
15/03/2021 The Conversation
The leader of the Afghan Dreamers robotics team and her mentor describe the challenge of building low-cost ventilators.
15/03/2021 Al Jazeera
From extended cycle routes to a plastics ban, the biggest Balearic is serious about getting greener, finds Annie Bennett
11/03/2021 The Independent
Swallowable cameras the size of capsules will be given to NHS patients in a “sci-fi” bid to check for cancer. Taking more than 57,000 pictures as they work through the digestive system, the disposable devices are intended to replace complicated and…
11/03/2021 Telegraph
People living in informal settlements across the world often go to dangerous lengths to secure clean water and electricity. A new skylight can provide both - safely, using just normal seawater.
10/03/2021 Reset.org
A fleet of hydrogen-powered buses, a network of bicycle superhighways, and free public transport for a year if you give up your cars – this is how Heidelberg is getting rid of cars, writes Jack Ewing
09/03/2021 The Independent
Ana Rodes of the AITEX research institute has integrated solar cells into flexible materials that pave the way for cheaper, more sustainable ways of extracting energy from the sun
08/03/2021 El País
Almost immediately after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the shift toward renewable energy sources began to accelerate.
07/03/2021 The Japan Times
In the immediate aftermath of the strongest cyclone to ever make landfall in the southern hemisphere, reefs across the Namena reserve and Vatu-i-Ra conservation park off Fiji were reduced to rubble.
05/03/2021 The Guardian
Malaria is a leading cause of death for children and is most prevalent in some of the world's poorest countries. A new lure-and-kill style device trial shows potential for a major drop in malaria-spreading mosquitoes.
04/03/2021 Deutsche Welle
Two years ago, the city of Stockton, California, did something remarkable: It brought back welfare. Using donated funds, the industrial city on the edge of the Bay Area tech economy launched a small demonstration program, sending payments of $500 a…
03/03/2021 The Atlantic
The village of Okere Mom-Kok was in ruins by the end of more than a decade of war in northern Uganda.
03/03/2021 The Guardian
After coming under fire for not doing enough to stop climate myths from spreading on its site, Facebook will now add info labels to climate change posts and direct users to a fact-checked website. But is it enough?
01/03/2021 Deutsche Welle
Banana bread, Duo Lingo and pottery all took a backseat in lockdown to finally getting a handle on an alternative and more eco-friendly period product for Helen Coffey
01/03/2021 The Independent
A Maine startup is drawing high-profile support for its low-tech plan to soak up carbon emissions. It says its kelp farms will sink to the ocean floor and lock the carbon away for millennia.
01/03/2021 NPR
