The ‘Big Brother’ that will monitor oil industry methane leaks is orbiting Earth already
An NGO has raised $88 million to launch a satellite that will report on emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas
07/03/2024 El País
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Left to rot: how a prisoner cleaned up Panama’s dirtiest jail – and its inmates
La Joyita prison, just outside Panama City, was notorious for being filthy, overcrowded and dangerous. It was known as the “stomach of the beast” for those confined within its walls. “We literally lived on top of rubbish,” says Franklin Ayón. “It…
07/03/2024 The Guardian
Fake academic papers are on the rise: why they’re a danger and how to stop them
In the 1800s, British colonists in India set about trying to reduce the cobra population, which was making life and trade very difficult in Delhi. They began to pay a bounty for dead cobras. The strategy very quickly resulted in the widespread…
06/03/2024 The Conversation
We’re a step closer to having a universal antivenom for snake bites – new study
We’re still using century-old technology to make snake antivenom. A method fit for the 21st century is on the horizon.
05/03/2024 The Conversation
Scientists find way to make gold from electronic waste
Scientists have developed a highly effective method to recover gold from electronic waste, an advance they say could yield $50 worth of gold for every dollar spent.
05/03/2024 The Independent
Catalan pharmacies hand out free reusable period products
The Catalonia region in Spain has begun providing free reusable menstrual cups, period underwear and cloth pads at pharmacies, in one of the first initiatives of its kind in the world.
04/03/2024 The Guardian
Getting off fossil fuels is hard, but this city is doing it — building by building
Ithaca, N.Y., wants to eliminate greenhouse gasses by 2030 — 20 years faster than the rest of the country. But even in this liberal city meeting climate targets is harder than expected.
04/03/2024 NPR
EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030
Several European countries hit some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 a decade early, a study has found, but big gaps remain across the board.
28/02/2024 The Guardian
A variety of new batteries are coming to power EVs
The tall grey buildings covering an industrial complex at Nysa, in south-west Poland, look like a modern car factory has been teleported into the surrounding farmland. The plant, though, does not make cars, but it is a new and vital part of the…
28/02/2024 Economist
AI designs bespoke 3D-printed prosthetic eyes
Using an artificial intelligence model and 3D printer to create prosthetic eyes reduces the time required to make such implants, which could make them available to more people
27/02/2024 NewScientist
The Finnish miracle: how the country halved its suicide rate – and saved countless lives
“Now he’s died,” said his mother’s voice down the phone. Instantly, Jaakko Teittinen knew that what he had feared for years had happened: his older brother, Tuomas, had taken his own life. He was 33.
22/02/2024 The Guardian
