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Flotsam and fashion: recycler of 'ghost' fishing nets makes marine litter trendy
The oceans are choked with discarded fishing nets, or ghost nets, that are estimated to kill 300,000 whales, dolphins and seals each year. It’s a grotesque and avoidable toll on nature, and one that Giulio Bonazzi, CEO of Aquafil, hopes to reduce using an unlikely ally – fashion. The Read More...
Solar up, coal down: U.S. shakes up energy supply
Solar power capacity in the U.S. will have nearly tripled in size in less than three years by 2017, amid an energy shakeup that has seen natural gas solidify its position as the country’s chief source of electricity and coal power continue to fade, according to monthly data published by the Read More...
How migration has enriched the UK’s booming food culture
The subject has become a key issue in the Brexit debate: who gets in and who has to stay out. And what will Britain look like if we put up insurmountable barriers to people from other countries and cultures who want to live and work here? The Conservative government has already been tightening up Read More...
A solar panel that pulls clean drinking water straight from the air
Every ten seconds someone in the world dies from a waterborne disease. That makes clean drinking water one of the most precious ingredients to sustain life. However, in many developing countries clean water is rare. That’s why the Source from Zero Mass Water is such great invention. It’s a Read More...
Business travelers now use ride-sharing services more than taxis and rental cars
For the first time in the third quarter of 2016, in the U.S. a majority of business travelers was choosing ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft over traditional taxis and rental cars combined. The statistics come from am expense report software company. The company processes 10 million ground Read More...
What Donald Trump can learn from George Bush
In the nasty heat of the U.S presidential elections, it’s easy to forget that politicians can be gentlemen—yes, this is about men—too. Read this note that the elder George Bush left in the Oval Office for his successor Bill Read More...
Who else could have written The Book of Joy?
They could compete for the best laugh. And they have kept their joy throughout their lives while facing unusual, painful challenges. There’s no better couple to write The Book of Joy Read More...
On abortion, Hillary Clinton takes ownership of her feminism
But jeepers, people, this is serious. Trump was refusing to acknowledge it was even possible for him to lose a fair fight. At one point, he announced the election was rigged because Hillary Clinton was in Read More...
Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns
Africa’s air pollution is causing more premature deaths than unsafe water or childhood malnutrition, and could develop into a health and climate crisis reminiscent of those seen in China and India, a study by a global policy forum has found. The first major attempt to calculate both the human Read More...
'Olli' bus races ahead of Uber and Google
Self-driving bus will see commercial launch within a year The design could be used for public transport, cargo and emergency services (CNN)Self-driving cars are unlikely to reach the public until the next decade, but a self-driving bus will be serving - and talking to - US citizens within a year. Read More...