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Google’s Larry Page pursues the dream of the flying car
While the world is only beginning to get used to electric cars let alone driverless cars, some visionaries are already looking at the next challenge. Most boys have dreamed about flying cars that can easily hop over traffic jams. However, Google co-founder Larry Page is pursuing this dream with Read More...
Statistics show that most conventional wisdom about refugees is wrong
Right wing politicians claim that the refugee crisis will change Europe, the world, forever. In reality, if you look at the world’s migration figures, a very different pictures arises. The actual number of global migrants is just a half percent of the world population or 36.5 million people. Read More...
Men advised to ditch tight pants to increase fertility
Men should avoid wearing tight underwear and should start trying for a family before they reach forty if they want to have children, fertility experts have said. Constricting pants are likely to result in two and a half times less fertile sperm, exacerbating the problem of female infertility caused Read More...
The eco guide to cargo ships
A seafaring adage goes: “If the winds are shifting, adjust your sails.” But even with the disturbing winds of climate change, the shipping industry, with its combustion of fossil fuels (accounting for 2.4% of global emissions), remains outside binding emissions-reduction agreements. There have Read More...
Coalition will protect reef with $1bn fund, says Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has promised that a re-elected Coalition government will protect the Great Barrier Reef by tackling its two biggest challenges – climate change and water quality. The prime minister will pledge to set up a new $1bn reef fund with $1bn - taken from the Clean Energy Finance Read More...
Farmers have modified our food for at least 10,000 years, why does it matter all of a sudden?
In the past week you’ve probably eaten crops that wouldn’t exist in nature, or that have evolved extra genes to reach freakish sizes. You’ve probably eaten “cloned” food and you may have even eaten plants whose ancestors were once deliberately blasted with radiation. Read More...
Invest in soil to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Let’s talk dirt. We need a new conversation on soils, the foundation of our agricultural heritage. This discussion should include their current condition, their historic role and their promise to ensure the survival of humans and the planet. Since the dawn of crop cultivation, we have used Read More...
This startup is turning leftover beer into delicious snacks
When you're looking for dinner ingredients at the supermarket, you probably wince at the bruised pears, skip over those oddly shaped carrots, and reach past ugly red peppers. This preference for pretty produce means the ugly fruits and vegetables are tossed out, filling landfills with otherwise Read More...
Beyond batteries: Launch of the Rasa hydrogen fuel cell car
Electric cars are great and they are an important part of a sustainable future. Yet, their batteries are not very environmentally friendly, and they limit their range. There’s an even better power source for an electric car: The hydrogen fuel cell. Riversimple is a UK company that is launching a Read More...
Heineken opens the world’s first large-scale carbon-neutral brewery in Austria
Dutch beer maker Heineken opened the world’s first large-scale zero-carbon brewery this week in Austria. The factory is powered completely by electricity from solar, and hydropower, as well as biogas and waste heat from a neighboring sawmill. Four different beers will be brewed at the Read More...