Having Clean Air Is Now A Status Symbol In Countries With Severe Air Pollution
Apr 02, 2018 16:34 pm UTC| Science
Theres something to be said about business people being able to turn anything into a means of earning a profit. In the case of some establishments in China, for example, being able to offer customers clean air is...
Free divers have long defied science – and we still don't really understand how they go so deep
Mar 18, 2018 05:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Free divers swim to extreme depths underwater (the current record is 214m) without any breathing apparatus. Champions can hold their breath for extraordinary amounts of time the record for women is nine minutes, and men...
Low-carbon computing is needed to avoid a technological collapse
Mar 18, 2018 05:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Human society has come to rely on superior gadgets being produced every year. Each year, new phones or laptops are faster, sleeker and have even more capabilities. However, electronics are rarely recycled, and the carbon...
Startup Wants To Kill Its Customers, Literally Kill Them
Mar 18, 2018 05:12 am UTC| Science
Companies offering macabre products and services are nothing new. There are many that sell human body parts, books covered in human skin, and even cadavers that have been skinned. However, startups like Nectome are...
A timeline of Stephen Hawking's life
Mar 14, 2018 07:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Acclaimed British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author Stephen Hawking has died aged 76. After being diagnosed at the age of 21, he had lived for more than half a century with motor neurone disease. A family...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Joins ‘Sue Big Oil’ Bandwagon, Charge Is ‘First-Degree Murder’
Mar 14, 2018 04:35 am UTC| Science
With the rise of renewable energy and information with regards to the environmental impact of fossil fuel becoming more readily available, Big Oil is constantly being bombarded by threats from all sides. Most recent of...
China Built A Huge Tower To Suck Smog Out Of The Air
Mar 14, 2018 01:11 am UTC| Technology Science
Due to decades of fossil fuel abuse and horrible environmental policies, Chinas air became one of the worlds most polluted. Smog in the country became so unbearable, in fact, that citizens were encouraged not to go out...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects