Each of its carbon-sucking units is the size of a shipping container, yet the world’s largest direct air capture machine – the Orca plant in Iceland – only captures and stores about 4,000 tonnes of...
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Beyond GDP: Here’s A Better Way To Measure People’s Prosperity
When Nobel prize-winner Simon Kuznets declared in 1934 that “the welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income”, he likely did not imagine that gross domestic...
Remembering The Black Abolitionists Of Slavery In Yorkshire
“Cunning better than strong” is a Jamaican proverb; a message of survival and resistance that urges us to use our brain rather than our brawn to overcome oppressors. It’s a proverb that is...
Taiwan: How The ‘Porcupine Doctrine’ Might Help Deter Armed...
Chinese president Xi Jinping made a pledge earlier this year to complete the “reunification” of China (with Taiwan). Coupled with recent violations of Taiwan’s sovereign airspace by Chinese...
Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Testified That The...
Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testified before the U.S. Senate on Oct. 5, 2021, that the company’s social media platforms “harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy.”...
Pandora Papers: Media Rage At Billionaire Tax Cheats But Ignore...
Many of the world’s richest and most powerful people are in the spotlight for the wrong reasons – again. The Pandora papers is the third and largest leak of documents in which the secret financial...
Would We Still See Ourselves As ‘Human’ If Other Hominin Species...
In our mythologies, there’s often a singular moment when we became “human”. Eve plucked the fruit of the tree of knowledge and gained awareness of good and evil. Prometheus created men from clay and...
Is The Resource Curse Hard-Baked Into African Economies? China’s...
Countries with abundant natural resources – gold, diamonds, crude oil– often fail to transform that advantage into favourable development outcomes. This is known as the natural resource curse...
Can Radicalisation Be Defeated? Yes, If We Understand That It...
Radical extremism has increased by 320% in the last five years and cost the world an estimated US$14.1 trillion as of 2018. It’s a worldwide problem. From the agitations of separatist movements and...
James Webb Space Telescope: An Astronomer On The Team Explains...
The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to head to space on Dec. 18, 2021. With it, astronomers hope to find the first galaxies to form in the universe, will search for Earthlike atmospheres...
Gene-Edited Crops: Expert Q+A On What Field Trials Could Mean...
Firmly outside the EU, where regulations are considered tighter, the UK government plans to revise regulations on gene editing in agriculture in England, enabling field trials of crops that have had...
A Giant Space Rock Demolished An Ancient Middle Eastern City And...
As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day about 3,600 years ago, they had no idea an unseen icy space rock was speeding...
Rewilding: Conservationists Want To Let Elephants Loose In...
Imagine driving through a lush, green landscape in France or Germany and spotting a herd of elephants roaming freely. As absurd as that might seem, it was only 10,000 years ago that creatures the...
COVID Vaccines For Teenagers: What UK Parents Need To Know Amid...
The UK has approved giving one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to all children aged 12-15, with vaccines largely being given within the education system. Schools are helping coordinate...
The Supreme Court’s Immense Power May Pose A Danger To Its...
The first Monday in October is the traditional day that the U.S. Supreme Court convenes for its new term. Analysts and soothsayers carefully read the signals and forecast the direction the court...
Beavers Are Back: Here’s What This Might Mean For The UK’s Wild...
Eurasian beavers, once a common sight across Europe, had disappeared almost entirely by the end of the 16th century thanks to hunting and river modification for agriculture and engineering. But...
Tattoos Have A Long History Going Back To The Ancient World –...
While most of us would likely care to forget the pandemic as soon as is possible, a few have opted for a permanent reminder of the health crisis – in the shape of a tattoo. Some of these tattoos are...
How Soon Could Carbon Capture Technology Solve Industry CO₂...
The recent spike in natural gas prices has closed many plants that make fertiliser in the UK – sending a shockwave through lots of other industries. This is because ammonia...
New Gene Therapies May Soon Treat Dozens Of Rare Diseases, But...
Zolgensma – which treats spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disease that damages nerve cells, leading to muscle decay – is currently the most expensive drug in the world. A one-time treatment of...
How Big Is The Islamist Threat In Mozambique? And Why Are...
Rwanda has sent troops to Mozambique to assist the government in fighting against a four-year Islamist militant insurgency. Political scientist Phil Clark provides insights into the threat and why...