Despite a cumulative increase of nearly 10 percent in voter turnout in Canadian federal elections between…
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Fast fashion lies: Will they really change their ways in a climate crisis?
Recently Zara introduced a sustainability pledge. But how can Zara ever be sustainable? As the largest…
Hubble Traces a Galaxy’s Outer Reaches
Believe it or not, this long, luminous streak, speckled with bright blisters and pockets of material,…
Libraries can have 3-D printers but they are still about books
How often do we hear that libraries aren’t just about books anymore? They are makerspaces with…
Africa needs better science capacity to meet environmental challenges
Humanity faces unprecedented environmental challenges. Nowhere are the challenges greater than in Africa, the second most…
New toolkit for photonics: Quantum simulation by light radio
Intensive research is being carried out on quantum simulators: they promise to precisely calculate the properties…
When plant roots learned to follow gravity
Highly developed seed plants evolved deep root systems that are able to sense Earth’s gravity. The…
Climate change: Heatwave made up to 3C hotter by warming
The heatwave that hit Europe last week was made more probable and more intense by human…
Shoebox-size breath analyzer spots deadly lung disease faster, more accurately than doctors
A small, portable breath monitor developed at the University of Michigan can quickly and accurately detect…
A small number of leaky natural gas wells produce large emissions of greenhouse gases
Wells that extract natural gas from underground often leak large amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse…