Recently Zara introduced a sustainability pledge. But how can Zara ever be sustainable? As the largest…
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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…
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…
Can bacteria help people to mine asteroids?
Luis Zea is investigating the possibility of mining metals from asteroids in space using an unlikely…
The original Love Island: how George Sand and Fryderyk Chopin put Mallorca on the romance map
More than four million Britons watched Amber Gill and Greg O’Shea being crowned the victors of…
Turtle embryos can choose their own sex, shows new research – but why?
The animal world has many weird and wonderful ways of having sex. Some animals, such as…