Governments must regulate social networks: Facebook's Clegg

Governments must regulate social networks and not the companies themselves, Facebook’s head of global affairs and…

Be prepared: Prioritising invasive species for strategic prevention (Durban, South Africa)

While exploring the way alien species invade cities around the world, South African Ph.D. student Ashlyn…

The solution to antibiotic resistance could be in your kitchen sponge

Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) have discovered bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria,…

Mercury climbs as Europe braces for summer scorcher

Temperatures were climbing on Sunday as Europe braced for a blistering heatwave with the mercury set…

With plastic straw ban, Washington turns its back on its own invention

“How do you drink a milkshake without a straw?” Click here for original story,…

New technology helps search teams find people in wilderness

Yesenia D’Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii…

Paper thin: Thai summit recycling drive mocked by environmentalists

Despite offering chairs and notebooks made from recycled paper at a Bangkok summit, Thailand and its…

Aussie watchdog readies clampdown on Google, Facebook

Australia’s competition watchdog is poised to call for far-reaching new regulations on Facebook, Google and other…

Paris aims to beat Olympic traffic with flying taxis

Paris aims to give visitors to the 2024 Paris Olympics a flying start by offering airborne…

Experts raise alarm over climate change threat to cultural heritage

Climate change could wreak “irreversible damage” on the world’s most precious ancient monuments and other cultural…