Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
11/25/2021
Is seaweed the future of flying?
Aircraft currently leave a major footprint on the world's climate, so can the aviation industry hope to reach net zero by the middle of the century?
11/11/2021
The man turning cities into giant sponges to embrace floods
Yu Kongjian can remember the day he nearly died in the river. Swollen with rain, the White Sand Creek had flooded the rice terraces in Yu's farming commune in China. Yu, just 10 then, ran excitedly to the river's edge.
11/08/2021
Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes
For 12 years Didier Ndabahariye has been ferrying passengers around the streets of Kigali - one of the thousands of motorbike taxi drivers, known locally as a motos.
09/22/2021
Covid: Immune therapy from llamas shows promise
A Covid therapy derived from a llama named Fifi has shown "significant potential" in early trials. It is a treatment made of "nanobodies", small, simpler versions of antibodies, which llamas and camels produce naturally in response to infection.
09/17/2021
High-speed internet via airborne beams of light
A novel way of delivering high-speed internet via beams of light through the air has successfully transmitted data across the Congo River. It means that citizens in Brazzaville and Kinshasa could get faster and cheaper broadband.
09/14/2021
How sea otters can fight climate change
Sea otters were hunted to the brink in the 19th Century fur trade, but their numbers have been slowly recovering since. The return of these playful creatures doesn't just transform their ecosystems, it can turn them into a powerful carbon sink.
08/25/2021
How to fight microplastic pollution with magnets
Huge amounts of plastic ends up rivers and oceans every year, harming the environment and potentially also human health. But what if we could pull it out of water with the power of magnets?
08/25/2021
Trial suggests malaria sickness could be cut by 70%
A new approach to protecting young African children from malaria could reduce deaths and illness from the disease by 70%, a study suggests.
08/11/2021
The ancient Persian way to keep cool
From ancient Egypt to the Persian Empire, an ingenious method of catching the breeze kept people cool for millennia. In the search for emissions-free cooling, the "wind catcher" could once again come to our aid.
08/02/2021
Finding answers to the world’s drinking water crisis
Without a doubt, water is the most abundant resource on Earth. After all, it covers over 70% of the planet - yet despite this we are facing a looming crisis as a species.
07/19/2021
Using plastic waste to help solve sand shortages
Does the world have a shortage of sand? At first, that might sound like a peculiar question.
07/15/2021