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- Blockchain: so much bigger than bitcoin… Sun, 28 Jan 18, 6:00pmFrom voting to healthcare, music to energy production, blockchain may just change the way we run our livesA blockchain allows the authentication of transactions without them needing to be administered or guaranteed by a central...
- Communities offered £1m a year to host nuclear waste dump Thu, 25 Jan 18, 10:57pmNew search for communities willing to host underground site for thousands of years
- Reduce waste, recycle more, and stop the burning | Letters Sat, 6 Jan 18, 5:26amJenny Jones says the UK must respond proactively to news that China has banned imports of millions of tons of plastic wasteThis could be the year we start burning more of our waste than recycling it (China’s plastic waste...
- The appliance of science: hope and fear in tomorrow’s world | Jim Al-Khalili Sun, 31 Dec 17, 5:00pmAs advances in gene editing, energy and AI gain momentum, Jim Al-Khalili predicts their impact on our future
- Forget Juicero, here are the tech gadgets we can actually get excited about in 2018 Thu, 28 Dec 17, 10:00pmIf this year’s $120m juicing flop gave you reason to doubt in human ingenuity, take heart in these incredible inventions to come: from an artificial kidney to a breast pump you might actually want to use
- Annus mirabilis: all the things that went right in 2017 Tue, 26 Dec 17, 7:00pmIt was a tale of two years – the best of times and the worst of times. But not everything went wrong – from Mata’s 1% to orangutans, we look at the good
- Tenants lose out after landlord pressure halves UK home insulation cap Wed, 20 Dec 17, 4:54amPlan to make landlords improve draughtiest homes and boost energy efficiency for hundreds of thousands of tenants lay in tatters, say critics
- Debts add to disaster for climate-hit nations | Letters Mon, 18 Dec 17, 5:44amSarah-Jayne Clifton says countries such as Antigua and Barbuda need debt cancellation, and assistance to help them rebuild should be grants, not loans, while Ian Tysh tears into Theresa May’s domestic climate change policiesFor...
- The world's first space nation is now officially in orbit Fri, 17 Nov 17, 12:52amSpace is now officially home to the known universe's first "space nation". Asgardia launched its very first satellite, Asgardia-1, into orbit on November 12, 2017. Only about the size of a soccer ball, the satellite traveled...
- The world's first space nation officially in orbit with new satellite Fri, 17 Nov 17, 12:52amSpace is now officially home to the known universe's first "space nation". Asgardia launched its very first satellite, Asgardia-1, into orbit on November 12, 2017. Only about the size of a soccer ball, the satellite traveled...
- Why my council pension fund is divesting £1.2bn from fossil fuels Mon, 13 Nov 17, 6:23pmLocal authorities invest £16bn in fossil fuel companies. In Southwark, we will no longer do this
- Pollutants from fracking could pose health risk to children, warn researchers Wed, 25 Oct 17, 4:30pmAnalysis of US fracking sites suggests pollutants including airborne particulates and heavy metals could affect neurodevelopment of babies and children
- Global pollution kills 9m a year and threatens 'survival of human societies' Fri, 20 Oct 17, 9:30amLandmark study finds toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9m people and cost trillions of dollars every year
- Global pollution kills millions and threatens 'survival of human societies' Fri, 20 Oct 17, 9:30amLandmark study finds toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9m people and cost trillions of dollars every year
- UK cities expected to get millions of pounds for green energy projects Wed, 13 Sep 17, 3:00pmMinisters are thought to be planning to offer £3m for initiatives such as solar panels on social housing