Reading Time: < 1 minute Finland’s parliament passed a new Climate Change Act committing itself to reaching net-zero emissions by 2035, and negative emissions by 2040. The pledge makes Finland…
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Australia’s new government more diverse than ever
Reading Time: < 1 minute A record number of women have been elected to Australia’s new government, among them one openly gay and Malaysian-born, the first Indigenous woman to serve…
View More Australia’s new government more diverse than everSmart contact lens could treat glaucoma
Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers from China have invented a wireless, double-layer contact lens that responds to intraocular pressure changes. When strong enough, it triggers the delivery of an…
View More Smart contact lens could treat glaucomaUrban gold mining reaches 99.9% recovery efficiency
Reading Time: < 1 minute Urban gold mining reaches 99.9% recovery efficiency A Korean research team has developed a technology that dramatically increases the recovery rate of precious metals from…
View More Urban gold mining reaches 99.9% recovery efficiencyApple, Google and Microsoft team up to push passwordless sign-ins
Reading Time: < 1 minute On the “World Password Day”, which was on May 5, Google, Microsoft and Apple joined hands to “kill” the password. The three technology giants have…
View More Apple, Google and Microsoft team up to push passwordless sign-insPlant-Based Food Sales Up 54 Percent to $7.4 Billion Since 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minute US Dollar sales of plant-based food hit US$ 7.4 billion last year, showing an overall growth of 54 percent over three years. In 2021, sales…
View More Plant-Based Food Sales Up 54 Percent to $7.4 Billion Since 2018Superhero brings solar power to Puerto Rico
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Nuyorican heroine and her team will tackle the impacts of climate change on the islands, covering issues such as domestic violence, cultural preservation, and…
View More Superhero brings solar power to Puerto RicoStudy shows: kindness is everywhere
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kindness Test is the world’s most extensive psychological study on the topic of kindness to date. Sixty thousand people from 144 countries and across…
View More Study shows: kindness is everywhereWhat is Greenwashing?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Greenwashing is essentially when a company or organisation spends more time and money on marketing themselves as being sustainable than on actually minimising their environmental…
View More What is Greenwashing?In Panama, nature just got basic legal rights
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new ruling signed off last week grants nature the "right to exist, persist and regenerate its life cycles," meaning the government will have to…
View More In Panama, nature just got basic legal rights