Radical overhaul of construction industry needed if UK to have any chance of net zero by 2050 – new research
We know how to build a truly zero carbon house. So why are we not doing it, on a massive scale?
Jan. 20, 2022 • ~23 min
We know how to build a truly zero carbon house. So why are we not doing it, on a massive scale?
When people think about how AI might ‘go wrong’, most probably picture malevolent computers trying to cause harm. But what if we should be more worried about them seeking pleasure?
Catherine Price, sociologist, and Nicola Patron, synthetic plant biologist, discuss the promises, dangers and concerns around gene edited and GM crops.
The audio version of an in-depth article rounding on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to "greenwash" their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to 'greenwash' their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
A lack of policy has allowed industrial chicken farms to multiply in certain parts of the UK – with a lack of consideration of the environmental and social impacts.
The idea that seed banks must be full of potentially helpful microfungi inside seeds was not a stretch, and yet no one had ever looked before.
This is the story of Lucian Landau, the forgotten man who invented the technology that made Durex boom.
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