Autumn in Arrowtown
Autumn In Arrowtown, New Zealand By Trey Radcliffe From Stuck In Customs NEW MAVIC 2 ZOOM I chose to get the new Mavic 2 Zoom because I’m excited about many features, namely the zoom-panorama. I haven’t tried this yet, but…
Cat tongue properties
An Observant Mechanical Engineer’s Discovery of Surprising Cat Tongue Properties BY RAIN NOE From Core77 Dr. Alexis Noel was watching her family’s cat clean itself, as you do when you go home for the holidays, when she noticed that his…
Grenada to Launch USD42m Water Resiliency Project
By Jewel Fraser From Inter Press Service PORT-OF-SPAIN, Nov 26 2018 (IPS) – Water-scarce Grenadians will soon get some relief through a Green Climate Fund-approved project to be launched next year that will make Grenada’s water sector more resilient to…
Climate change: CO2 emissions rising for first time in four years
By Matt McGrath From BBC Global efforts to tackle climate change are way off track says the UN, as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years. The emissions gap report says that economic growth is responsible…
UK: A mammoth, woolly rhino and a medieval village: the unexpected treasures beneath the A14
By Simon Usborne From The Guardian UK Digging alongside the bulldozers of the £1.5bn road diversion, archaeologists have discovered tonnes of ancient bones. Is there a find so important that it could stop the whole project? A small crowd of…
Panos Caribbean launches new climate justice campaign
Joint Media Release by CDB and CCCCC, in collaboration with CARICOM, OECS and other regional entities. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 — On the eve of the next global climate change conference to be held in Poland in December, and following…
Sir Jony Ive and Marc Newson co-design a diamond ring created with a water jet and laser cutter
BY RAIN NOE From Core77 Minimalist, pricey and created for charity Next week Sotheby’s will be hosting the RED Auction, the proceeds of which will be donated to the fight against AIDS. One of the most anticipated objects to go…
Sunlight, fresh air and exercise: How to stay creative
BY DOMINIC JEFF The autumn air is fresh and clear, the light is soft and uplifting and the autumnal forests are at their most beautiful. Combined with some smooth Swiss tarmac under my wheels, cycling conditions are perfect and I’m…
Gadget of the week
This ingenious gadget is designed to wake you up if you start to doze while driving BY TEAM COMMERCE From MASHABLE Drunk driving is universally scorned, as it should be, but did you know that driving after a bad night’s…
‘A turtle is worth more alive than dead’
By Nalisha Adams From Inter Press Agency NAIROBI, Nov 26 2018 (IPS) – On the north-eastern shores of Trinidad and Tobago, on the shoreline of Matura, more than 10,000 leatherback turtles climb the beaches to nest each year. But there…