Blockchain will make sure green pledges aren’t just green wash. When a country or a company makes a promise to reduce carbon emissions, respect fishing quotas or cut toxic output, how can we be sure they’ll keep their word? The truth is, it’s often extremely hard. But a new initiative – Global Ledger – led… Continue reading Blockchain will make sure green pledges aren’t just greenwash: a new initiative
Asteroid mining market to be worth $3.9bn by 2025
Ongoing and future space missions, rising investment in new mining technologies, and the use of materials obtained from asteroids in 3D printing will drive the growth of the asteroid mining market, according to Allied Market Research.
Made in Space: Why Earth’s Industries Might One Day Leave Our Planet
Taking our productive capabilities, and the search for the resources that powers them, to space might one day be an inevitability.
Cholesterol that is too low may boost risk for hemorrhagic stroke
Current guidelines recommend lowering cholesterol for heart disease risk reduction. New findings indicate that if cholesterol dips too low, it may boost the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, according to researchers. Over a period of nine years, a Penn State-led study examined the relationship between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol—LDL, commonly known as “bad” cholesterol—and hemorrhagic stroke. This… Continue reading Cholesterol that is too low may boost risk for hemorrhagic stroke
This Chinese megacity is building the world’s largest waste-to-energy plant
Reduce, reuse, recycle. 📕
These 3 futuristic technologies could help save the planet
Simple solutions to a complex problem.📕.
The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins
UNC School of Medicine scientists unveiled how a particular gene helps organize the scaffolding of brain cells called radial progenitors necessary for the orderly formation of the brain. Previous studies have shown that this gene is mutated in some people with autism.
Explorers to voyage to Japan in primitive boat in hopes of unlocking an ancient mystery
40-hour, 200-kilometer canoe trip recreates the sea journeys that may have peopled Japan’s Okinawan islands.
Northrop Grumman to build two triple-payload satellites for Space Norway, SpaceX to launch
Northrop Grumman will build two satellites for Space Norway, each equipped with payloads for Inmarsat, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, and the U.S. Air Force.
4 Countries With Innovative Plans to go Zero Carbon
Planet-saving projects. 📕