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Nzambi Matee is a Kenyan of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory. She is a 30-year-old engineer and inventor that has discovered a way to recycle tonnes of plastic destined for landfill into eco-friendly […]
When the news of the new Navy vessel RFNS Puamau had grounded itself on the reef in Fulaga, social media erupted with questions on how this happened. Whilst not a comprehensive explanation this short video from Leo Williams Vanualailai who is an expert on GIS does at least provide some clue as to what may […]
The islands of the Pacific are the smallest emitters of carbon dioxide in the world but the effects on us are the greatest. According to Tiana Miller, the pictures below tell a very, very powerful story of how climate change affects us and will affect our children even more. This is what she posted on […]
Elon Musk’s brain-chip firm says it has received approval from the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to conduct its first tests on humans.The Neuralink implant company wants to help restore vision and mobility to people by linking brains to computers.I t says it does not have immediate plans to start recruiting participants. Mr Musk’s […]
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A huge study detailed in the Nanomaterials journal has found that not only are microplastics absolutely everywhere, but we’re finding them in places like the brain, which of course is a little alarming. They have also been found in the human placenta, which suggests there really is no escape from these microscopic particulates. It […]
Yes you read that corectly. With all the recent talk about AI software like ChatGPT someone decided to ask one of those systems to write a poem about kava. The results are in and honestly we don’t know whether to be happy or terrified
The most powerful rocket ever developed is about to attempt a launch. Known as “Starship”, the rocket has been built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. It stands about 1200m (400 ft) high and is designed to have almost double the thrust of any rocket in history. Musk said, “It’s the first launch of a […]
A cast of what was one of the biggest animals ever to walk the Earth is now on show at London’s Natural History Museum. Patagotitan was a dinosaur that lived 100 million years ago in South America. Measuring some 37m (121ft) from nose to tail, the animal could have weighed up to 60 or 70 […]
