Out amongst the dense, and yet seemingly empty fabric of space the Plasma starts to accrue, piercing through distant lands and unseen skies. Building up into supermassive jets that extend beyond galaxies and perpetually … Read more
There are two primary reasons for emissions reduction: through means coming from without such as through regulation and enforcement or employing a market-based mechanism like cap-and-trade; and due to voluntary (internally motivated) action. I have … Read more
Fuel cells have been around for a while now. So, it would make perfect sense that fuel-cell technology would eventually find application in the railway domain. And, now it has. Alstom, the French company, is … Read more
Lamiece Hassan on why unlocking the potential of smartphone data could be the next frontier for health research. I have an addiction to my smartphone. It helps me to navigate not only the streets of … Read more
There are resources and then there are resources – such that prompt sitting up and taking note. “Cities100: 100 solutions for climate action in cities,” a Sustainia, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Realdania collaboration, … Read more
You know that yogurt commercial with piles of women happily munching on yogurt in a sunny field laughing about nothing? What the heck, yogurt marketers? Who are these women?? I mean….technically I’m one of them. … Read more
There comes a time in our lives; most probably after adolescence –especially for women- that our body shapes start to change, and as it is always hard to stick to a diet that can change … Read more
A popular theory a generation back sought to trace aging to oxidative damage originating in the mitochondria. Every cell in the body has hundreds or thousands of mitochondria, the sites of the high-energy chemistry that … Read more
Running in dread from the The sickly secret of a Bee’s honeycomb, My nightmares are full of Buttered English muffins That morph into Deathstalker scorpions, And then back again into fields of cooked Corn on … Read more
The bacterial species Klebsiella may contribute to a dangerously high level of antibiotic resistance in Kenya, a recent study suggests. Published in the journal PLOS ONE, the study is a collaborative effort between institutions including … Read more
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