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Is the mainstream explosion of NFTs damaging the climate?
The explosion of NFTs has brought about a whole new strata of digital art and crypto trading, but is the medium’s popularity leaving a damaging stain on the environment? There’s nothing like a random surge of blockchain news to leave people thinking, ‘What on Earth is going on here?’ and matters are becoming more convoluted by the week. Welcome to the confusing world of NFTs, or ‘Non-Fungible Tokens’ – meaning a...
Joe Biden launches initative to boost US offshore wind energy by 50%
Having lagged behind Europe in championing renewable energies for years, the US is set to double its offshore wind production before 2030. Joe Biden’s electoral campaign relied heavily on talk of grandiose climate change solutions, and it appears his administration is already making good on them. High on the agenda of Biden’s constituency is doubling the nation’s offshore wind production by 2030, a proposition that had stalled repeatedly under Trump’s...
Architecture students feel ill prepared to tackle the climate crisis
Architecture students feel ill prepared to tackle the climate crisis in their future jobs, according to research from UK climate activist groups. Calls are now urgent to bring sustainability to the forefront of the curriculum. If we’re to ensure the long-term prosperity of our planet, the next generation of architects will have to make sustainability a keystone of the construction industry. In terms of meeting that requirement, however, it appears we’ve...
How ‘virtual escape rooms’ are helping students enrol during Covid-19
Thanks to Covid-19, enrolling at new schools has become a challenging process on all fronts. With campus tours and face-to-face interviews off the table, admissions officers are now evaluating prospective students through virtual escape rooms. It turns out ‘escape room’ experiences have uses beyond bringing workmates together for novel team bonding sessions, or inspiring the naff horror movies on Netflix. Covid-19 rapidly changed the landscape for schooling throughout 2020. Social distancing...
Twitter jumps on the audio chat bandwagon with ‘Spaces’
Ephemeral audio chat platforms are seriously striking a chord with Gen Z in early 2021. Twitter is now looking to get in on the act with ‘Spaces.’ There may be some truth in the notion that lockdown has made us all a tad lazier, because big social networking platforms are all about audio recently – who has the time to type anymore? The latest to hop on-board the burgeoning trend is...
United Nations chief confronts UK plans for Cumbria coalmine
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has declared the world must finally put an end to its ‘deadly addiction’ and phase coal out of the electricity sector. After a shocking announcement, all eyes are now on the UK. If we’re to reach our carbon neutrality goal by 2030, wholesale changes need to be made to energy sectors around the globe. One such change - and perhaps the most currently pressing -...
Plots of Amazon rainforest illegally sold through Facebook ads
As deforestation becomes an increasingly pertinent issue for the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples, a new exposé reveals plots of land are being illegally sold through Facebook ads. Recently, it seems every passing week throws out a new troubling story about threats to the Amazon’s biodiversity and its indigenous peoples. Forced to contend with the worst wildfires in a decade over the last two years, and facing the potential...
Orbital Assembly’s commercial ‘space hotel’ to open by 2027
Orbital Assembly, an ambitious manufacturing firm centred on space colonisation, has unveiled new details for its celestial ‘space hotel’ planned for a momentous opening in 2027. Thanks to the pandemic, the prospect of going abroad anytime soon to soak up sea, sun, and unwind seems an unrealistic one. Fret not though, Orbital Assembly is plotting a getaway resort that is quite literally out of this world. Orbital Assembly has emerged this...
Sergey Brin’s relief aid zeppelin to use world’s biggest hydrogen fuel cell
The co-founder of Google is plotting the build of a huge relief aid zeppelin. Powered by the world’s largest mobile hydrogen fuel cell, it will be eco-friendly and aim to deliver humanitarian aid in hard to reach locations. Google co-founder Sergey Brin is plotting something huge (in scale and scope) for the future of both eco-friendly aviation and disaster relief aid. The billionaire worth a cool $88 billion USD has long...
The autonomous fruit picking robots rescuing the farming industry
Thanks to Covid-19, finding seasonal workers to harvest the globe’s many orchards has become a real problem. However, farmers have found a viable solution in the form of autonomous fruit picking robots. Considering that 800 million tonnes of fruit are produced globally each year, harvesting it seasonally across the world’s many orchards requires an all hands on deck approach. When it comes to the produce trade, a farm owner’s profitability often...
