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Saudi Arabia is set to build another super skyscraper
The latest futuristic design coming out of Saudi Arabia is a 19 sq km structure to be based in Riyadh named The Mukaab. In recent months, Saudi Arabia’s abundance of oil money has sparked the design of some absolutely insane architectural projects. First was The Line, put forward by the design company Neom. The one-trillion-dollar project will essentially be its own massive city in the middle of a desert once it’s...
How are the climate crisis and perfume industry linked?
From jasmine and oud to vanilla and musk, almost all of the scents we desire in a bottle of perfume come from nature. As climate change threatens the longevity of crop growing seasons, will gardeners be able to keep up with demands for these unique ingredients? Apparently, smelling good has always been one of humanity’s favourite luxuries. I say this because the perfume industry has been around for over 4,000...
What should Adidas do with its huge stock of Yeezys?
After Ye lost his $1.2 billion deal with Adidas for making countless anti-Semitic remarks, the sportswear brand is now trying to figure out what to do with the remaining stock of its most hyped-up line of sneakers. Back in November, when all eyes were on Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) as he spewed hate speech at any opportunity, Adidas announced that it would cut all business ties. The two had...
Teens pay more attention to Andrew Tate than political leaders
A poll by an advocacy group ‘HOPE not hate’ has found that teenage boys in the UK know more about Andrew Tate than Rishi Sunak, the nation’s prime minister. What does this say about the power of social media? Andrew Tate has become a household name over the last few years. His unfiltered, macho-manic and highly misogynistic views have brought him to the centre of conversation in both the news and...
How discarded cocoa beans are turned into eco-friendly materials
Only half of every cocoa bean harvested is utilised to make food products, with the rest going to waste. A team of Italian-Ecuadorian designers saw this as an opportunity to generate a material that would transform the traditionally linear and wasteful commercial cocoa industry into a circular one. We’re suckers for design, innovation, and sustainability at Thred. Take an approach that combines all three and… well, we’re sold. That’s what the...
London’s newest skyscrapers could soon be blackout at night
A bill to darken England’s capital at night is being drafted by the City of London Corporation. To conserve energy and reduce health problems caused by light pollution, the organisation will ask workers in skyscrapers to turn all their lights off before exiting the building. Night-time city skylines are beautiful to gaze at, but when you think about the amount of energy spent on keeping them lit up when no...
Opinion – Rihanna’s halftime show radiated women’s empowerment
In the lead-up to the Super Bowl halftime show, fan excitement grew with the possibility of hearing long-awaited new music from Rihanna. I’d argue that what we got was even better. It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one that I thought Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime performance was flawless. The Barbados-born icon, who has been on a musical hiatus for most of the last decade, finally re-emerged on one...
How rare elements dig threatens Sweden’s Indigenous communities
While mining for iron ore, a Swedish company came across the largest deposit of rare earth elements ever found in Europe. It could offer a huge boost to the continent’s green sector in the future but will likely have serious repercussions for the nation’s Ingenious communities. When Swedish iron ore miners from LKAB went to work last month, they might have thought they had just another series of ordinary...
Bill Gates defends private jet use despite being a climate activist
In a recent BBC interview, Bill Gates brushed off allegations that he’s a hypocrite for preaching about the climate crisis while owning at least four private jets which he uses to travel for humanitarian work on a regular basis. Oh, billionaires. Will they ever really get it? Even those who look most grounded from the outside appear to be deluded about the way their extraordinary lifestyles have an impact on the...
Earthquake relief teams reach Syria as searches continue in Turkey
Emergency and rescue services from around the world are on the ground in Turkey in the wake of the deadliest natural disaster in a century. This morning, the first convoys reached affected areas of Syria, but major hurdles stand in the way of reaching millions who need help. Today marks three days since a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the South-eastern region of Turkey. Powerful quakes were also felt across Syria,...
