FIFA 23 update includes Moroccan player wearing her hijab
During this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, the 25-year-old Moroccan football player Nouhaila Benzina made history by becoming the first woman to wear a hijab while playing a World Cup match. Now, FIFA23 is honouring her. The Moroccan footballer Nouhaila Benzina has been an important figure in the movement for...
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Refactory tackles the complicated issue of cosmetic packaging
A UK-based firm is focusing on giving a second life to the most difficult-to-recycle items we throw away every day. Packaging used for health and beauty products are extremely difficult to recycle, mainly because they are comprised of various different materials. This is a problem, considering we throw away around...
MIT engineers develop new energy-storing concrete
Engineers at MIT have developed a potentially revolutionary type of concrete able to store energy. Here’s how this could become an affordable boon for the inevitable renewable revolution. Imagine a future where the solar panels on our roofs generate energy which is then stored in the walls and foundations of...
NASA’s new nuclear rockets could cut Mars journey in half
Getting to Mars typically takes more than half a year, but that time could be shortened by NASA’s upcoming nuclear-powered rocket project. It’s been a big month for the physics lovers out there, with Oppenheimer making its debut in cinema and NASA announcing plans to test the launch of...
4ocean cleans up record-breaking 30 million pounds of ocean plastic
4ocean has set the world record for most trash collected from our oceans by a single organisation – a whopping 30 million pounds and counting. To celebrate this achievement, let’s take a detailed look at the organisation's journey. You’d be hard pressed to find a beach that doesn’t have...
Exclusive – How Tap Social is helping prison rehabilitation
Tap Social is a unique and thriving social enterprise in the heart of Oxford, combining craft beer with prison rehabilitation. Walking into the Market Tap, you would not have guessed that this warm and lively venue opened just two months earlier. Located in the centre of Oxford’s Covered Market, Tap’s newest...
Is the vertical farming bubble popping already?
Vertical farming had been touted by numerous experts as the future of food production in a warming world. In 2023, however, such companies are withering and key players have called it a day. If farming conditions become untenable due to climate change, we’ll just take our crops indoors, right? In theory, the concept of vertical farming may seem an easy win for the future of food production. Stacking vegetables from floor to ceiling...
Study finds milk or egg present in one third of vegan products
New analysis conducted by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute has found that one in three meat substitutes labelled as a vegan product contains animal-derived ingredients, more specifically, milk and egg. With so many plant-based brands popping up in grocery stores globally, it has never been easier to adopt a vegan lifestyle. Or so we thought. New research conducted by the UK’s Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has found that one...
Shell makes U-turn on oil phase-down pledge to ‘reward shareholders’
Shell is the latest fossil fuel giant to scale back its climate pledges in favour of increasing pay outs to shareholders. The company claims it has already reached its green target after selling interest in a Texan oilfield during 2021. Despite making record profits in 2022, Shell believes its shareholders deserve even grander payouts. The all-too familiar caveat of this decision is that sustainable targets will take the hit. Last week,...
Glastonbury Festival is getting a pink and purple wind turbine
Octopus Energy and Glastonbury Festival have teamed up to install a pink and purple 28-metre wind turbine in order to make this year’s Glastonbury the greenest yet. Glastonbury Festival’s ‘biggest fan’ will be in attendance this year, and no, we’re not talking about Lilly Allen or Stormzy. Thanks to a collaboration with Octopus Energy, a 20-metre wind turbine with 8-metre-long blades will tower over thousands of festival-goers as they party for...
