Love drugs could soon be a reality

Love drugs could soon be a reality

An Oxford University academic has suggested that a new substance to help failing relationships could become commercially available in the next three to five years. Imagine a world where, rather than working on our relationships the old-fashioned way, we just pop a pill and the spark is reignited (at least...

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Apple faces £768m lawsuit for allegedly ‘throttling’ older iPhones

Apple faces £768m lawsuit for allegedly ‘throttling’ older iPhones

Up to 25 million Britons who owned an older iPhone model in 2017 may be able to claim damages from Apple. A consumer champion claims the tech giant deliberately ruined phone performances to push buyers towards new devices. When it comes to our phone devices, somewhat ironically, we’re the ones under the thumb. Over the last few years, phone usage has become more obsessive than ever. Up to five hours...

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These eco-zeppelins could help to clean up the aviation industry

These eco-zeppelins could help to clean up the aviation industry

A small Bedford-based tech start-up called Hybrid Air Vehicles has just sold 10 environmentally friendly airships to a Spanish airliner. Could this be the early knockings of a cleaner aviation industry? As you’re no doubt aware by now, the aviation industry is a serious carbon emitter. Reportedly responsible for around 2% of all human-created pollution, the planes that fly us across oceans and all over the globe continue to create...

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The technology addressing the ocean’s carbon acidity problem

The technology addressing the ocean’s carbon acidity problem

Carbon sequestration is largely deemed as a good thing for the climate, but our oceans are becoming more acidic with every metric ton stored. Here’s how technology is helping to balance that. Geoengineers continue searching for ways to sequester more of our atmosphere’s carbon within the ocean, but as with everything in life, there’s both a ying and a yang. It turns out nearly a third of all CO2 emissions we...

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Seed-firing drones are now reversing deforestation

Seed-firing drones are now reversing deforestation

An Australian start up is using artificial intelligence, specially designed seed pods, and autonomous drones to reverse forest loss at record speed. Deforestation - whether human driven or natural - seriously disturbs wildlife, ecosystems, weather patterns, and contributes to our changing climate. At least 85 percent of global deforestation has taken place to make room for agriculture, with the biggest culprits being cattle ranches, soybean plantations, and palm oil farms. Scientists...

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