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Invest in a Wrap-N-Mat. I like this reusable sandwich wrapper – available here – which doubles as a mat for outdoor lunching (see picture). It is nothing more complicated than a pretty napkin with a wipe-clean plastic lining on one side and a Velcro fastening strap. The idea is that instead of using cling-film or [...]
Hanging out with younger, healthier people might help the elderly to live longer, suggests a study of fruit flies, writes Roger Highfield.
Researchers have simulated in the lab the process that can turn ordinary volcanic eruptions into so-called “supervolcanoes.” Supervolcanoes are orders of magnitude greater than any volcanic eruption in historic times. They are capable of causing long-lasting change to weather, threatening the extinction of species, and covering huge areas with lava and ash.
The risk of heart problems, cleft palate or major brain defects is almost doubled in areas where drinking water is heavily disinfected with chlorine. By Roger Highfield.
Eating insects such as wasps and grasshoppers has health benefits and should be encouraged in the Western diet, scientists have said.
Blocking the sun’s rays with space-borne mirrors would not return Earth’s climate to that of pre-industrial times, in another setback for the idea
A dual mode road/rail vehicle is being tested in Japan by Toyota and its truck-manufacturing division Hino Motors. The bus bridges the gap between road and rail with 4 rubber tires for road use and 4 steel wheels for riding on rails. It can hold 25 passengers and is based on the Toyota Microbus. [...]
But the Environmental Protection Agency stopped short of committing to regulate the greenhouse gases that spur on global warming
Pumping carbon dioxide through hot rocks could simultaneously boost efficiency and mop up greenhouse gases
The plan amounts to a “post-industrial revolution”, says the European Commission, and aims to beat the bloc’s oil addiction and combat climate change