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Is this a solution to traffic pollution? ‘Supershrub’ at the roadside can trap fuel emissions, experts say The Cotoneaster plant was found to absorb more pollution than similar shrubs It was found by researchers to be 20 per cent more effective at soaking up traffic fume particles than plants such as hawthorn and western red cedar … Read more
The US is the second-most surveilled country in the world after China, with one camera for every five people in major cities. A new report found that bigger US cities had an average of over 112,000 CCTV cameras, or about 2,200 for every 10,000 people. That was still dwarfed by China, which had 15,880,491 CCTV … Read more
A number of space companies are developing rockets to be the first to send tourists into orbit, but the latest new comer to race plans to do so with a massive balloon. Spanish startup Zero 2 Infinity plans to float civilians some 130,000 feet above the surface using a helium balloon measuring 420 feet in … Read more
Amazon has launched a new crowdfunding platform that allows users to purchase its products, but only if they reach their pre-order goal within 30 days. Build It will only spotlight Amazon products for now — not DIY merchandise, films, music, or charitable endeavors, like Kickstarter or GoFundMe. Members are only charged if and when the … Read more
In anticipation of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars Thursday, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is taking an opportunity to slam space agencies and governments for using billions of dollars to visit other planets when our own’s suffering. Thunberg, 18, released a satirical tourism ad for the Red Planet that is aimed at the ‘one percent,’ … Read more
In anticipation of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars Thursday, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is taking an opportunity to slam space agencies and governments for using billions of dollars to visit other planets when our own’s suffering. Thunberg, 18, released a satirical tourism ad for the Red Planet that is aimed at the ‘one percent,’ … Read more
YouTube takes aim at TikTok in the US with the release of its Shorts feature next month that lets users upload and edit 15-second videos Like TikTok, Shorts lets you upload and edit 15-second videos Users have access to a suite of tools and YouTube’s extensive music library Since launching in India in September, Shorts … Read more
A fifth of the world’s population has a ‘superior resilience’ to colder temperatures thanks to a genetic mutation, allowing them to never feel the cold, study reveals. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden had 32 healthy men aged 18 to 40 sit in 14 degrees Celsius water until their body temperature dropped to 35.5C. They … Read more
Texas may be the energy powerhouse of the US, but it has not held up to its name after historic freezing conditions froze the state’s power facilities and mainly its 10,700 wind turbines. Sweden, which is known for its colder climate, has offered the Lone Star State some advice to keep the wings moving no … Read more
Google Maps now lets users pay for parking meters and subway rides directly in its Android app and iOS is ‘soon’ to follow Drivers tap the ‘pay for parking’ button from driving navigation in Google Maps Then you input the meter number and how much time you want to buy You can add more time … Read more