As Boris Johnson aims for new cars to be electric by 2030, Congolese miners risk lives for cobalt

The pitiful image was like something from centuries ago rather than our advanced, technological age. In front of me, struggling up a hill, was an 11-year-old boy called Daniel, covered in dust and carrying 30lb of metallic rock in a sack on his back. When other children his age would usually be playing at school, … Read more

Mass testing trial using pregnancy-style kits aims to HALVE quarantine time for contacts of cases

Quarantine for contacts of Covid-19 cases could be halved or eliminated entirely under mass testing plans, it has been suggested. Pregnancy-style testing kits, which give results in minutes, would be used under the plans to identify un-infected contacts and release them from two-week quarantine. The mass testing scheme will be trialled on emergency workers in … Read more

Mass testing trial using pregnancy-style kits aims to HALVE quarantine time for contacts of cases

Quarantine for contacts of Covid-19 cases could be halved or eliminated entirely under mass testing plans, it has been suggested. Pregnancy-style testing kits, which give results in minutes, would be used under the plans to identify un-infected contacts and release them from two-week quarantine. The mass testing scheme will be trialled on emergency workers in … Read more

100 bison are released South Dakota for a project that aims to bring the species back to the wild

100 bison are released to their native lands in South Dakota as part of a project that aims to bring the threatened species back to the wild in North America North American was home to 30 to 60 million bison hundreds of years ago By 1890, there were just 1,000 in the wild due to … Read more

SpaceX aims to build a Starlink mega constellation around MARS

SpaceX aims to build a Starlink mega constellation around MARS to provide internet to the one million people the firm will send to colonize the Red Planet SpaceX revealed plans to bring its Starlink satellites to Mars The firm wants to provide internet to those  who colonize the Red Planet The satellites would act as … Read more

Canadian miner Yamana aims to strike gold in London float 

Canadian miner Yamana aims to strike gold in London float as it predicts a bull run in precious metal prices By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 Canadian miner Yamana Gold will list on the London Stock Exchange today as it predicts … Read more

Regeneron aims to make 300K doses of covid antibody drug this fall

The US could have up to 300,000 doses of Regeneron’s antibody treatment for coronavirus this fall, White House officials and the company said Thursday.  ‘We’ve applied the same methods to supporting therapeutics [as the government has to vaccine development] too,’ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar said during a Thursday Goldman … Read more

New property investment aims to help house the homeless and deliver a 7.5% return

A new property venture aims to provide accommodation to homeless people and eventually provide an annual 7.5 per cent return to investors. Home, a real estate investment trust which will float on the London Stock Exchange later this month, wants to raise £250million to acquire a portfolio of suitable property. It plans to let accommodation … Read more

New ‘bullet’ plane is revealed that aims to make private air travel as affordable as commercial

The much-anticipated Celera 500L ‘bullet’ plane which is set to revolutionize private air travel has been revealed. Developed by California-based Otto Aviation, the Celera is a six-person craft they say boasts groundbreaking fuel efficiency with eight times less consumption.  Yet, it can still fly at jet speeds with a maximum cruising speed of 460 miles per hour, … Read more