NASA is designing missions to help protect Earth from climate change
NASA is developing a new program to use more satellites to help the U.S. government better understand the effects of climate change and extreme weather events.
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MPs accuse tech giants of fuelling an ‘e-waste tsunami’ by designing products with short shelf life
MPs accuse tech giants of fuelling an ‘e-waste tsunami’ by designing products with a short shelf life MPs are calling for a change in the law to stop ‘planned obsolescence’ by firms Apple, Amazon and others also criticised for failing to offer accessibly recycling The attack comes from MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) They … Read more
MPs accuse tech giants of fuelling an ‘e-waste tsunami’ by designing products with short shelf life
MPs accuse tech giants of fuelling an ‘e-waste tsunami’ by designing products with a short shelf life MPs are calling for a change in the law to stop ‘planned obsolescence’ by firms Apple, Amazon and others also criticised for failing to offer accessibly recycling The attack comes from MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) They … Read more
NASA and JAXA designing a Toyota-made ‘RV for the moon’
NASA is set to send the first woman and next many to the moon in 2024 and has revealed what the crew will call home – an RV rover. The American space agency is ditching concepts of inflatable tents and underground bases, and is now looking at a pressurized surface vehicle. The space group recently … Read more
Couple spends seven years designing and building a home made entirely from TRASH in Spain
A couple has revealed how they spent seven years designing and building a home made entirely out of bits of trash. Laura Davies and Dave Buchanan, both 55, live in their so-called ‘Earthship’ in the Almeria province of Andalucia in Spain. The pair moved to Spain in 2002 and initially purchased an old Cortijo, a … Read more
Learning more about pterosaurs could help in designing more efficient drones
Studying flying reptiles called pterosaurs that lived 200 million years ago could help engineers develop a new generation of ‘super drones’ with better stability. The prehistoric reptiles that soared above the dinosaurs are the biggest animals ever to take to the air and they ruled the skies for 160 million years. Despite their aeronautic excellence, … Read more