#Agriculture on Mars: Can it be done?

Admin6 years ago08 mins

“#Agriculture on Mars: Can it be done?” Martian colonies of the future will require vast quantities of food, but bringing an endless stream of foodstuffs from Earth would be costly and dangerous. The best answer to this conundrum is to grow food in greenhouse, specially constructed for that purpose. However, such a system would likely…

#TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky on why ‘caring’ about recycling isn’t enough

Admin6 years ago05 mins

“#TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky on why ‘caring’ about recycling isn’t enough” Tom Szaky will be speaking at our online event, TNW 2020 about the impact COVID-19 has had on waste management and recycling. To find out more about his talk and the other speakers you can see with your (free) ticket, check out our tracks here….

#Recently discovered ‘salty lakes’ on Mars could be teeming with alien life

Admin6 years ago06 mins

“#Recently discovered ‘salty lakes’ on Mars could be teeming with alien life” The team of researchers who discovered a single lake beneath the surface of Mars back in 2018 just published a new paper admitting they were wrong. Instead of one lake on Mars, the team thinks there are several. This makes for what could…

#Here’s where scientists think the next epidemic is most likely to start

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“#Here’s where scientists think the next epidemic is most likely to start” Viruses jumping from animals to humans have been the starting point of numerous outbreaks, from Ebola to Zika. Given the similarity of SARS-CoV-2 to coronaviruses found in bats, this probably marked the beginning of COVID-19 too. We know that viruses have passed from…