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Balancing urbanisation with quality of life and environment protection

In partnership with The European Commission

How can nature offer solutions to balancing urbanisation with quality of life and protecting the environment?

World News

Coronavirus lockdown guide: Tips for survival, shopping, and self-care

How to ease your anxiety amid Covid-19, tips for your diet and advice on how to boost your immune system, we've asked a series of experts for tips amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

United Kingdom

'Wonderchicken': Meet the small bird that outlived the dinosaurs

It survived the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Earth News

A modern-day Noah's Ark is being built on South Africa's coast

The world's biggest conservation project to date has ambitions of biblical proportions.

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Earth News

Your worldview can change who you think is to blame for climate change

Don't think you should give up meat to combat climate change? The way you view the world might explain why.

USA

The new coronavirus is hard on older people — and scientists aren't sure why

Understanding the age question could help researchers figure out how to treat the illness, particularly in older populations.

USA

Coronavirus mask pushers pump wares on social media

Some accounts that purport to market other illicit goods such as drugs have turned to coronavirus-related products.

USA

Stock-trading app Robinhood suffers third outage amid market turbulence

"Surely this can't be legal. Constant broker outages on the biggest trading days in history? No way," one Reddit user wrote Monday.

USA

How new rules at Facebook and Twitter led to a warning beneath the president's retweet

The spread of the video shows how even clear warnings can be little match for the power of the social media infrastructure that has been built up by both parties in recent years.

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How EU funding is changing the face of Latvian innovation

In partnership with The European Commission

Horizon 2020 funds from the European Commission are changing the face of innovation at the Unversity of Latvia in Riga.

USA

Twitter strikes deal with activist investor to keep Jack Dorsey as CEO

The deal will include a $2 billion share buyback program and give the hedge fund, Elliott Management, a seat on Twitter's board of directors.

USA

SXSW conference canceled amid heightened coronavirus concerns

Up until Friday, SXSW had continued to move forward with its plans, adding speakers as recently as this week.

World News

Asteroid approaching Earth will not annihilate humanity

Scientists say that sensational headlines about an asteroid approaching Earth in April are misleading.

USA

In Facebook groups, coronavirus misinformation thrives despite broader crackdown

Dozens of Facebook groups totaling hundreds of thousands of members have become a haven for conspiracy theories, medical equipment promotion and unproven cures.

USA

NASA's new Mars rover gets a name — Percy, for short

First came Sojourner. Then Spirit and Opportunity. Curiosity followed.

USA

Disappearing beaches: Climate change could wipe out half of the world's sandy shorelines

Scientists found that beaches, which occupy one-third of global coastlines, are threatened by coastal erosion and rising seas.

USA

'San Francisco is full': Tech backlash reaches new heights with skyscraper battle

A new ballot measure could limit new office space if more housing isn't built — and it's got popular support.

USA

Try not to touch your face. Also, try not to think about touching your face.

The new coronavairus outbreak has resulted in a push for people to stop touching their face — leading to plenty of anxiety that experts say isn't necessarily helpful.

USA

Barry Diller weighs in on the Hollywood streaming wars

Quibi is "a total speculation," and Apple "hasn't decided yet" about Apple TV+, the Hollywood mogul says.

USA

'Gardens and graveyards' of coral discovered in hidden canyons off Australia's coast

Scientists are interested in these submarine crannies because they sit on the front lines of oceanic climate change