Building tolerance for other cultures starts in the classroom

Hate crimes in large cities have increased since 2014, but schools offer a place where students can gain a better understanding of people in other lands and cultures and learn to empathize with them.

Sweden to set up first fully digitalized EV production site in the UK

Swedish electric car company Uniti is developing an all-new electric two-seater Uniti One, which will be first produced at a “pilot production plant” by 2020.

CERN physicists may have found a new and unexpected particle

The new and unknown particle is just over a fifth of the mass of the Higgs boson. There's nothing in any of the current models that predicts this mass. However, It's unlikely to be physics-breaking.

Finland seeks to become circular economy leader

Finland has set a goal to make the country a global circular economy leader by 2025, by adopting the world’s first road map to a circular economy in 2016.

UK renewables surpass fossil fuels for first time

In the past five years, the amount of renewable capacity has tripled while fossil fuels’ has fallen by one-third, as power stations reached the end of their life or became uneconomic.

The Milky Way Devoured Another Galaxy 10 Billion Years Ago

More precisely, the Milky Way collided with the second galaxy, absorbing many of its stars and spiraling out a chaotic tangle of stellar matter — birthing new stars and altering the orbits of others.

A New Supercomputer Is the World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine

Since 2016, SpiNNaker has been simulating neuron activity using 500,000 core processors, but the upgraded machine has twice that capacity. Now it has the capacity to perform 200 quadrillion actions simultaneously.

Cochin International Airport – the world’s first solar-powered airport

Cochin International Airport is the world’s first solar power airport and received The United Nation’s 2018 Champions of the Earth Award for Entrepreneurial Vision.

Palau Became The First Country To Ban Reef-Killing Sunscreen

Starting in January 2020, tourists who bring banned sunscreen into the country will have them confiscated and retailers who attempt to sell them and break the ban will face fines of $1,000.

Seychelles launches world’s first sovereign blue bond

Proceeds from the bond will include support for the expansion of marine protected areas, improved governance of priority fisheries and the development of the Seychelles' blue economy.

Who decides the morals of a driverless car?

US researchers published a new survey this week detailing preferences for the ethical decisions that autonomous vehicles may need to make when faced with unavoidable accidents.

Air pollution linked to autism: study

The study of children in Shanghai found that exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) from vehicle exhausts, industrial emissions and other sources of pollution increased the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by up to 78%.

Scientist finds elusive star with origins close to Big Bang

The discovery of this approximately 13.5 billion-year-old tiny star means more stars with very low mass and very low metal content are likely out there—perhaps even some of the universe's very first stars.

Wind farms and reducing hurricane precipitation

The US researchers have discovered an unexpected benefit of large-scale offshore wind farms: they lessen the precipitation caused by these devastating storms.

The Boring Company Tunnels

The Boring Company’s first tunnel is set for an unveiling in just over a month’s time. The two-mile tunnel, built by the SpaceX campus in California, US could be the sign of things to come in the world of transportation.