Month: May 2021
Surviving without water
Water is one of the fundamental ingredients for life on Earth and our bodies are mainly composed of it. When we are forced to go without water, things can turn nasty very fast indeed. Around 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water around the world, and a total of 2.7 billion find water
City fossilisation
It is believed that Every 100 years, the mining and construction industries move enough rock around the planet to create a new mountain range. The majority of the world’s iron ore formed nearly two billion years ago. The sand, gravel, and quartz in concrete are among the most resilient substances on Earth. These hard-wearing materials
Valuing an Idea
According to research people rarely assess the value of their own ideas accurately. This means that we often fail to see the potential in our best ideas, leading us to jettison them and waste time on less promising ventures. Fortunately, these studies also suggest some clever ways to avoid making this mistake. we might delay
Smoking on Public Health
With so many people choosing to smoke, it makes sense that they should have better alternatives to cigarettes. The World Health Organization estimates that there will be over a billion smokers by 2025 and with the right mix of government leadership and commercial initiative will dramatically accelerate efforts to reduce the health burden of smoking.
Sustainable Tobacco Companies
Many believe tobacco companies should be excluded when it comes to sustainability. Tobacco companies have long faced skepticism when it comes to their efforts in the sustainability space due to the nature of their products and the harm associated with them. Sustainability is ultimately about continuous improvement and taking steps to minimize negative externalities associated
Farms being run from space
Thanks to new technologies and innovative ways of farming. Farming may be among the last industries to undergo a digital revolution, but the changes are arguably going to be further reaching than anything we’ve seen so far. There’s a seismic shift underway in agriculture and chances are you will not be aware of it. where
Adverts in App Store
The emails, between Apple employees in 2015, discussed the possibility of adding adverts to the App Store, after Google launched them for its own Android store. Previously, Apple sold adverts to appear at the top of search results only. The new slot effectively doubles the advertising space for sale.And Facebook fiercely opposed the change, warning
‘tip jar’ to pay for good tweeting
The tip jar function essentially adds a small icon to a user’s profile on mobile devices only for now with a drop-down menu for other payment providers such as PayPal, Venmo which is for only a select group of people.Twitter says the addition was inspired by people who added payment links or Patreon ads in
China’s exports soar
Despite ongoing trade tensions with the US and other countries, China’s exports for the month were almost $43bn more than its imports, a more than threefold increase as the the recovery of the world’s second largest economy still faces some major challenges. The Chinese figures are heavily skewed as they are compared to the period
Return to Office
People who are working from home maybe three to four days a week probably need 20% less space, but those who are working from home don’t realise that they’re gradually getting slower and slower whereas the people in the office aren’t because of some laziness that comes with working from home .The technology enables a