Depressed by climate change and feeling like things are hopeless? PAT PILCHER looks at some positive news in science and for the environment.
Science
Reality Bites – The Post-Pandemic Blues
CARRIE STEELE was looking forward to the trip of a lifetime when the world went bat-crazy. Now, she’s looking at the bigger picture.
IBM Invents Better Batteries
IBM claims to have invented a battery that doesn’t require mining and exploitation and doesn’t pollute. Roll on the revolution writes PAT PILCHER.
True Or False? – 5G Will Give You Cancer
PAT PILCHER checks the science behind 5G and looks at growing anti-5G noise.
Affordable EVs And Climate Change: Can We Afford Not To Do It?
We need real incentives to combat climate change by replacing our polluting gas-guzzlers with electric vehicles, but our government’s plan is looking a bit half-arsed writes PAT PILCHER.
All About Batteries
Batteries are everywhere and they make our world tick but annoyingly, they’re always running out of fizz. PAT PILCHER looks at the new horizons of battery tech and future possibilities.
A Giant has Fallen: RIP Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking is dead, but his extraordinary ideas live on. Here’s PAT PILCHER’s tribute to the great man.
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, GREAT BIG STAR
Kiwi ingenuity does it again with the Humanity Star. PAT PILCHER explains.