WASTED WATER
Wasted Water is a problem that is gaining more and more traction as the pre-eminent issue of our times, even if it’s one that most …
LAND ROVER OF THE SKIES
Land Rover of the skies sounds like a funny misnomer but, in the case of a 60-year-old Canadian plane, the de Havilland Twin Otter (picture …
EVERGLADES
Florida is embarking on an ambitious ecological restoration project in the Everglades: building a reservoir large enough to secure the state’s water supply. In February …
WORLD IQ
An article in The Economist caught my attention recently; it was entitled “How to raise world IQ”. The article was based on research in 72 …
THOMAS NEFF
Thomas Neff is a name few people have heard of, and yet his accomplishment over many years must rank among the most significant of the …
POLAR BEARS
The end of the Canadian Arctic summer marks the annual migration of polar bears heading inland to wait for the ice to form. Thousands of …
TIDY FRIDGE
One of life’s mysteries is that it’s a struggle, sometimes, to find anything to eat in your “tidy fridge” – the clutter just gets in …
MOON CAVE
Scientists have recently confirmed the existence of a Moon cave, something they have long suspected was there, but had been unable to prove until now. …
ROUNDABOUT UNDER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
A roundabout under the Atlantic Ocean sounds a little unlikely, to put it mildly, but it’s a reality in the Faroe Islands, of all places. …
GREAT GREEN WALL
The Great Green Wall is a project of eleven countries in the Sahel-Sahara region: Thye are Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, …