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It might not be quite as ambitious as Elon Musk’s vision of life on Mars, but it’s big news nonetheless. A Finnish telecommunications firm is planning to build a 4G system on the moon, enabling activities such as the remote controlling and coordinating of lunar rovers during future space missions. Running late for lunch during your EVA? Just call...

All you need for the dark winter nights is a comfy sofa and some low lighting - but wait, aren’t we missing something? Daring to venture out in the dark is like discovering a new world where adventure awaits at every turn. Being out at nighttime puts our senses on high alert. Suddenly we hear, smell and feel things...

How can the plastic crisis overwhelming our oceans be solved? It appears the sea itself holds the answer. A London-based startup has developed a plastic alternative made from seaweed, which can be used, among other things, to produce packets containing soy sauce. The seaweed, which is farmed in northern France, is dried and ground into fine powder before a...

Flying free as a bird… a human dream that was first realized some hundred years ago or more. But compare the elegance of birds with that of their machine-based cousins, and it’s clear the aviation industry still has a long way to go. Using high-speed cameras and a gust generator, a team of researchers from the UK has conducted...

Carefree laughter, a set of chubby fingers and those big, saucer eyes…babies used in advertising can certainly make the heart melt. So what’s new, you might say? Well, a British nappy manufacturer is shaking up the industry with sustainable products AND by showing toddlers with Down’s Syndrome in its adverts. It might be 2020 but it is still rare...

A bank card made of trees? If you didn't know better you'd say Pinocchio was doing some blue-sky thinking about the 21st century. But it's true: the first ever wooden credit card is here, supported by a sustainable search engine whose passion is global reforestation. The latter’s model, where trees are planted with the advertising income generated by search...