Photo by Bart Ros: https://www.pexels.com/photo/sunlight-between-trees-in-forest-10915473/ Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child From Heatwaves to Forest Shade: Can Tree Types Help Cool a Warming Europe? If you live in Europe, you’ve probably noticed that our summers are getting hotter. Perhaps you’ve seen the news about the extreme heatwaves sweeping across the continent, with temperatures above 40 °C…
Photo by Bart Ros: https://www.pexels.com/photo/sunlight-between-trees-in-forest-10915473/ Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Think back to the hottest day you can remember. Did the heat make you feel tired or unwell? Standing in the sun without any shade can be really uncomfortable! In Europe (and in many other parts of the world), summers are getting hotter and…
How Data Centres Power the Internet and How People Are Fighting to Make Them Green Image by Scott Rodgerson Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child In a village in India, a group of dairy farmers is getting ready for the fight of their lives. Their opponent? The HUGE technology company Microsoft! Photo by Angel…
Image by Scott Rodgerson Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child In Mekaguda, a small village near Hyderabad, the hum of construction and the shadow of a giant data centre have changed daily life for a group of farmers and their families. A David and Goliath battle is unfolding among the grazing cattle and tilled…
Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child A New Way of Seeing What happens when scientists design a camera to see like a fly — and then teach it to think using Artificial Intelligence?The result is a device that sees in nearly every direction at once and doesn’t just see, it understands. Imagine a camera…
Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Ever tried to swot a fly, only for it to easily fly off before you can get close? This is partly due to their incredible vision. Now, imagine we could develop a camera which could see just like a fly. And think like a super intelligent computer to…
Photo by Sébastistien Vincon Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Did you know that right now, there are tiny pieces of plastic travelling all around the world? They are floating in the ocean, resting on mountaintops, and some even end up inside animals and people too! These tiny bits, called microplastics, are smaller than a sesame…
Photo by Sébastistien Vincon Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Microplastics may be tiny, but they pose a huge risk to the environment and our health. They have been big news recently as scientists have been finding them in increasingly unexpected locations. From the deepest trenches of the ocean to the peaks of Mount…
Photo by Neom on Unsplash Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child I floated in the perfect blue, weightless and calm, as tiny clownfish darted playfully around my dive mask. All I could hear were the soft, rhythmic bubbles from my respirator. Beneath me, a vibrant coral reef stretched into the distance, an intricate, living city…
Photo by Neom on Unsplash Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child A Magical World Under the Sea When I was 18, I took a dive into the ocean and found myself floating above a coral reef. It was like a glowing underwater city. Full of colour, movement, and tiny creatures zipping around like they…
