How five crucial elections in 2024 could shape climate action for decades

How five crucial elections in 2024 could shape climate action for decades

This year, voters in five of the world’s biggest carbon-emitting territories go to the polls. These regions — the United States, India, Indonesia, Russia and the European Union — represent one-third of the world’s population and about the same proportion of human-made carbon emissions. How the political wind blows from these elections will be crucial … Read more

Megafires are here to stay — and blaming only climate change won’t help

Megafires are here to stay — and blaming only climate change won’t help

In February, megafires ripped through the Chilean central coastal hills, killing at least 132 people, injuring hundreds and destroying 7,000 homes. At the time of writing, more than 300 people remain missing. These wildfires are not a one-off calamity. You only need watch the news to know that wildfires are becoming more frequent and more … Read more

Want to cut your screen time? Try these new Fallout, Disney, and Star Wars trading card games

Want to cut your screen time? Try these new Fallout, Disney, and Star Wars trading card games

While I know first-hand how awesome the digital world of technology is – if I didn’t love it then I’d be in the wrong profession – I’m also the first to admit it can all get a little overwhelming. Between new LG OLED TVs announcements, almost daily blockbuster show and film launches, and the phone … Read more

Meningitis could be behind ‘mystery illness’ reports in Nigeria

Meningitis could be behind ‘mystery illness’ reports in Nigeria

The Nigerian health ministry has been told to investigate reports of deaths in the northeastern state of Gombe (pictured).Credit: Tolu Owoeye/Shutterstock The World Health Organization has confirmed that reports of an ‘unknown’ disease allegedly responsible for 30 deaths in Gombe State, Nigeria, in mid-February can be linked to 3 cases of meningitis that are part … Read more

Google may have accidentally revealed the Pixel 8a is coming soon

Google may have accidentally revealed the Pixel 8a is coming soon

The next phone we’re expecting from Google is the Google Pixel 8a, and while there’s been no official word in regards to the upcoming mid-ranger, we may have the next best thing, from the Android bug tracker that’s publicly available online. On a thread referring to battery stats (via 9to5Google), a Google software engineer says … Read more

Here’s what many digital tools for chronic pain are doing wrong

Here’s what many digital tools for chronic pain are doing wrong

Chronic pain is a health crisis of enormous proportions. In the United States and Europe, about 20% of adults experience chronic pain, defined as pain lasting more than three months. Incidence is likely to rise in the coming decades, owing in part to ageing populations. The past few years have witnessed an explosion in the … Read more

Adapt to survive: how a former Disney animator and director rode the wave of digital transformation

Adapt to survive: how a former Disney animator and director rode the wave of digital transformation

It’s been almost 120 years since the  first cartoon animation, Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie, was made, and the contemporary art form has come a long way since then.  That’s especially true for the last 50 years of animation, which has seen illustrators and animators alike embrace a plethora of new hardware and software tools, including some … Read more

Oldest stone tools in Europe hint at ancient humans’ route there

Oldest stone tools in Europe hint at ancient humans’ route there

A stone tool from the archaeological site of Korolevo in western Ukraine.Credit: Roman Garba Stone tools found in western Ukraine date to roughly 1.4 million years ago1, archaeologists say. That means the tools are the oldest known artefacts in Europe made by ancient humans and offer insight into how and when our early relatives first … Read more