Six of the world’s most famous landmarks have been given a green makeover and reimagined as environmentally friendly energy hubs. Niagara Falls, the Pyramids of Giza, the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Sydney Opera House, and Big Ben have all been given a green facelift to show how renewable energy could be harnessed at the sites. …
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Trial participants have 10 times more antibodies in their systems than patients recovering from COVID-19 Picture: Vials on a production line at a GSK factory that will be used in the collaboration with Canada’s Medicago. FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline GSK, -0.70% and Canadian vaccine maker Medicago have reported promising results from a Phase 2 clinical trial …
The impact of Covid-19 has acted as a driver for the government to shift from a “voluntary” to “mandatory” approach to CSR The accountability of companies has grown manifold, given the additional compliances and strict penal provisions. It is likely to require a significant overhaul in how organisations approach and run CSR programmes (Shutterstock) The …
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Mainly known as the pollution linked to cattle breeding (and thus to the meat we eat), methane represents the second source of global warming. Photo: AFP Taking action now to scale back our methane emissions could not only be a game-changer in the fight against global warming, but is also something completely within our reach, …
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In caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, ancient peoples marked the walls with red and mulberry hand stencils, and painted images of large native mammals or imaginary human-animal creatures. These are the oldest cave art sites yet known — or at least the oldest attributed to our species. One painting of a Sulawesi warty pig …
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