‘Don’t touch my pocket!’ South African passengers say airlines must pay for reducing their carbon footprint, not them

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Airline travel is a major contributor to anthropogenic climate change, amounting to about 4% of all global greenhouse gas emissions every year. Airlines must take specific measures to reduce, and ideally neutralise, their...

From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025

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In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASAs Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiters moon Europa. SpaceXs Starship achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for future deep space...

New Year’s Eve celebrates St. Silvester – the 4th-century pope whose legend shaped ideas of church and state

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On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark the feast day for St. Silvester. Little is known for certain about Silvesters life, but he lived...

What if you could rank food by ‘healthiness’ as you shopped? Nutrient profiling systems use algorithms to simplify picking healthy groceries

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Imagine a world where food on grocery store shelves is ranked by its healthiness, with simple, research-backed scores. In some countries, that world already exists. Nutrient profiling systems, or NPSs, support clear...

Transform the daily grind to make life more interesting – a philosopher shares 3 strategies to help you attain the good life

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Imagine its Monday morning, too cold and too dark, but once that alarm goes off, you know youve got to rally. The kids have to get to school. Youve got to get to work. And, of course, your ever-growing to-do list hangs...

Regular lessons have paused – but your kids should still practise their swimming this summer

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Many swimming schools have temporarily closed for the summer holidays. But this doesnt mean you should take a break from helping your kids learn how to swim. What can you do during this period to keep your childrens...

Dambusters raid: a feat of courage and skill whose cost outweighed its achievement

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Operation Chastise, as the Dambusters May 1943 bouncing bomb attack on the Mhne, Eder and Sorpe dams was officially called, was a heroic example of precision bombing by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was also a very...