Ethfinex Governance Summit Gears-Up This Weekend To Promote Distributed Models

Sep 28, 2018 07:10 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Ethfinex, which is a hybrid decentralized Ethereum exchange that was founded in February by the reputed trading platform Bitfinex which is having 1-month trading volume of about US$14 billion. While the subsidiary will...

A decade of SpaceX - what's next?

Sep 28, 2018 01:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

In many industries, a decade is barely enough time to cause dramatic change unless something disruptive comes along a new technology, business model or service design. The space industry has recently been enjoying all...

Power to tackle social mobility should be devolved to regions

Sep 27, 2018 16:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

There are 14.2m people in the UK living in poverty, including 4.5m children. Almost 60% of these people live in persistent poverty, meaning they were in poverty for at least two of the previous three years. These are some...

Community lessons on how humans and wildlife can co-exist

Sep 27, 2018 16:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

A huge challenge in some of Africas animal-rich countries is human-wildlife conflict when wildlife negatively affects peoples livelihoods or people negatively affect wildlife. Its a big challenge in Kenya where most...

Antarctica's 'moss forests' are drying and dying

Sep 27, 2018 16:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The lush moss beds that grow near East Antarcticas coast are among the only plants that can withstand life on the frozen continent. But our new research shows that these slow-growing plants are changing at a far faster...

Why climate change is making it harder to monitor marine pollution

Sep 27, 2018 16:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Despite the dramatic news coverage of oil spills and other big pollution disasters in our seas and oceans, most environmental pollution is caused by much smaller incidents that are often invisible, persistent, and far more...

Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet

Sep 27, 2018 16:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Trees do a lot more for us than you probably think. Their roots prevent soil from eroding, their canopies provide shade and their leaves decompose into nutrients for crops, which feed livestock. Trees provide homes for a...