The majority of millennials think they’re innovative people. They want to work at–and give their money to–innovative companies that are good for society. In spite of all th... Read more
Drug firms have new medicines and patients are desperate for them. But the arguments over cost are growing LOUIS MACHOGU, the owner of a pharmacy near Nairobi, has noticed a change. In the p... Read more
Samsung is not working alone on this initiative Using solar power to promote healthcare and education is the concept behind Samsung’s Digital Villages, a project recently launched in South A... Read more
The Ekocenter framework seeks to employ “female entrepreneurs” who will be responsible for the everyday running of the facility. Joining forces with engineering firm Deka R&D... Read more
It also has an exterior toilet which works like a French drain and has no need for a sewer connection. Johannesburg-based design studio, Architecture For A Change (AFAC) has recently complet... Read more
More than 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 calculations – in a second. At one million trillion, it will have to be the work rate of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope’s supercomputer... Read more
It may be the 21st century, but nearly half the world’s population still cooks and heats with open fires or primitive stoves that burn wood, animal dung, charcoal and other polluting solid f... Read more
Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world’s seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Medi... Read more
Could algae that feast on wastewater produce clean bio-fuels and a healthful supply of fish food? Can impoverished African community gardeners learn to use and maintain a simple centuries-ol... Read more
It can repeatedly disinfect water for up to six months PureMadi, a nonprofit University of Virginia organization, will introduce a new invention – a simple ceramic water purification tablet... Read more
Israeli biotech firm says its modified eucalyptus trees can displace the fossil fuel industry It’s a timber company’s dream but a horrific industrial vision for others: massive p... Read more
“Wind could easily sustain 25 percent of the grid’s capacity with no strain.” Wind is the now the cheapest form of electricity generation, with an average price of 89c a kilowatt hour compar... Read more
Neither Richard Van As or Ivan Owen have any experience with prosthetics. In fact, the two men have never even met. But they’ve designed a simple new mechanical hand that could be cheap enou... Read more
In the desert researchers demonstrate that an artificial neural network can pinpoint new fossil-rich sites, paving the way for more efficient digs On blisteringly hot desert sands, researche... Read more
The debate is still raging whether Bitcoin is a brilliant idea that will revolutionize business and society, a high-tech money laundering scheme, or just a fad that will soon pass into histo... Read more
