by Warp Institute | Oct 31, 2022 | π Human Progress
The Indonesian government has introduced a reward deposit on plastic floating around in the sea.The authorities are paying 1,700 local fishermen to collect plastic from the sea instead of fishing for four weeks.The government expects to remove around eight tons of...
by Warp Institute | Oct 31, 2022 | Column, News media, π Premium Content, π Human Progress
Sorry about the angry headline, but I'm just following the trend. Angry headlines have increased dramatically in the last 20 years. So has headlines that with fear, sadness and disgust. Neutral headlines have decreased as well as headlines with joy.In a new paper...
by Warp Institute | Oct 30, 2022 | π‘ Innovation, π° Space
NASA has deliberately let a small space probe called Dart crash right into an asteroid. The point of it was to see if it was possible to change the trajectory of the asteroid.The result of the crash was that the small asteroid, Dimorphos, clearly changed its...
by Warp Institute | Oct 29, 2022 | β»οΈ Green Tech, β‘οΈ Energy, π‘ Innovation, π Transportation
The car industry is slowly moving away from the classic internal combustion engine towards electric vehicles, and a ban on the sale of new vehicles with an internal combustion engine is being discussed in several places within just over a decade. One of the biggest...
by Warp Institute | Oct 28, 2022 | β»οΈ Green Tech, β‘οΈ Energy
The world's first commercial fusion reactor will be operational by 2040, the British government promises, according to Euronews. The reactor, which in theory can produce clean energy in almost unlimited quantities, is planned to be built in Nottinghamshire.The...