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Carbon tax found to be the most effective way to cut emissions

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Directly charging money for carbon emissions is the cheapest and most efficient policy change for tackling climate change, researchers have said. Ohio State University researchers analysed the costs and effects that a variety of policy changes would have on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation in Texas and found that adding a price, based … Read more

Public invited to act as ‘virtual rangers’ to help protect wildlife using livestream

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Samsung smartphones are being reused as surveillance cameras in a pilot project based on a South African wildlife reserve, with members of the public encouraged to help conservation efforts by acting as “virtual rangers”.  As part of a pilot project (‘Wildlife Watch’) to protect endangered species from poachers, several recycled Samsung Galaxy S20 FE phones have … Read more

Synthetic biology slated to be game changer

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Over the last year, the pandemic has unleashed the true power of science and technology, pharma, biotechnology and research. The stage has been set for innovative breakthroughs in the domains.  For India, Covid is a crisis turned into an opportunity. “With concerted efforts, a huge community of entrepreneurs has come forward to create kits, face … Read more

Chinese astronauts in training for four crewed missions

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Astronauts from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) are preparing to partake in four crewed missions this year, the Associated Press has reported.  China is working towards completion of its first permanent orbiting station. The Chinese Space Station will be approximately one-fifth the mass of the ISS at 80-100 tonnes. Under the CNSA’s timetable, it will … Read more

Agency for high-risk, high-reward research up and running by 2022

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The UK government has announced the launch of a new research agency, which will pursue areas of science and technology with the potential to generate ground-breaking discoveries and transformative technology in the long term. Plans for a research agency dedicated to this type of research were first announced in 2019. The agency is inspired by … Read more

Install Steam on Ubuntu & Linux Mint

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How to Install Steam on Ubuntu (Easy) Steam is available to install on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus and later from Ubuntu Software or through the command line apt programme. Click to Install Steam on Ubuntu If you’d rather do all of the above using the command line just run the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository multiverse sudo … Read more