Google will be powered 100% by renewable energy
Mountain View giant announced that the company’s data centres and offices will be exclusively powered by renewable energy by 2017. “And it’s just the beginning”.
Google and Facebook to restrict ads on fake news sites after the shock presidential victory
The two web giants have been sharply criticised for spreading fake news that influenced the Trump-Clinton presidential debate. And now they’re taking remedial action.
Goodbye Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen died last night at 82. One of the most prolific, poetic and visionary songwriter of all times.
Bataclan concert hall to reopen a year after the Paris attacks
On 12 November, almost a year after the Paris attacks that took place on 13 November 2015, British rocker Sting is scheduled to play at the Bataclan music venue.
Eat with your hands. The Contatto Experience extends taste to the realm of touch
When it comes to eating, the most profound, elementary impulses and istincts of our soul, as well as of our social constraints, come into play. Throughout the human history, the primordial gesture of eating has taken on new meanings. Besides mere sustenance, eating has become an essential moment for society. It reflects national traditions, regional
This South African schoolgirl is combatting drought with orange peel
Orange peels and avocado skins have been used to create a cheap, natural and super-absorbent material. Kiara Nirghin, 16-year-old South African girl of Indian origin, has developed a polymer made of polysaccharides from food scraps that can hold water more than 100 times their weight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFrdZjIDwAU Combatting drought in South Africa In 2016 South Africa
The Man Who Fell to Earth: the soundtrack will be released for the film’s fortieth anniversary
The soundtrack to the film that consecrated David Bowie as The Man Who Fell to Earth, which wasn’t officially issued for the film screening, will be released for the film’s fortieth anniversary.
Circus Zambia, giving street children the chance to blossom through performance art
Circus Zambia was founded by a group of four young acrobats in 2014, all born and raised in Chibolya, a poor compound that houses over 20,000 people in less than five square kilometres in the Zambian capital, Lusaka. With a rich experience gained from tours, performances, training and workshops around the world, the artists are specialised
Earthquake in central Italy, everything you need to know
Earthquake in central Italy, the events Over 600 tremors have been felt in central Italy since the early hours of the 24th of August. The strongest of which, of magnitude 6, took place at 03.36 on the 24th of August. Felt from Rimini in the northeast, all the way to Naples in the southwest, it’s epicentre was
South African rapper Gigi Lamayne stands up for students’ rights
In South Africa more and more people are joining the #FeesMustFall movement. These include Gigi Lamayne, one of South Africa’s rising hip hop stars.