CO2, government pledges are not enough. And too different from country to country
In vista della Cop 21 di dicembre decine di Stati hanno svelato i propri obiettivi di riduzione della CO2: secondo i climatologi non basteranno.
The second life of a skateboard
Guitar and skateboard decks. If we consider these two objects we immediately think of distorted guitars, shabby clothes and evolutions in empty pools in California. But gutar and skateboard are also Nick Pourfard’s main hobbies, a 22-year-old young artist and designer from San Francisco. Nick has recently established his own company, Prisma Guitars, in which
Nasa: the Golden Record on Soundcloud with the sounds of Earth
In 1977, the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched by NASA. Along with astronauts, a few records of gold-plated copper (Golden Records) containing sounds, music and images of the Earth were sent aboard of the spacecraft. All this was sent with the instructions for use and a record player. Today, it is possible to listen to and
NASA discovers Kepler 452b, a new Earth-like planet
NASA announced that Kepler telescope, which was launched in 2009, discovered Kepler 452b, a new Earth-like planet.
A rap song from Congo against racial massacres in the US
Pierce Freelon is a US professor, journalist, and musician. Graduate in African Studies, he is founder of Blackademics – online community made of coloured young people debating on racial events – and of the hip hop group The Beast. Such mix of musical passion and academic education led him to become Professor of Political Sciences and
Latin America’s first sustainable university opens in Mexico
In this Latin American country there is a green university where students learn how to build a future with low environmental impact.
From the Bay of Pigs to the Bay of Doves: U.S. and Cuba reopen embassies
The American flag will fly in Havana and the Cuban flag in Washington, a sight unseen since 1961. The U.S. and Cuba will once again open embassies in the respective capitals, following U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro’s groundbreaking announcement last December. This represents a watershed in relations between the
HandUp: technology and human kindness to end homelessness
“Poverty is not something that is just in the developing world, it is all around the world”, said Rose Broome, co-founder and CEO of HandUp, at the 2015 New Cities Summit in Jakarta, the leading global event on urban development organised by the New Cities Foundation. The fact that poverty exists everywhere might
It’s now legal to break into cars to save a dog’s life in Tennessee
New law adopted in Tennessee establishes that nobody, acting reasonably, will be at fault to save an animal’s life.
How many bullets Norway’s police fired in 2014
The number of times Norway’s policemen fired their guns in 2014 is surprising compared to the growing violence in many countries of the western part of the world. Only two bullets have been fired, and no one has been killed or injured. And what is more, Norwegian officials drew their weapons only 42 times, the lowest