-
closely, coal, country, Industrial, News, revolution, Science, started, Swift, Tech, transition, watched
Swift coal transition from country that started Industrial Revolution will be watched closely | Science & Tech News
admin
Turbines at the UK’s last coal-fired power station have turned for the last time – a milestone in Britain’s transition to zero-carbon power and the end of Britain’s 142-year history of burning coal for electricity. The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant outside Nottingham makes the UK the first major economy, and first G7 member, to…
-
Started from the bottom, now I’m here: How a sea worm’s butt swims away to start life of its own | Science & Tech News
admin
When living your best life just isn’t enough, why not live two? That’s the ethos of the Japanese green syllid worm, which scientists have found is able to detach its backend to embark on its own underwater adventures. In a process called stolonisation (which sounds like a Christmas diet), the bottom end of these worms…
-
Threads: What needs fixing in the new rival to Twitter according to people who’ve just started using it | Science & Tech News
admin
Meta has launched what some are calling its “Twitter killer” app – Threads – with Mark Zuckerberg saying more than 30 million signed up in the first day. Twitter has reportedly threatened to sue over “intellectual property rights” – with Elon Musk suggesting Meta has “cheated”. And while many are excited about a new challenge…