Another interesting week of technology and science announcements has led me to pick the following five stories:   World’s Biggest Companies Tackling Climate Change; Idaho Potato Gets Better by Mixing Genes from Five Spud Varieties; Google Timelapse Shows Decades of Planetar

It occurred to me today as I was reading about researchers being able to reliably predict snowstorms on Mars, that what we humans are doing here on Earth could be perfect for terraforming our red neighbour. Although Mars’ atmosphere is largely CO2, 95.3% in fact, it is so tenuou

It’s the Ides of March and unless you are unaware of the auspiciousness of this Caesarian date, it is also the day for me to post weekly headlines that I want to share with you, my readers. This week I have picked a few stories about developments in and from space:   Curios

Welcome to our second weekly headlines for 2013. This week’s stories include: A Science Rendezvous to Inspire the Next Generation; Next Steps for the Mars One Project; Feeding the Planet Would Be Easier if We Didn’t Waste Half of What We Produce; New Electric Sail Technolo