Category : science

science / science - 4 years ago

France's Macron says climate 'red line' at G20

France wants the G20 to issue a statement committing to strong action on climate change and considers the issue a "red line", President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday ahead of the summit. Macron was speaking in Tokyo on a visit ahead of this week's...

science / science - 4 years ago

Net-zero: climate-saving target or delay tactic?

With Britain set to become the first major economy to commit in law to reaching a target of net-zero emissions by 2050, what is carbon neutrality, and how will nations reach it? Nations are gathered this week in the German city of Bonn to discuss im...

science / science - 4 years ago

Apple buys self-driving car startup Drive.ai

Technology news website The Information reported earlier this month that the iPhone maker was considering acquiring the firm as a move to bring aboard some of its engineering talent to boost Apple's own self-driving efforts. One of hundreds of st...

science / science - 4 years ago

When daylight kills: India's XP children

As the sun sets on the poor Muslim neighbourhood of Jeedimetla in the city of Hyderabad, life begins anew. The faithful wander out to answer the call to prayer and so too do those cursed with Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a rare genetic condition that...

science / science - 4 years ago

New Research for week #25, 2019

49 publications for this week.& The last paper in this week's list features Skeptical Science volunteer and highly cited researcher Stephan Lewandowsky along with Skeptical Science founder John Cook as first and second authors& respectively, working...

science / science - 4 years ago

The Trump EPA strategy to undo Clean Power Plan

This is a& re-post from Yale Climate Connections The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 19 published its “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) rule to replace the Obama EPA’s& Clean Power Plan& (CPP...