New DNA Test Can Detect Slavery in Your T-shirt
Shoppers lured by a bargain-priced T-shirt but concerned about whether the item is free of slave labour could soon have the answer – from DNA forensic technology. James Hayward, chief executive of U.S.-based Applied DNA Sciences Inc. that develops DNA-based technology to prevent counterfeiting and ensure authenticity, said his researchers have been working in the […]
Is Apple Developing a Self-driving iCar?
Apple Inc. is wading in to the debate over regulation of self driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential for automated transportation and calling on U.S. regulators not to restrict testing of such vehicles. A five-page letter from Steve Kenner, Apple’s director of product integrity, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is […]
Solar Energy Now Cheaper Than Oil, But Dirty Habits Die Hard
Solar power is becoming so cheap so fast that in Abu Dhabi it’s now less costly to produce a unit of energy from the sun than from oil, leading energy experts said this week. But that doesn’t mean a global switch to renewable energy will be inevitable or speedy, they told a London conference. Difficult […]
Actress Shailene Woodley: I Didn’t Plan on Being Arrested
Actress Shailene Woodley was honored last month at the 26th Environmental Media Awards (EMAs), where she used the opportunity to call on people to attend the protests at Standing Rock. The protests are against a planned pipeline to transfer crude oil to the refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Protesters say the building of the pipeline […]
Forget Glamour, Model Lily Cole Wants Tech to Inspire Women
As a British supermodel and actress, Lily Cole has lived a life of glamour, but it is her new role as a social entrepreneur using technology to do good that she hopes will inspire women. Scouted on a London street in 2002 at age 14 and featured on the cover of British Vogue at age […]
Gender Pay Gap Means Women in UK “Work for Free” Until Year End
Women in Britain will effectively work for free from Thursday until the end of the year because of the disparity in earnings with their male colleagues, a leading women’s rights group said. Overall, women in Britain were paid 13.9 percent less than men in 2016, a slight improvement on the previous year when the average […]
“Kung Fu” Nuns Bike Himalayas to Oppose Human Trafficking
Clad in black sweatpants, red jackets and white helmets, the hundreds of cyclists pedaling the treacherously steep, narrow mountain passes to India from Nepal could be mistaken for a Himalayan version of the Tour de France. The similarity, however, ends there. This journey is longer and tougher, the prize has no financial value or global […]
Invest in Cities Now or Face 2.5 Billion Unhappy Urbanites by 2050
In fast-growing cities across the developing world more than 70 percent of residents lack access to basic services like clean water, affordable transportation or decent housing, a research group said on Friday ahead of a U.N. conference on urbanization. By 2050, 2.5 billion people, a bigger population than China and India combined, will move into […]
Does UK’s Landmark Anti-slavery law Live up to The Hype?
From life imprisonment for human traffickers to forcing pimps to pay compensation to their victims, Britain has some of the world’s toughest sanctions against modern slavery. Passed a little more than a year ago, Britain’s Modern Slavery Act has been hailed as a milestone in the anti-slavery fight, combining harsh penalties with progressive measures such […]
Meet the Less Famous Donald Trump
While president Donald Trump fights his daily political battles, a Northern Virginia doctor – also named Donald Trump – is focused on clinical trials to fight cancer and doing the best he can to avoid conversations about his name or namesake. The majority of Americans know Donald Trump as the bellicose Republican president and billionaire […]
