LEARNING ABOUT ECONOMICS THROUGH GAMES
Sahith Malyala and Sahil Yedulla are high school seniors who have been neighbors, classmates and friends for most of their lives. One day, Sahith had an idea. “All of a […]
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GASBUDDY BRINGING CROWDSOURCED CHEAP FUEL APP TO AUSTRALIA
From today, Australian motorists will for the first time have access to a smartphone app that lets them use crowdsourcing to hunt down cheap fuel.
SMART ENERGY COULD SAVE £8BN A YEAR, SAY ADVISERS
The UK could save up to £8bn a year by using electricity better, the government’s infrastructure advisers say. The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) envisages a smart energy revolution with more […]
THE DEVELOPING WORLD FACES A SILENT KILLER. COULD A $1 SOLAR LIGHT HELP?
Every day at around 6pm, 40 families living in a remote corner of Andhra Pradesh in southeast India – a 6km walk from the nearest road – would be swallowed […]
US AND CUBA SIGN PACT TO RESTORE SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
American and Cuban officials have signed an arrangement to restore scheduled air service between the two countries after half a century, setting off competition among US airlines for the best […]
ASDA PUTS UK’S FIRST SUPERMARKET WONKY VEG BOX ON SALE
The UK’s first supermarket ‘wonky vegetable’ box goes on sale on Friday, containing enough ugly potatoes and knobbly carrots to feed a family of four for an entire week for […]
CLIMATE SMART COFFEE AND BANANA SET TO BOOST EAST AFRICAN FARMERS’ INCOME
Ugandan farmers are increasingly inter-planting coffee, the country’s primary export, and banana, a staple food, as a way of coping with the effects of climate change. In densely populated Elgon […]
MASTERCARD GIFTS APPLE PAY USERS WITH FREE LONDON TRAVEL
Everyone likes getting something for free, especially when you get to save money doing things you normally do on a daily basis. For the next four Mondays (including today), Mastercard […]
TERRACE FARMING – AN ANCIENT INDIGENOUS MODEL FOR FOOD SECURITY
Terrace farming as practiced from time immemorial by native peoples in the Andes mountains contributes to food security as a strategy of adaptation in an environment where the geography and […]
NATIVE WOMEN GREEN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, FEED THEIR FAMILIES
The hands of women who have migrated from rural areas carefully tend to their ecological vegetable gardens in the yards of their humble homes on the outskirts of Sucre, the […]
