Monomania is a serious disorder, characterized by, according to my dictionary, “excessive concentration on a single object or idea.” In the case of much of American farming, that single object is the ...
The scrubby desert outside Port Augusta, three hours from Adelaide, is not the kind of countryside you see in Australian tourist brochures. The backdrop to an area of coal-fired power stations, lead ...
Our “Plastic to Oil Fantastic” video brief about the invention of a plastic-to-oil converting machine went viral and exceeded 3.7 million views on YouTube. This is evidence that concern over “the ...
Devastating oil spills in the Niger delta over the past five decades will cost $1 billion to rectify and take up to 30 years to clean up, according to a UN report. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) ...
Artificial meat grown in vats may be needed if the 9 billion people expected to be alive in 2050 are to be adequately fed without destroying the earth, some of the world’s leading scientists report ...
In 1985, Li Hua visited a valley in the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau. The area was better known for its panda population, but the oenologist realized that its high altitude, hours of sunshine, ...
Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for ...
The raging epidemic of Ebola virus disease in West Africa underscores the urgent need for international cooperation for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. With its epicenter in Guinea, ...
木の花ファミリー農園は16年程前に日本の景勝地、富士山の麓で開園した。創設メンバーは数人だけ。エコビレッジという概念があることすら当時の彼らは知らなかった。 東京から西へ2時間 ...
人工知能(AI)は瞬く間に私たちの日常生活に欠かせない存在となり、医療、教育、金融、エンターテインメントなど、幅広い分野に影響を及ぼしている。AIが進化し続ける中、その使用法を ...
Agroforestry — the integration of trees and shrubs with crops and livestock systems — has strong potential in addressing problems of food insecurity in developing countries. Done well, it allows ...
飯田哲也氏のアイデアは、急進的だが明快だ。日本は100%再生可能エネルギーに移行できる、というのである。飯田氏は数十年にわたって原子力に反対し、再生可能エネルギーを支持し続け ...
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