By flashgordonphotog / Getty Images Researchers are scouring Australia’s desert outback to document ancient Aboriginal carvings on massive baobab trees, warning Wednesday that the recently discovered artwork could soon be lost forever. Researchers are …
English winemakers toast summer heatwaves
By Ben Stansall / AFP Under a blue sky, seasonal workers ran their secateurs along long rows of grapevines, harvesting a variety of pinot noir grown during the summer heatwave. Under a blue sky, seasonal workers ran their secateurs along long rows of g…
Romania’s epic trail hopes to revive rural Transylvania
By IONUT IORDACHESCU / AFP Europe has a new epic trail to rival the Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Europe has a new epic trail to rival the Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The Via Transilvanica across Romania is so long it took i…
‘Who you voting for?’ Dating apps get political in Brazil
By Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP In Brazil, supporting the right presidential candidate may actually get you a hot date. In Brazil, supporting the right presidential candidate may actually get you a hot date. “Please tell me that you aren’t a leftist, you are t…
How to remove personal information from Google search results
By Ivan-balvan / Getty Images Google wants to simplify the process of removing search results that contain personally identifiable information. Currently rolling out for beta testing — in the US and on Android only — this options takes the form of a …
Meta working to speed up metaverse, but success far from certain
By Chris DELMAS / AFP A year after rebranding itself from Facebook into Meta, the social network titan is striving to make the metaverse a routine part of daily life, offering users new features and promoting new virtual reality gear. A year after rebr…
Fonio, feeding the future with this drought-resistant grain
By Getty Images / Karisssa On October 16, the world will mark World Food Day, an annual event that commemorates the creation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Since the aim is to raise awareness about hunger and poverty in …
Teff holds promise for feeding livestock and people
By Michelle Lee Photography / Getty Images On October 16, the world will mark World Food Day, an annual event that commemorates the creation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Since the aim is to raise awareness about hunger…
Social networks are still betting big on audio
By Alex from the Rock / Shutterstock While the Covid-19 pandemic upended many forms of interaction at leisure and work, audio became a central feature on social networks. Two years later, platforms are still banking on this engaging format. While the C…
5.3 billion cell phones to become waste in 2022: report
By pic_studio / Getty Images More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they …