By JUAN MAZA CALLEJA / AFP When the volcano erupted in La Palma last year, Teodoro Gonzalez Perez rushed to the Spanish island to see the lava flows with his own eyes — now he’s back for another look. When the volcano erupted in La Palma last year, Te…
The story of how a coffee-pot chicken went viral
By Alexander Cohen / Twitter Who would have ever guessed that chicken breasts cooked in a coffee pot would become a social network phenomenon? Here’s the scoop on this joke in the form of a recipe that went viral on Twitter and LinkedIn. Who would have…
Berlin and Paris have the biggest shared mobility fleets in Europe
By rkankaro / Getty Images Shared mobility is booming all over Europe. More than 380,000 shared vehicles are available to road users across a selection of the continent’s major cities, whose offer is detailed in the latest European Shared Mobility Inde…
Your moisturizer or insecticide could soon include a component from shrimp shells
By Aleksdem / Getty Images To reduce food waste linked to the consumption of shrimp, Brazilian scientists are currently conducting a host of varied experiments. Products formulated with a compound contained in the shells of these crustaceans could soon…
How Chicago is switching its municipal buildings to 100% renewable energy
By LeventEryilmaz / Getty Images The city of Chicago has unveiled a program to power all of its public buildings with renewable energy, in the hope of driving down its carbon footprint. By 2025, Chicago’s city hall, libraries and airport will all run o…
What’s in store from Wi-Fi 7?
By A_stockphoto / Shutterstock In lab testing, Intel and Broadcom have announced that they have achieved Wi-Fi 7 connection speeds in excess of five gigabits per second. This heralds the dawn of a new protocol that’s expected to officially launch by th…
China’s debt-laden Evergrande produces its first car
By STR / AFP CHINA OUT China’s property giant Evergrande began production of its first electric car in the northern city of Tianjin on Friday, a subsidiary of the group announced. China’s property giant Evergrande began production of its first electric…
How the tide turned on data centres in Europe
By Tommy Lee Walker / Shutterstock Every time we make a call on Zoom, upload a document to the cloud or stream a video, our computers connect to vast warehouses filled with servers to store or access data. Every time we make a call on Zoom, upload a do…
Mapping culinary tourism in Europe through summer’s restaurant bookings
By sanjeri / Shutterstock From the Michelin-starred restaurants of Paris to the pizza sellers of Rome and Lisbon’s mouthwatering pastéis de nata, Europe’s culinary specialties and the quality of its restaurants — as well as their diversity — are such…
Could solar paint help us save electricity?
By Poravute / Getty Images What if all we had to do was paint our walls to generate electricity? Such is the promise of solar paints, which are capable of generating energy. These are largely based on nanotechnology and are being tested by several scie…