Jan 29, 2018
A Japanese inn is treating guests to some unusual amenities: self-parking slippers, tables and floor cushions. At first glance, the ProPilot Park Ryokan looks like any other traditional Japanese inn, or ryokan. Slippers are neatly lined up at the foyer, where guests...
Jan 26, 2018
The flag representing the .africa geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) has been unfurled on the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. This is according to news received from .africa expedition team leader and mountaineer, Deshun Deysel. Deysel led the .africa team’s...
Jan 25, 2018
Time is running out for action to stem climate change. While the world is still debating whether the change is real, weather migrants and refugees are becoming a reality. In just a couple of months’ time, Cape Town will become the first major city in the world...
Jan 24, 2018
An ambitious partnership aims to sequence the DNA of all life on Earth and create an inclusive bio-economy. The World Economic Forum has announced the Earth Bio-Genome Project (EBP) as part of its Fourth Industrial Revolution for the Earth Initiative. The initiative...
Jan 23, 2018
Pope Francis has called on World Economic Forum participants to overcome fragmentation between states and institutions and work together to facilitate more inclusive approaches in an increasingly globalised world. In a speech to the 48th World Economic Forum Annual...
Jan 22, 2018
The Cartwheel Galaxy (pictured here) was taken with the NASA/ESA (European Space Agency) Hubble Space Telescope. The object was first spotted on wide-field images from the UK Schmidt telescope and then studied in detail using the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Lying...
