Meat analogues are a big business. From Quorn’s vegan sausages to the ‘bleeding’ burger from Impossible Foods, faux meat derived from plant protein is taking over dinner plates and menus. According to a July 2019 report by The Good Food Institute (GFI), an international non-profit that champions sustainability through food innovation, US retail sales of plant-based meat amounted to a whopping...
“You’re too aware of other people’s needs; it can be hard sometimes to put what you like and how you value things above what other people are feeling,” 31-year-old Youtuber Frank James addresses the internet in a video titled ‘INFJ: 10 Reasons why you’re single’, that has reeled in almost 300,000 views since he posted it in May this year. James is a self-professed member of the most elite slice...
Gaia Vince, a journalist specialising in science, the environment and social issues, was awarded the prize for Adventures in Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made, an exploration of the Earth in ‘a new age’ dominated by our species. The prize, which celebrates science writing for a non-specialist audience, has also been awarded to big names like Stephen Hawking, Bill Bryson...
Followers of astronomy were in for a surprise on Friday, when Donald Trump announced that the moon is part of Mars. In a tweet, apparently commenting on his own administration’s space policy, the president said: “For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon – We did that 50 years ago.” He added: “They should be focused on the much bigger things we are...
If the clouds are accommodating, then tonight’s full “pink moon” will be a little bit bigger in the sky, as our planet’s only satellite is almost as close to us as its orbit allows. But there are a few misconceptions, says Australian astrophysicist Prof Jonti Horner, about the names some people give to full moons. Right about now in parts of North America, a native herb known as creeping phlox is...