Microalgae: Could it become a food of the future?
In a site near Reykjavik, geothermal energy is being used to create products rich in protein.
The Afghan children hiding under moving lorries
Hundreds of Afghan children – some as young as seven or eight years old – are risking their lives to smuggle sweets and cigarettes into neighbouring countries. They’re hiding under lorries to cross national borders in the hope they’ll be able to get money for their families in exchange for these and other small, saleable…
Pandora Papers: 'One rule for the rich, another for ordinary people'
Pandora Papers reveal a completely unacceptable situation, says Oxfam International’s Max Lawson.
Life at sea by world’s largest offshore wind farm in North Sea
Fancy a job with great sea views? Meet the engineers who maintain 174 turbines that make up the world’s largest offshore wind farm, off the coast of Yorkshire. They live on a ship in the North Sea for 14 days at a time, working 12-hour shifts. Each turn of a turbine blade can provide enough…
Click News: A round-up of the best tech stories
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: YouTube announces it will remove videos containing vaccine misinformation for all approved vaccines, expanding on its ban of false claims about Covid-19 jabs A new law to stop workers being fired if they are not meeting productivity targets set by…
COP26: ‘Do we have the political will to act fast enough?’
The pre-COP26 meeting is taking place in Milan where climate ministers are discussing key issues that will be addressed at the upcoming UN conference COP26. At the Youth4Climate conference, which finished on Thursday and was also in Milan, climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke of the “empty words and promises” of politicians, but also urged people…
Aquarium’s fish-spotting app offers marine life insight
A sea life centre has created a web app to help visitors identify species within its 65,000 strong marine life population. The Lost Chambers Aquarium app uses image recognition. The app tells users information about where the animal can be found in the wild, its endangered status and planned or ongoing conservation projects. BBC Click’s…
Michel Barnier: No renegotiation of NI protocol
The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, says changes the UK wants to make to the Northern Ireland protocol have caused him to lose trust because what is at stake is not goods or trade but peace. The protocol was very precisely negotiated by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself less than two years…
No Time To Die: Daniel Craig talks to the BBC on the red carpet for new Bond movie
The latest James Bond film, No Time To Die, was delayed due to Covid three separate times. The stars of the movie are finally hitting the red carpet at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Tuesday evening. Daniel Craig, in the titular role of James Bond, spoke to the BBC’s Lizo Mzimba.
Life at 50C: Mexico's struggle for water
Climate change is causing once-mighty rivers to dry up and temperatures to rise to deadly levels in Mexico.