Wired UK Deep sea mining could save humanity from climate change disaster. But at what cost? Wired UK - Katia Moskvitch It’s 04:00, pitch black, and the bed is listing wildly. Eyes wide open after a sharp knock on the door of his small cabin, geologist Bramley Murton …
Wired UKSewage London's super sewer won't solve the city's epic poop problem Wired UK - Sanjana Varghese There’s a lot of poop in London and not enough places to put it. Designed the late 1800s, the city’s sprawling, spluttering sewer network spans more …
Wired UKPlastic The race to reinvent microbeads and avoid a plastic disaster Wired UK - Emma Bryce The 5 Gyres Institute In 1976, a Norwegian chemical engineer by the name of John Ugelstad sat down in his laboratory and achieved something that had …
Wired UKSeaweed The strange war against cow farts Wired UK - Gian Volpicelli The world is home to about 1.5 billion cows, most of them bred and raised for the meat and dairy industry. Each of them has a quadripartite stomach, …
Wired UKTransit London's wild plan to make the Tube carbon neutral by 2050 Wired UK - Amit Katwala Jack Taylor/Getty Images Transport for London uses more electricity than anything else in the city. The Underground and Overground rail networks alone …
Wired UKElectricity In 2019, an energy giant will offer free, all-you-can-eat electricity Wired UK - William Welser Unlike letters, telegrams and phone calls, email has been free to send for pretty much its entire existence. The reason: providers realised that the …
Wired UKRidesharing Forget Uber, an e-bike revolution is about to upend urban transport Wired UK - Robin Chase Leonie Bos Urban transport is at crisis point. During peak hours – and many cities are now always at “peak” – millions of city dwellers across the …
Wired UKPlastic Reusable coffee cups? Tote bags? Here's the truth about what you can do to be more climate-friendly Wired UK - Victoria Turk Dan Kitwood/Getty Images You care about the environment. You take your reusable coffee cup for a refill instead of getting disposable ones each time. …
Wired UKCarbon The struggle to suck CO2 out the air and bury climate change for good Wired UK - Daphne Leprince-Ringuet Paul Glendell/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images Carbon emissions need to come down. And fast. So what if we could suck CO2 right out of the …
Wired UKWildfires The California wildfire could create a climate change death spiral Wired UK - Amit Katwala JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images In August 2014, a Lufthansa flight from Munich to San Francisco took off with an unusual cargo in tow. During 22 …
Wired UKHyperloop Richard Branson on his dreams for the future of hyperloop travel Wired UK - Richard Branson Leonie Bos Over the course of the next 50 years, hyperloop technology will spearhead a revolution in transportation. The power of personal mobility, …