Part of a Down To Earth series based on field reporting across rural India In February 2026, Down To Earth (DTE) travelled across at least 20 villages in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh to examine how India’s broader energy transition intersects with the everyday realities of electricity supply, transport costs and cooking fuels in…
Alongside Creg y Cowin, the MWT plans to plant more trees and restore more woodland at the Glion Darragh and Glen Auldyn Reserves, near Ramsey, which recently became the largest nature reserve on the island, stretching over 1,000 acres (about 405 hectares). Source link
Types of mines The mines most people picture, like those seen in films such as “,” are floating spheres tethered to the seabed, with small protrusions called Hertz horns that trigger the mine when it makes contact with a ship. These are called . In the film, characters use a small wooden boat to sweep…
The crew, who are accomplished pilots, engineers and scientists, reveal their hopes, fears and family sacrifices. Source link
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a tall, slender palm known as Socratea exorrhiza has sparked one of nature’s most intriguing myths. Often described as a “walking tree”, it is said to slowly shift its position over time, moving a few centimetres each year in search of sunlight. The claim has been widely repeated in travel…
Nasa is preparing for the historic launch of its first lunar fly-around mission in more than 50 years. Training for the Artemis II mission began soon after the crew was named in 2023, according to the mission’s chief training officer Jacki Mahaffey. Much of training takes place in the Orion mission simulator at Johnson Space…
Space, as most of us think of it, is a quiet and peaceful place, but for those living and working on the International Space Station (ISS), it can also be a place of physiological surprises. A recent occurrence, where a veteran NASA astronaut, Michael Fincke, told the Associated Press that he apparently lost his ability…
PC: National Endowment for the Humanities Before smartphones, spreadsheets, or even written alphabets as we know them, the Inca appear to have managed information in a way that still feels surprisingly advanced. Their system, known as quipu, used knotted cords and colour-coded strings to store records across a vast empire. It was long thought to…
Nasa astronauts are gearing up for the first lunar fly-around mission in more than half a century. Nasa’s Dustin Gohmert is responsible for engineering the spacesuits at Johnson Space Center’s Orion Crew Survival Systems Lab. Years in the making, the suits are designed to protect the astronauts during launch and landing, as well as possible…
Highway expansion, fenced farms, village expansion and shifting land-use patterns have erased many of the Raikas’ century-old routes, forcing herders to walk longer distances or rely on trucks to move their livestock. The decline of on-farm hosting arrangements and tightened forest rules has intensified pressures for the community. As many young Raikas seek wage…