NASA engineer David Burns has proposed a fuel-free engine that could propel spacecraft at “almost the speed of light”. It is said to violate the fundamental laws of physics, but he is confident that it is worth a try. Archaeologists at a church in Dingwall discovered a 1,200-year- old Pictish standing stone with beastly…
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Much of the criticism surrounding the Extinction Rebellion movement is that they scare children and make them fear for their lives, but it’s no different to children seeing death and war on the news everyday. The moment something is presented to the public that requires people to be proactive and change their own lifestyles, there’s…
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Over 460 grassroots groups across the world have called on the United Nations to endorse a worldwide ban on fracking via a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterre. Signed by actors and Mark Ruffalo, Emma Thompson and Amber Heard, authors Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben, Al Gore’s daughter Karenna Gore, fashion icons Vivienne…
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This summer, the UK limboed between record-breaking heat and incessant rainfall. Now, August’s wet weather has brought this year’s wheat harvest to a “shuddering halt”, according to the deputy president of the National Farmers’ Union, Guy Smith. In 2018, Defra found that wheat crop fell 5.1% on the previous year, while barley production decreased…
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Dear Readers, We’ve had a fantastic response to Issue One of The Hourglass, which was widely distributed across the UK in September. Some of the responses can be seen on page 14. (Here) We’ve also had requests for copies of the newspaper from as…
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My generation and my parents’ generation have failed. We have failed because I can still hear people suggesting that climate change is a conspiracy or an exaggeration. We all benefit from science every day, one way or another, yet so many don’t listen to the warnings. We blindly go about our daily lives wrapped…
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It is written that a culture grows wise when old men plant trees they will never sit in the shade of. There are no maps to where we now find ourselves. We are all making this up as we go along. There’s a truth worth telling. But there are lessons from history and wisdom…
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Working as an NHS doctor can often feel like an uphill battle. Bottlenecks in the emergency department, constant staff shortages, and lack of funding are among the challenges the health service is up against. All our attention is focused on delivering the best possible care to the patients in front of us. The traditional…
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Like so many of us, writer Neil Gaiman and musician Amanda Palmer have been struggling to come to terms with the enormity of what is happening to our planet. Anyone who has followed Neil’s writing and television work or Amanda’s music in recent years will have noticed environmental themes rising in prominence. There is…
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Two weeks of peaceful protesting saw tens of thousands of people in over 60 cities around the world take to the streets to demand that their respective governments act on the issue of climate breakdown.
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