Submission + - Family lives like it's 1986. (torontosun.com)
FirephoxRising writes: A Canadian family has chosen to live without any tech created after 1986 in order to reconnect with each other.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 5 declined, 4 accepted (9 total, 44.44% accepted)
Submission + - Australian University unveils new carbon trapping bricks. (abc.net.au)
FirephoxRising writes: A research pilot plant in Newcastle will trial world-first technology that turns carbon emissions into bricks and pavers for the construction industry. More efficient and stable than storing gas in the ground, the new method will sequester carbon and can work anywhere, unlike geo-sequestration which is site specific.
Submission + - New treatment for all cancers from Australia. (news.com.au)
FirephoxRising writes: New protein based treatment from the University of NSW breaks down cancers by destroying their internal protein structures. The approach has been tried before but always resulted in too much damage to muscles and the heart. The new approach allows the new class of drug can attack tumours without damaging normal cells.
Submission + - Global food threat, no one know or cares? (cosmosmagazine.com)
FirephoxRising writes: Wheat stem rust has been a scourge since Roman times, in the '60s we bred resistant wheat and sparked the green revolution. In 1999 it came back in Africa, and is spreading across the middle east. It has crossed oceans before, and can decimate global food supplies, yet little is heard of this.
