In the last few decades, we’ve fallen into a vortex of quick consumption and rapid throwaway when it comes to fashion items. As vintage shopping and rental services gain widespread popularity, could slowing down the production of fashion altogether be next? — Inside global warehouses, an unthinkable number of clothing items sit on shelves waiting to be purchased. With fast fashion brands dominating the market and producing thousands of identical styles, the day some products are packed up to be shipped out to a buyer is one that will never come. …

Two physicists at the University of Texas suggest dark matter is so elusive and mysterious because it has an entirely different origin to that of the Big Bang. They believe a second cosmic explosion may have occurred weeks after the initial formation of the universe. — Hump day is the perfect time for a large dose of existentialism. So, how’s about we get stuck into the incomprehensible subject of dark matter.

While mushrooms may now be helping combat depression, not all fungi are friends. Evolved types, such as pathogenic fungi, pose a threat to human health and studies warn that climate change could increase their potency. — We’ve been warned time and time again about the human health risks posed by a warmer climate. Fighting off infection, reducing the spread of viruses, and stopping novel and dangerous pathogens from travelling between animals and humans are all challenges likely to become more difficult in the future.

As Biden’s administration deliberates whether to greenlight a controversial scheme to expand oil infrastructure on Alaska’s North Slope, environmental campaigners are urging him to reject it. — Update 13/03/23: After a long contentious process, the Biden administration has approved the Willow Project. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management said that the decision ‘strikes a balance’ by allowing ConocoPhillips to ‘use its longstanding leases in the Arctic,’ while also limiting drilling to three sites rather…

Vertical farming had been touted by numerous experts as the future of food production in a warming world. In 2023, however, such companies are already withering, and key players have called it a day. If farming conditions become untenable due to climate change, we’ll just take our crops indoors, right? In theory, the concept of vertical farming may seem an easy win for the future of food production. …

Just as the technology is promising new therapies for everything from heart disease to cancer, some researchers believe that tinkering with the epigenome could help reverse the damage done by trauma. In recent years, scientists have made strides towards treating diseases through gene-editing technology, their most promising breakthrough being the discovery of CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats).

This month’s standout Game Pass title Atomic Heart has been a source of constant controversy since its development. Now, the Ukraine government is calling for Microsoft, Sony, and Valve to ban it. Here’s why. When it comes to gaming controversies surrounding specific titles, feuds are typically fought between publishers and consumers. Unrest can usually be traced back to either unethical business practices, lack of product quality, or greedy in-game mechanics. …

Scientists at the University of Utah believe firing millions of tons of moon dust into the atmosphere could help to prevent global warming. The best answer is often the simplest… is a mantra being emphatically shunned by climate scientists at the University of Utah. The group of researchers at the institution have been running computer simulations to test what is undoubtedly the most unorthodox climate mitigation scheme yet: launching millions of tons of…

‘The Day Before’ has been billed as a massive online post-apocalypse zombie shooter. It is the second most wish-listed game on Steam and has lapped up serious levels of hype. There’s only one catch — nobody is sure if it actually exists. — When I mention video game disasters, what comes to mind? Most of us would probably list buggy, unplayable games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Fallout 76 as the biggest examples, both of which were unacceptable messes at launch. …