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A tweet worth 2.9 million dollars

The market for NFTs has skyrocketed over the past year – but what are NFTs and why have they taken off so rapidly? NFT stands for Non-Fungible token. Fungibility refers…

Robotic foresters could be key in deforestation fight

Words by Harry Smith We entered the year 2020 at a critical point in deforestation across the Amazon, but in what was meant to be a blockbuster year for climate…

SpaceX’s Starship

Meet the spacecraft that will take you to Mars, or to New York in twenty-nine minutes.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has safely touched down on Mars!

Words By Amy-Rose Collins At 20:56 GMT yesterday evening NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) received confirmation that the wheels of the Perseverance rover had safely touched Martian soil. The Mars…

Hacking your way through the pandemic

Words by Nauris Kalnins In the first term of my first year at university, I attended the HackSussex 2019 hackathon, keen to experience a type of event I have only…

Robert Downey Jr- from Iron Man, to Environment Man

RDJ leading an investment fund to support green tech.