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How to Use Grocery Scraps to Grow a Second Harvest

You know that moment when you’re chopping veggies and tossing ends, stems, and peels into the trash or compost? Stop right there—because you might be throwing away your next meal. That’s right, your grocery scraps aren’t just scraps; they’re tiny greenhouses of potential waiting to sprout new life. Imagine regrowing…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 29, 2025

Build prefab homes to address harm to ‘generation of homeless children’, says Labour MP

Siobhain McDonagh urges parliament to pass renters’ rights bill to stem no-fault evictions in England

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2025

China’s new visa opens doors for foreign talent just as Trump tightens H-1B rules: Everything we know

As Washington makes it harder for foreign talent to enter the country, Beijing is going the opposite way by changing its visa rules for first time in over a decade. Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Create your own beer garden – hops are easy to grow and will keep you in tasty ale

To make home-brewed beer, why not grow your own hops? They’re easy to propagate from a rhizome or stem cutting, though they need plenty of room

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

Tiny 'brains' grown in the lab could become conscious and feel pain — and we're not ready

Lab-grown brain tissue is too simple to experience consciousness, but as innovation progresses, neuroscientists question whether it's time to revisit the ethics of this line of research.

LiveScience · Sep 18, 2025

When chaos is the goal, resilience is the answer

Forget prevention, containment is key to protecting OT systems

TechRadar · Sep 18, 2025

Bad news for astronauts? Human stem cells age more rapidly in space, study suggests

A new study suggests that a group of cells, key for the health of blood and the immune system, are vulnerable to aging-like processes after spending time on the ISS.

Space · Sep 17, 2025

Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity

Employers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – commonly called the STEM industries – continue to struggle to attract female applicants. In its 2024 jobs report, the National Science Board found that men outnumber women almost 3-to-1 in STEM jobs that require at least a bachelor’s degree and over 8-to-1…

The Conversation · Sep 16, 2025

South Sudan’s leaders engage in ‘systematic looting’ in poor nation: UN

The UN Commission on Human Rights has found that authorities used schemes to divert public money.

Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2025

Mother to join Kiltwalk to raise funds for charity she set up in son’s memory

Six-year-old Jaxon McKenzie, from West Lothian, died last December just eight months after being diagnosed with a brain stem tumour.

Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2025