Michelin Guide scrutiny could boost Philly tourism, but will it stifle chefs’ freedom to experiment and innovate?

Chef Phila Lorn prepares a bowl of noodle soup at Mawn restaurant in Philadelphia. AP Photo/Matt Rourke The Philadelphia restaurant…

How the end of carbon capture could spark a new industrial revolution

Steelmaking uses a lot of energy, making it one of the highest greenhouse gas-emitting industries. David McNew/Getty Images The U.S.…

Stone tools from a cave on South Africa’s coast speak of life at the end of the Ice Age

The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In…

Small businesses are an innovation powerhouse. For many, it’s still too hard to raise the funds they need

The federal government wants to boost Australia’s productivity levels – as a matter of national priority. It’s impossible to have…

Defence firms must adopt a ‘flexible secrecy’ to innovate for European rearmament

In the face of US President Donald Trump’s wavering commitments and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inscrutable ambitions, the talk in…

From prototype to construction site: how innovative smart materials make it out of the lab and into our cities

Building material made from recycled plastic waste. Rene Notenbomer/Shutterstock The construction industry accounts for approximately 37% of global CO₂ emissions.…

NZ Budget 2025: science investment must increase as a proportion of GDP for NZ to innovate and compete

Shutterstock/Olivier Le Queinec A lack of strategy and research funding – by both the current and previous governments – has…

For a Canadian in London, King Charles’ Royal Garden Party inspires sustainability education

On a glorious afternoon recently, I had the good fortune to attend a specially themed Education and Skills Garden Party…

Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Frontier supercomputer is one of the world's fastest. Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, CC BY High-performance…

South African companies aren’t innovating enough: why support during tough economic times matters

South Africa’s innovation fund, announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the 2025 state of the nation address, was a response…