Just one-third of EU’s electronic waste recycled
Report finds 65 % of e-waste is exported, dumped, recycled incorrectly or illegally traded.
Robots make pancakes after reading online how-to articles
After learning new tasks, the RoboHow bots share their methods with others via a robot ‘app store’.
Northern Lights live broadcast
See the phenomenon between 23:30 and 24:00 Universal Time from 25 to 27 August.
Europe sees worst drought since 2003
Rain shortages and high temperatures in April led to agriculture losses in June, according to a report from the European Drought Observatory.
Dementia cases in Europe ‘stabilising’
The number of elderly people with dementia has levelled off, and even fallen in some countries, contrary to expectations.
CERN makes most precise measurement of matter/antimatter symmetry
It improves on existing measurements by a factor of 10 to 100.
Report sets how to improve access to water and sanitation
Long-term social returns should be prioritised over short-term economic gains to meet development goals, researchers say.
Researchers examine autism, idiom link
European team trying to understand how language is processed, including how people on the autism spectrum interpret figures of speech.