Newly-Developed Enzyme That Breaks Down Plastic Bottles in Hours is On Track to Change the Recycling Game
Carbios is responsible for making a new enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles in just 10 hours—all while keeping them molecularly sound.
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These Optimistic COVID Updates Give Us the Evidence We Need for Hope in April
In some of the hardest-hit nations around the world, rates of new cases and fatalities are showing signs of decline and recovery.
Paris Without Cars? Oui Oui! Next Month, Walkers Will Rule for a Day
If you've been planning a trip to Paris, you will want to be there on September 27—just don't arrive that day, cause you'll be walking from the airport.
How a Nursing Home in France Stopped Coronavirus from Infecting Any Elderly in its Care With a 47-Night Sleepover
The staff at Vilanova home for the elderly locked themselves in for a 47-night quarantine that kept all 100 residents from COVID-19 infection.
Cuba's Airport Gets a Boost For Tourism with International Partnership
Since America's embargo with Cuba was lifted, the Caribbean country has been struggling to welcome the overwhelming amount of tourists at Havana Airport.
New Factory That Uses Enzymes to Recycle All Plastics At Once Has the Backing of Major Corporations
Carbios created the first PET-bottle made with 100% bio-recycled waste—and is poised to solve the toughest recycling problems with backing from major firms.
Iconic Paris Bookstore Gets So Many Orders After Pleading With Fans, They Had to Shut Down Website to Catch Up
When Shakespeare & Co made a call-out to say they're struggling, they received so many orders they had to close to catch up on shipping.
Muslim Young Men Protect Catholic Church After Deadly Attacks in France: 'We will protect churches ourselves'
Elyazid Benferhat and friends protected the 13th-century cathedral in Lodeve on All Saint's Day after a deadly attack on a Nice church.
Adopt a Gargoyle and Help Fund the Rebuilding of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
To help fix up the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, you can adopt a gargoyle through the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Watch This Historic First: Astronauts Successfully Launched Using Recycled Rocket - to International Space Station
NASA and SpaceX launched 4 astronauts to the ISS propelling them to space with world's first reusable rocket by Elon Musk.
Art Historians Discover Place Where Van Gogh Painted His Last Masterpiece
130 years ago, shortly before his suicide, Vincent van Gogh painted his final masterpiece, 'Tree Roots', in this spot.
French Connoisseurs Just Tasted the Bordeaux Wine That Spent a Year in Space: 'Beautiful!'
A very special kind of wine tasting just took place in Bordeaux: bottles of wine aged 1 year on the International Space Station were analyzed.
Scientists Achieve Breakthrough, Talking With Lucid Dreamers in Their Sleep-And There's Now An App For That
Scientists at Northwestern confirmed that dialogue with a dreaming person is possible-and they can solve math problems and answer yes-or-no.
Paris is Turning Its Dark Underground Parking Lots into Organic Mushrooms Farms
The startup Cycloponics is growing 100-200 kilos of mushrooms a week in underground parking lots in Paris, Strasbourg, and Bordeaux.
$14 Billion Raised For Great Green Wall to Continue Planting Trees Across Africa, Keeping Sahara From Destroying Villages
Efforts to finish the Great Green Wall in Africa, which is halting desertification and poverty near the Sahara, got a $14 Billion boost.
Most Advanced Artificial Heart Approved For Sale in Europe, Raising Hopes for Those Awaiting Transplants
French biotech firm Carmat to make the world's most advanced total artificial heart available for purchase in the second quarter of 2021.
See Paris's Long Overdue Upgrade to Iconic Champs-ílysées Boulevard With An 'Extraordinary Garden'
Visit Paris in 2030, and you should find that the iconic Champs-ílysées boulevard has been turned into an 'extraordinary garden'.
France to Become the First Country to Label Electronics With Repairability Tags
The consumers' Right to Repair resolution was passed by the European Parliament on November 25, 2020 with 395 votes in favor.
French Farmers Growing Zero-Emission Tropical Produce in France - Producing Heat Without the Smoke
Removing the need for importation and those CO2 emissions, a French grower, Les Arts Verts, grows tropical fruit like mangos in greenhouses.
One of Britain's Last D-Day Veterans Returns From France Completing His 'Final Mission' - and 68 Years of Charity
96 year old Harry Billinge is a veteran of D-Day and has spent more than 60 years raising money from military charities. Here is his story.
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