High-tech hive
BEIT HAEMEK, ISRAEL Pollinators keep planet Earth alive. More than 70 per cent of the vegetables, fruit, seeds and nuts that we eat are pollinated by bees. But they, like all insects, are declining in numbers, due to things like habitat loss, climate change and pesticides. This high-tech beehive hopes to improve the health of […]
Lost cities
LLANOS DE MOJOS, BOLIVIA For centuries, legends have told of ancient cities lost in the Amazon rainforest, luring explorers and treasure seekers. Now, massive urban landscapes have been uncovered – using helicopters kitted out with the remote sensing technology LIDAR. Hidden among the dense vegetation, a number of remarkable settlements thought to have belonged to […]
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