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- McDonald’s has opened its first wind turbine and solar panel-powered net-zero store in Market Drayton as a blueprint for other UK sites.
- A report has found that Chinese officials used a ‘weather modification system’ to control rainfall on 70,000 participants attending a parade for Xi Jinping by launching silver iodide particles to clear the sky.
- An NFT (non-fungible token) Digital Art piece by the pseudonymous artist ‘Pak’ has broken records for the highest price ever paid for a work by a living artist after being sold for a jaw-dropping £695 million.
- The world’s largest lab-grown and 3D printed steak weighing in at 3.67 ounces has been produced from fat and muscle cells from a living cow.
- Uber has launched new technology that will detect if a driver is taking an unusual route or making prolonged stops in measures to help protect the safety of its riders.
- A plastic-free, vegan and biodegradable chewing gum brand, Nuud, which made its retail debut in the UK in early 2021, has received major funding to expand its ‘Chew Plants Not Plastic’ campaign.
- Elon Musk’s company Neuralink wants to start installing a coin-sized microchip into human brains to stimulate and monitor neuron activity as early as 2022.
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