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#27: Sleep, long missions to Mars and Amazon tax


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Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss sleep and how you can improve yours.


SLEEP:

https://www.ft.com/content/e6ccdcac-133d-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-We-Sleep-Science-Dreams/dp/0141983760


NEWS:

Australian researchers say used face masks could be recycled to make roads

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/04/australian-researchers-say-used-face-masks-could-be-recycled-to-make-roads


Rishi Sunak 'considering Amazon tax' to claw back pandemic borrowing from online retailers who profited

https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-considering-amazon-tax-to-claw-back-pandemic-borrowing-from-online-retailers-who-profited-12211857


Bitcoin Surges as Tesla Confirms It Bought $1.5 Billion to Diversify Reserves

https://uk.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/bitcoin-surges-as-tesla-confirms-it-bought-15-billion-to-diversify-reserves-2296951


China plans to hand out $1.5 million in a digital currency test during the Lunar New Year

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/china-to-hand-out-1point5-million-in-lunar-new-year-digital-currency-test.html


An unleashed Jeff Bezos will seek to shift space venture Blue Origin into hyperdrive

https://www.reuters.com/article/space-exploration-bezos/focus-an-unleashed-jeff-bezos-will-seek-to-shift-space-venture-blue-origin-into-hyperdrive-idUSL1N2K908X


New hydrogen-flavored can of Campbell’s condensed soup could be the future of clean hydrogen.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a35410999/clean-hydrogen-goop-powerpaste/


Tensions rise as the race to Mars gets more interesting.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/07/tensions-rise-as-rival-mars-probes-approach-their-final-destination


UK hills could be used as energy 'batteries'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/08/powering-up-uk-hills-could-be-used-as-energy-batteries


Rivian to have a $50 billion IPO

https://electrek.co/2021/02/10/electric-pickup-truck-maker-rivian-aims-50-billion-ipo/

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