[NEWS] Four science links: new coffee, factories in Ethiopia, Mongolian nomads, Mars water

[rfmcdonald]

• There are, happily, new breeds of coffee plants being bred to cope with climate change. The Toronto Star reports.


• High labour and infrastructure costs means that Ethiopia is the only African power likely to challenge China in manufactures. Quartz reports.


• Wired's Kevin Kelly is perhaps on a limb in suggesting the lifestyle of Mongolian nomads is a viable world model.


• The flowing waters of icy Mars were icy, as Universe Today reports.