Americans drink enough bottled water each week to circle the globe two times around. That was one of the many alarming facts that motivated politicians in San Francisco to pursue a progressive environmental regulation no other major US city had dared – a ban on bottled … [Read more...] about How San Francisco is leading the way out of bottled water culture
Archives for June 2017
Street lamps could soon also charge electric cars in London
The street lamps in Hounslow, London, have an additional electricity port for electric car drivers who want to charge their vehicle Ubitricity, a German company focused on providing clean energy, converted street lamps in Hounslow, London, to have LEDs in them and included a new … [Read more...] about Street lamps could soon also charge electric cars in London
Can microbes encourage altruism?
Parasites are among nature’s most skillful manipulators — and one of their specialties is making hosts perform reckless acts of irrational self-harm. There’s Toxoplasma gondii, which drives mice to seek out cats eager to eat them, and the liver fluke … [Read more...] about Can microbes encourage altruism?
Elon Musk about basic income: ‘I don’t think we’re going to have a choice’
Across their three presidential debates last year, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump uttered the word “jobs” 86 times – but the word “automation” never came up. And by all accounts, nothing is going to transform the American labor market more … [Read more...] about Elon Musk about basic income: ‘I don’t think we’re going to have a choice’
In Madagascar, a waterless toilet may provide a global solution
If there is one technology that symbolizes the global water sector’s future struggles, it would be the toilet. While there have been plenty of advances in farming irrigation and water purification, toilets are still stuck in a Victorian-era time warp. Granted, sanitation is … [Read more...] about In Madagascar, a waterless toilet may provide a global solution