UK to bring back beavers in first government flood reduction scheme of its kind
A valley in the Forest of Dean will echo to the sound of herbivorous munching next spring when a family of beavers are released into a fenced enclosure to stop a village from flooding, in the first ever such scheme funded by the Read More...
These electric busses could start cleaning up national park travel
Under the Donald Trump administration, the national parks and monuments in the United States have entered into an era of unprecedented threat. Earlier in December, the President moved to slash the size of two national monuments in Utah by a Read More...
Sleek and cheap: This electric city car has a range of 185 miles
After a successful crowdfunding campaign, a Swedish car company has created a new electric city car that will be sold for as low as €14,900 ($17,483 US). So what’s the catch? Looking at the car’s specs, apparently there isn’t one. The city vehicle can drive up to 185 miles via its small Read More...
This portable laboratory will change how we combat disease outbreaks
When an outbreak of a disease such as Ebola occurs, mobile labs are set in place to help speed up diagnostic processes. Still, these mobile labs often come in the form of container-based or truck mounted labs, which are difficult to employ to areas where roads are poor. Now, through a combination Read More...
What does it take to be happy? Research says all it takes is time
Research has shown that people report the highest levels of happiness after the age of 55 in three key areas: their financial situation, their physical appearance, and their overall well-being. Meanwhile, in all three areas, people reported the lowest levels of happiness between the ages of 45 and Read More...
Meat tax would serve health and beat climate change
The global livestock industry causes 15 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions and meat consumption is rising around the world, but dangerous climate change cannot be avoided unless this is radically curbed. Many people already eat far too much meat, seriously damaging their health and Read More...
How the people closest to death teach the greatest lessons of life
We’ve done a great job of curing illnesses, managing pain, and helping people live longer, but we still haven’t figured out how to deal gracefully with death. It is a painful part of life, but the profound thing is we can learn lessons from death that can make life fuller and happier. See here Read More...
How British plant-hunters served science
In a corner of the Yorkshire Dales, far from the beaten track, you might stumble on the peaceful village of Clapham. Now known as a stop-off point for exploring the dales, it was once the home of a rock garden full of plants never seen before in Read More...
Canadian researchers say you can improve memory with this one weird trick
Here's a study tip just in time for exam season: if you want to remember something, read it out loud. It's called the "production effect" — a term coined by the Canadian researcher who discovered it, Colin Read More...
Batteries can't solve all our energy-storage problems. Here's the solution
Sometimes, there can be too much of a good thing. Every so often, from California to Germany, there’s news of “negative electricity prices,” a peculiar side effect of global efforts to generate clean Read More...