Anti-poaching drive brings Siberia’s tigers back from brink of extinction
With only 20 to 30 Amur tigers remaining in the 1930s, the graceful Siberian animal was on the brink of extinction. Today, thanks to the work of conservationists, there may be more than 500 Amurs living in the wild Siberian terrain. The reversal is encouraging, but the World Wildlife Fund is not Read More...
Why being forgetful from time to time can be a good thing
The next time you forget something, don’t curse yourself. In a new report, researchers of the university of Toronto found that the goal of memory is not to transmit the most accurate information over time, but rather, to optimize intelligent decision-making by holding onto what’s important and Read More...
Sonic’s new burger blends beef with mushrooms so you eat less meat
Recently, we wrote about The Reducetarian Solution, the idea that curbing the population’s carnivorous tendencies will reduce climate change more effectively than trying to make everyone a vegetarian. One way to do this could be by offering burger-lovers a “blended burger,” a patty made Read More...
Vehicle to vehicle communication makes self-driving cars safer
Self-driving cars use GPS, satellite communication, for their navigation. But, as anyone with a satellite radio system in his car knows, there are sometimes brief moments of interruption in the communication. That can be very dangerous for self-driving cars. That's why researchers are testing an Read More...
8 ways to ask questions and improve your relationships
Being able to ask questions is a key aspect of relationships. Whether you’d like to know whether someone is being truthful, or perhaps whether the other person is someone you’d like to get to know better, being able to produce and deliver good questions can significantly improve your Read More...
France new government to ban all new oil and gas exploration
France is to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration as part of a transition towards environmentally-friendly energy being driven by Emmanuel Macron’s government. Nicolas Hulot, the “ecological transition” minister said a law would be passed in the autumn. “There Read More...
Sustainability is unhelpful: we need to think about regeneration
For 25 years, sustainable development has been held up as the solution to the world's problems. But instead we have had ever more pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change. The concept of sustainability has been abused like few other terms in history. It is time to think not just about Read More...
The perfect meditation technique for people who can't meditate
Could this be the meditation solution I've been looking for? A couple years ago, I heard ABC News anchor Dan Harris speak at Chicago Ideas Week. He told all of us in the audience how mindfulness meditation changed his life. He was a self-proclaimed "fidgety skeptic" who had an on-air panic attack, Read More...
Helsinki wants to convince people to give up their cars
JUNE 23, 2017 —For years, environmentalists and urban planners on both sides of the Atlantic have been fantasizing about few- or no-car city living, in order to make their municipalities easier and safer places to live, while also reducing their carbon footprint. The mayors of a number of Read More...
Study shows deep benefits of meditation, yoga and tai chi at molecular level
Mind-body interventions (MBIs) such as meditation, yoga and Tai Chi don’t simply relax us; they can ‘reverse’ the molecular reactions in our DNA which cause ill-health and depression, according to a study by the universities of Coventry and Radboud. The research, published in the Read More...