Clean energy could save women hours of time each day in rural India
In rural India, women spend more than a quarter of their waking hours on cooking-related tasks. Much of this time is not actually spent on the cooking process itself, however, but on gathering free biomass fuels such as firewood, dung cakes, and agricultural waste. By utilizing clean energy Read More...
Dubai is a having a transportation revolution
Considering how advanced our technology is becoming, isn’t it odd we still spend so much time sitting in traffic. Dubai thinks so, which is why its testing out new transportation methods that are like nothing we’ve seen before. See here Dubai’s big plans to revolutionize the way we Read More...
Study: Cuddling a baby could change its genetics for years
A new study says that the amount of comforting contact a young infant gets can actually affect the epigenome—the biochemical changes that influence gene expression in the body. These changes in gene expression can work to boost the genes that back the immune system as well as the metabolic Read More...
Why you need to focus more on your breathing
Breathing is the most basic thing we do each day. And yet, maybe because it’s so basic, it’s so easy to ignore. But centuries of wisdom, as well as the latest science, tells us that controlling your breathing helps you calm your brain. Check out all the other benefits that controlled breathing Read More...
How Elon Musk built the world’s biggest battery in 60 days
When an apocalyptic storm hit South Australia in September of 2016, the regional electricity grid failed and left 1.7 million residents in the darkness. Then the Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull tried to blame the state’s recent turn toward renewable energy, prompting Elon Musk to make Read More...
This company is using solar panels to harvest water directly from the air
A company has figured out how to harvest drinking water out of thin air, using a combination of materials science, solar power, and predictive data. If you’re not following how that it’s possible, don’t worry; you’d likely have to be an expert in materials science and fluid dynamics to Read More...
How some Tesla owners are mining bitcoins with free power from charging stations
For all the pros that Bitcoins have, there’s one con that’s particular bad: The fact that Bitcoin mining uses more electricity than all of Ireland. That’s because bitcoin mining utilizes specialized computers to churn through extremely power-intensive computing processes. In order to find Read More...
Dropping the price of these seven foods will prevent thousands of deaths
A new study has found that the impact of price subsidies on healthy foods and increased taxes on unhealthy foods would result in 63,000 fewer deaths per year in the United States. In particular, the researchers found that a 10 percent price decrease to seven particular foods alone could prevent Read More...
Can you turn a conservative into a liberal?
In the past, laboratory studies have found that the political and social attitudes of liberal adults became more conservative when they experienced physical threat. Now the first experiment has been conducted to try and find what can make a conservative become a liberal. The results say a lot about Read More...
This device will detect the dangerous chemicals in your tap water
Do you know what’s in your tap water? Hopefully, just some fluoride, but there’s a chance for much worse: lead, arsenic, or mercury. But soon, thanks to the Toronto-based startup Serene Sensors, you’ll be able to see exactly what’s in your next Read More...