Coca-Cola U-turn could help UK catch up on can and bottle recycling
More firms are expected to announce bottle deposit return services after Coca-Cola unexpectedly came out in favour of the idea. Pepsi, Nestlé, Unilever and M&S have already committed to producing more eco-friendly bottles by using plant-based materials or less plastic, and an uptick in Read More...
6 reasons to eat more food rich in prebiotics
Prebiotic fiber in things like raw garlic and artichokes provides food for the good gut bacteria, with benefits ranging from improved sleep to reduced risk of cancer. One of the more recent darlings of the health world has been probiotics, the beneficial bacteria found in items like yogurt and Read More...
Sustainable ceramics without a kiln
The manufacture of cement, bricks, bathroom tiles and porcelain crockery normally requires a great deal of heat: a kiln is used to fire the ceramic materials at temperatures well in excess of 1,000°C. Now, material scientists from ETH Zurich have developed what seems at first glance to be an Read More...
A brief history of blockchain
Many of the technologies we now take for granted were quiet revolutions in their time. Just think about how much smartphones have changed the way we live and work. It used to be that when people were out of the office, they were gone, because a telephone was tied to a place, not to a person. Now we Read More...
Open borders are essential for your health and more
What’s the shortest way to the next medical breakthrough? Open borders. A group of medicine professors at Stanford University is clear that restricting immigration is bad for our health. In the past, collaboration among scientists from around the world made vaccines for polio and smallpox Read More...
Eat organic bread to fight global warming
Fertilizers used in wheat cultivation contribute almost half (43 percent) of the greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. Fertilizers consist of substances and chemicals such as methane, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and nitrogen. The emissions from these substances in synthetic fertilizers Read More...
Lake Cachuma shows that California’s drought is over
California has been recovering from 5 years of drought since the end of last year. But this giant reservoir was still struggling. It had dwindled to a weedy channel at just 7 percent of capacity and was perilously close to being written off as a regional water supply. And then came one of the Read More...
Tesla shows how self-driving cars will disrupt the insurance industry
Tesla is not only changing the car industry. It is also the first automaker that has quietly begun to sell car insurance. In the future, Tesla plans to include insurance in the price of its vehicles. Why? Because self-driving cars will completely disrupt the insurance industry. Since Tesla Read More...
A guide for the digital nomad to work anywhere
This is the age of the digital nomad. Anyone can work anywhere using the internet while traveling the world. And here’s a guide to the apps and services you need to make it Read More...
Wind energy supplied all of Denmark's power needs one day last week
Renewable energy can generate enough power for entire countries–a fact Denmark can confirm. Last week on Wednesday, the nation met all of its power needs via wind energy, according to information from wind power trade organization WindEurope. The group said the energy Denmark produced from Read More...