Lyft announces huge Midwest expansion, launching in 54 cities and four new states
Good news, residents of Sheboygan, Wisconsin! Lyft, the ride-hailing company not currently plagued by a sexual harassment scandal, is coming to your town — as well as 53 other cities. Most of the cities are concentrated in the Midwest, with a few on the East Coast and Southern states. It’s the Read More...
Liquid hydrogen may be way forward for sustainable air travel
Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world--and that figure is set to grow, according to the International Energy Agency. With sustainable solutions in mind, a new study published by eminent physicist Jo Hermans in MRS Energy and Sustainability--A Review Journal (MRS Read More...
50,000 new seeds deposited in arctic circle's Svalbard global seed vault
Nearly 10 years ago, a group of scientists got together to build the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle, to prepare for a world threatened by climate change, wars, and natural disasters. According to The Crop Trust, an organization that supports the storage facility, the vault holds Read More...
NASA's new computing facility will save 1.3 million gallons of water a year
Supercomputers, mega-computers located at national laboratory sites that can process calculations in a matter of nanoseconds, are currently processing information that may solve many of the biggest problems humanity faces. There are supercomputers running calculations regarding climate change, Read More...
Somalia set to print banknotes for the first time in 25 years
After decades of turmoil, the east-African country of Somalia is finding itself in a relatively stable position. Successful elections brought in a new government, and now the country has plans to resume printing banknotes after many years of being buoyed by donors and other world organizations. Read More...
American Airlines introduces new frugal flights for cost-savvy travelers
Ultra low-cost airlines like Spirit and Frontier have changed the airline industry in the U.S. Their inexpensive flights have given U.S. travelers the opportunity to fly without breaking the budget, and now larger competitors are giving into the idea of low-cost fares. Just this week, American Read More...
Using the internet in Sweden will help power homes under new initiative
Most data centers aren’t very environmentally friendly. According to one estimate, the amount of electricity data centers suck up to cool down their servers is about as much as the airline industry uses. Sweden thinks there’s a better way to keep servers cool while making use of all that excess Read More...
The first 100 percent recyclable carpets are here
Second only to diapers when it comes to taking up landfill space, around 3.5 billion pounds of carpet are tossed each year in the U.S. And because carpets made up of such a complex array of chemicals, they’re next to impossible to recycle. That’s set to change after Dutch manufacturing company Read More...
Traveling with your kids has a long-lasting impact on their happiness
According to experts, parents are better off spending their money on vacations than they are spending it on toys, which kids usually get bored with after a week or two. New research also points out that traveling with kids can be beneficial to their brain development as it introduces them to new Read More...
Royal Dutch Shell places bet on hydrogen cars going mainstream
With the constant din of traffic noise from London’s M25 orbital motorway and the smell of diesel wafting in the air, Cobham service station in Surrey does not feel like a frontier in the clean energy revolution. Yet, it is here that Britain will get its first public filling station for Read More...