Uber is launching food delivery service in its fastest growing market
Uber is bringing its on-demand food delivery service, UberEATS, to India three years after it piloted in Los Angeles. The taxi-aggregator is in talks with local restaurants and delivery partners before taking the service Read More...
Can acupuncture relieve your baby’s colic?
Your baby is crying inconsolably, suffering from colic. Do you: a) cuddle it, b) give Infacol drops or c) stick needles into it? According to a paper in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine, the answer may be c. Since colic affects up to at least 20% of babies, that could mean a lot of work for Read More...
This village is solving the problem of too much sun with batteries
This village in the U.K. is the unlikely testing ground for a new technology to store and use local power for longer, bypassing the grid and cutting energy bills. This month dozens of homes in Oxspring will have a home battery installed to see if they can make solar power more valuable to Read More...
New global alliance seeks to protect world against the next epidemic threat
In today’s globalized world diseases can travel faster than ever. As a result, an epidemic can easily spread as happened with the Ebola virus in 2014. You may have forgotten how Ebola disrupted world travel and trade, but for those directly involved in managing the crisis it remains a harrowing Read More...
Desalination: The oceans hold the answer to the world’s water crisis
Global water usage is growing twice as fast as the population. That’s a problem. There’s, of course, a lot of salt water in the oceans and most people live near coasts. So, can desalination provide an answer to the shortage of drinking water? Desalination is not new. The Romans made drinking Read More...
This new theory may lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s
So far, medicine has failed to come up with a cure for Alzheimer’s, a disease that exponentially threatens an increasingly aging population. Recent research focuses on inflammation as a root for the disease. However, one neurologist sees infection as the possible cause of the feared disease. He Read More...
Composting your household organic waste is becoming much easier
Composting your household organic waste is a good thing to do. The problem is that converting waste into healthy soil takes time while the process attracts pests and spreads unpleasant odors. Here’s a new solution: the Zera Food Recycler. The Zera sits in your kitchen instead of out in your Read More...
How can diet affect fibromyalgia symptoms?
Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes a person to experience frequent pain, muscle tenderness, and fatigue. There is no definitive known cause of fibromyalgia and there is no cure. However, medicines are available that can reduce symptoms and help manage the condition. In addition to these Read More...
Bringing a breath of fresh air to the UK’s polluted cities
Featuring a sturdy leather head-strap and mask, two large tubes and a transparent backpack containing a small potted plant, designer Chih Chiu’s response to crowded, polluted cities is stark. “My initial idea was to separate an individual from the public space,” he says. Read More...
Here's where the 10 federal self-driving test sites in the U.S. are
The U.S. Department of Transportation picked 10 official sites for developing and testing self-driving car technology, one of the last actions the agency made under the leadership of former U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. The DOT made the announcement Thursday, Foxx's last day as Read More...