Airbus CEO: Flying car prototype ready by end of year
You may not yet be ready for the self-driving car, but technology already presents the next challenge to transportation as you know it. The concept of flying cars is fast becoming a reality. Engineers know it’s possible. And we see that drones work. But we know the next step is near when the CEO Read More...
Acquire a new skill in just an hour a day
… and you need only 5 hours a week to acquire a new skill. Malcolm Gladwell famously introduced the “10,000-hour rule”, which states that spending 10,000 hours working on any skill can help us master it. Gladwell referred to careers of “trial and error” where ultimately the 10,000-hour Read More...
The radical model fighting the housing crisis: property prices based on income
A forbidding clock tower rises above the arched windows of a former Victorian workhouse in east London’s Mile End, behind a hoarding which trumpets the conversion of the crusty old pile into an enclave of luxury apartments. The mortuary, morbidly located next to a graveyard at the end of this Read More...
Airbus CEO sees 'flying car' prototype ready by end of year
Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car as a way of avoiding gridlock on city roads by the end of the year, the aerospace group's chief executive said on Monday. Airbus last year formed a division called Urban Air Mobility that is exploring concepts such as a vehicle to Read More...
Everything you wanted to know about cancer diets
While there is no magic diet that will cure or prevent cancer, intervention in a patient’s diet will help them maintain an acceptable quality of life – as long as that intervention comes from a medically qualified professional with no vested interests. Which brings us to the case of Read More...
Saudi to launch $30-50 billion renewable energy program soon: minister
Saudi Arabia will launch in coming weeks a renewable energy program that is expected to involve investment of between $30 billion and $50 billion by 2023, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday. Falih, speaking at an energy industry event in Abu Dhabi, said Riyadh would in the next Read More...
Geothermal cooling, cycle paths and jobs: what does it take to get six green stars?
With murder rates double, and robbery rates three times, the state average, the Sydney suburb of Blacktown is not an obvious choice as a world leader of sustainable living. But, in 2016, a new master-planned estate in the suburb became the first residential community in New South Wales to be Read More...
Buying grass-fed dairy is about to get easier
The dairy aisle of the grocery store can be a confusing place, especially with so many products claiming to be organic and natural even when they are not. To solve this problem, a group of dairy cooperatives in the U.S teamed up to create a new logo that will make it easier for shoppers to make Read More...
How healthy is your diet? New urine test can tell
Since people tend to lie to doctors about their food intake even when they’re on prescribed diet plans, scientists have developed a urine test that can independently measure the health of a person’s diet in just five minutes. The test measures the biological markers in urine created when foods Read More...
California to build largest geothermal power plant in the U.S
Below the surface of the Salton Sea in California’s southeastern desert lies one of the world’s largest sources geothermal energy—where the earth’s heat and pressure create hot water and steam all day long. Now two start-up firms have announced plans to build the nation’s largest Read More...