An organic farming revolution is helping bring food security to Cuba
At one point in time, Cuba was only growing sugar as their main crop. Now the island nation is in the midst of a small-scale organic revolution that’s helping to feed a state that is still very reliant on other countries for food. See here how Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union and years Read More...
A small town in Iceland created a “levitating” crosswalk to slow traffic
Instead of installing speed bumps to get drivers to slow down, a city in Iceland recently painted a “floating” pedestrian crossing on the street. The eye-popping optical illusion makes it seem as if the crosswalk is levitating a few inches off the ground. When they get nearer and nearer to this Read More...
How inmates, scientists, and government workers are teaming up to save a butterfly
If you have been reading news about the western part of the United States in the past few months, you wouldn’t be a fool to think lighting a fire in a forest or prairie is a terrible idea. But that’s exactly what a motley collection of prison inmates, Native ecologists, and military base Read More...
Sound meditation is becoming the biggest relaxation trend in San Francisco
Meditation comes in all shapes and sizes, and also sounds for that matter. In San Francisco, thousands of people are meditating by taking a “bath” in sound and fall into some sort of musically-induced bliss. If you’re curious about what this would be like, check out what this journalist had Read More...
Adding magnesium to your diet helps your body function at its best
According to this doctor, there’s one supplement that is essential for your health: magnesium. The mineral serves to help you avoid fatigue, insomnia, migraines, anxiety, muscle cramps, and even depression. The problem is that when you’re stressed, your brain compensates for it by using up the Read More...
Uber will now let you add multiple stops to your route
Uber has added a new feature that will solve a challenge almost every rider, at some point, has faced: the difficulty with picking up friends along the route to your destination. That’s because, until now, Uber has only allowed you to request a ride from point A to point B. That now changes with Read More...
Electric cars emit 50 percent less greenhouse gas than diesel, study finds
Electric cars emit significantly less greenhouse gases over their lifetimes than diesel engines even when they are powered by the most carbon intensive energy, a new report has found. In Poland, which uses high volumes of coal, electric vehicles produced a quarter less emissions than diesels when Read More...
Let it shine: the woman behind Ireland’s first big solar farm
Many of Ireland’s country estate houses have been repurposed as wedding venues, but at the 17th-century Beaulieu House in Co Louth there’s a different kind of marriage under way. It’s a union between a centuries-old country estate and modern green technology. Beaulieu House (pronounced Read More...
Elon Musk shares first photo of Boring Company’s underground LA tunnel
Elon Musk on Saturday shared the very first image of the Boring Company’s underground Los Angeles tunnel that is actively under construction. We’ve known for months now that Musk’s cleverly named tunnel-digging venture has been testing equipment and technology beneath SpaceX’s Read More...
Cities’ best bet for fighting climate change is encouraging sharing
By 2050, 85 percent of people in the developed world and 63 percent of the developing world are expected to be urban dwellers. That creates either an opportunity to reduce emissions or exacerbate them, depending on the type of development we choose to undertake and how much people are prepared to Read More...