More and more young people identify themselves as ‘pansexual’
According to Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 LGBTQ Teen Survey, the number of youth who identify as pansexual has doubled since 2012, with 14 percent of youth respondents embracing the description. But what does pansexual actually Read More...
This French village could inspire a whole new form of Alzheimer’s treatment
A Danish design studio is constructing a little village in France specially made to host people with Alzheimer’s. The goal of the village, which will be reminiscent of the medieval fortresses located nearby, is to create a sense of community and familiarity for the patients by orienting them with Read More...
Your phone is dirty. Here’s how often you should clean it
You and everything you come into contact with are carpeted with bacteria. Your phone is no different. In fact, your phone is one of the most bacteria-laden things you own. Here’s how often you should clean your phone, and how to do so without damaging Read More...
China’s ambition to power the world’s electric cars took a huge leap forward
China’s grand designs to dominate the future of clean energy paid off spectacularly this week. In a public offering on June 11 in Shenzhen, battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. (CATL) raised nearly $1 billion to fund ambitious expansion plans, and its stock has been shooting up Read More...
Liquid-air energy storage: The latest new “battery” on the UK grid
A first-of-its-kind energy-storage system has been added to the grid in the UK. The 5MW/15MWh system stores energy in an unusual way: it uses excess electricity to cool ambient air down to -196°C (-320°F), where the gases in the air become liquid. That liquid is stored in an insulated, Read More...
These gravity-defying hills are one of the strangest natural phenomena we've seen
Scattered across the world are a number of bewildering 'mystery spots' that appear to defy gravity - places where cars seem to drift uphill, and cyclists struggle to push themselves downhill. Also known as gravity hills, these bizarre natural phenomena can be found in places like Confusion Read More...
How two young entrepreneurs are tackling the plastic problem with swimwear
Brother-sister duo from Colgate University pitched a novel idea in 2015 to Jessica Alba, Jennifer Hyman, Neil Blumenthal, and MC Hammer, panelists at an entrepreneurship program: swimwear made out of recycled plastic bottles. They didn’t know much about the technology then to convert old, used Read More...
To have what you want, you must give up what’s holding you back
If you pay attention to your life, you’ll begin to see the patterns. In 2005, the National Science Foundation published an article showing that the average person has between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those, 80 percent are negative and 95 percent are exactly the same repetitive Read More...
Researchers just found the first insect to understand the concept of zero: Bees
While it may seem like all that bees do is buzz around and make honey, research suggests they’re a whole lot smarter than we might think. A new study found that the honeybee understands the quantitative value of nothing, and places zero in the correct position along a line of sequential numbers. Read More...
China is paving their freeways with solar panels
China is the world leader of solar power, producing three-quarters of solar panels sold globally. But China isn’t stopping at solar panels. Now the country is producing solar roads—modified solar panels that are installed in place of asphalt. Generating electricity from highways and streets Read More...