25 startups leading innovation in agriculture this year
Agriculture faces many challenges: labor shortages, decreasing soil health, food spoilage, and –recently—trade wars. The good news is that technology is bringing many new groundbreaking solutions to the production of food. Here’s a list of 25 business innovations. It’s interesting to note Read More...
Urban trees store almost as much carbon per acre as rainforests
Cities are hardly perceived to be forests. However, many cities have more trees than people. British researchers looked at the London’s urban jungle and calculated that trees in the city store as much carbon per hectare as tropical rainforests. That makes planting trees in cities a major Read More...
Looking at shrimp for more durable industrial design
Biomimicry is the art of creating better and more sustainable materials copying nature. Many conventional manmade materials come with flaws. Take concrete. It’s very strong and can be used to construct large buildings and skyscrapers. But it’s also quite brittle. A bad winter can open a massive Read More...
Spain has more organ donors than any other country in the world
In Spain, 47 people per million become organ donors after they die. That makes Spain a world leader. Croatia comes a distant second with 39 donors per million people. Spain has a successful “opt-out” system. That means that every person is a donor unless you specifically make it known that you Read More...
Let it be: what you can learn from Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney wrote one of the most successful Beatles’ songs, during a stressful episode of the band, after his deceased mother appeared in a dream and told him: “It will be all right, just let it be.” McCartney listened to the message. And that is a message for all of Read More...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s climate plan is the only one that matches scientific consensus
In a major upset, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina democratic socialist from the Bronx, beat out the longtime US representative Joe Crowley in the New York primaries. In the overwhelmingly Democratic district, she is practically certain to win a seat in Congress during the general Read More...
Dutch parliament to set target of 95 percent CO2 reduction by 2050
The Dutch parliament will approve a law requiring the Netherlands to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 95 percent by 2050, compared with the level in 1990, lawmakers representing 75 percent of the seats in the Dutch Lower House said on Read More...
Could seaweed solve Indonesia's plastic crisis?
Indonesia produces more marine plastic pollution than any other country except China. This is perhaps unsurprising: the world’s biggest archipelago is also it's fourth most populous. Limited income and cash flow mean that poorer communities rely on cheap single-use plastics like bags, water Read More...
How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet
Artificial Intelligence will rule the jobs of the future, so learning how to work with it will be key. But the skills needed might not be what you Read More...
Pulses raised as new study reveals secrets of the plant that keeps people calm
Chemical secrets of a plant used throughout history for its calming effects have been revealed in new research. These new findings came from research into Indian Snakeroot (Rauwolfia serpentina) which has been used for millennia in South and South East-Asia as a Read More...