These pants will outlive you
A clothing company has manufactured a type of pants that are expected to last as long as 100 years. The pants are made from an innovative, three-layer material, which is resistant to abrasions, fire, and is also water-repellent. If their cost of $645 seems like a fortune for a pair of pants, keep Read More...
This gracefully-looking office building is Australia’s tallest timber structure
An Australian architecture firm decided to put steel and concrete away and turn to sustainable highly engineered wooden materials instead, to build the country’s tallest timber structure. The building tastefully pairs its wooden skeleton with a shimmering glass facade, leaving the exposed timber Read More...
How digital signatures can help your business
Improved technology has made the electronic signature as legitimate and authoritative as the handwritten one, but the former’s utility is still overlooked. Having the same legal weight as physical signatures, digital ones could revolutionize the way you do business, and could potentially pave the Read More...
India is among the leading nations in the world’s transition to clean energy
The world’s leaders in the clean energy transition are developing nations. India ranks second in the top after Chile, climbing three spots from the fifth position it held last year. This is due to an increase in clean energy installations and rising investments in solar power projects. On top of Read More...
How to safeguard a satisfying end of the day
The way you spend your morning is a catalyst for how the rest of your day turns out to be. Having a customized day-starter plan is the best way to guarantee a day at the end of which you feel great and with your mind at ease. Here are six suggestions on what a morning routine should look like to Read More...
A water treatment breakthrough, inspired by a sea creature
Inspired by Actinia, a sea organism that ensnares its prey with its tentacles, a team of researchers has developed a method for efficiently treating water. The research, a collaboration of the labs of Yale's Menachem Elimelech and Huazhang Zhao of Peking University, used a material known as a nano Read More...
Electric bike-sharing company Lime launches in UK
The Uber-backed electric scooter and bike-sharing company Lime has launched its first UK operation with dockless e-bikes in Milton Keynes. The Californian transportation company, which launched in early 2017 but is already valued at Read More...
Solar and storage minigrids are electrifying towns across the Philippines
The small Filipino town of Paluan on the island of Mindoro has been electrified with the installation of its own Tesla battery powered solar plus storage mini grid. The new mini grid provides power to local residents who had been living on just a few hours of unstable electricity that came and went Read More...
4 reasons why having a "thick skin" isn't good for us
We don’t like to hurt. Why would we? Hurting… well, Read More...
The Pope's 10 tips for happiness
Just when I thought my amazement with Pope Francis had run its course, he did it again. In a long interview with an old friend who was writing for an Argentine magazine, the pope put forward a 10-point plan for happiness. From where I sit, it seems, well, pretty damn good if not perfect. Here are Read More...