Small French town inaugurates world’s first solar road
A newborn town in France has opened the world’s first solar panel road. The one-kilometer-long street has 2,800 square meters of solar panels built into it, came at a price of $5.2 million, and took five years to produce. This is an important development for the solar industry and could Read More...
World happiness portrayed by news coverage across the globe
This animation mapped global happiness over the last three years by looking at daily news coverages from all over the world and the level of positivity they portrayed. The map was created by analyzing more than 850 million news articles in 65 languages across the globe, and shows their average Read More...
Dutch church holds non-stop religious ceremony to save family from deportation
A church in the Netherlands is offering sanctuary to a refugee family that faces deportation by conducting ongoing religious services for more than a month. By law, police officers are not allowed to enter places of worship during church services. So, pastors from all over the country have been Read More...
Study: Coffee protects the brain and that’s not just the caffeine
Coffee has been getting considerable attention for a growing list of health benefits, with brain health high among them. While not without a few downsides, studies have shown impressive upsides of moderate coffee consumption, often linked to its high caffeine content. But a new Read More...
These may be just the apps you need to get a good night’s sleep
There are a plethora of apps that promise to help you get a good night’s sleep, but most of them do little more than just use up your phone’s storage. Achieving quality sleep requires certain ingredients like a dark, quiet, comfortable place; a relaxed body and a tranquil mind, which computer Read More...
The green hydrogen revolution has started, and it won't be stopped
Hydrogen gas was first produced artificially back in the 16th century, while the first fuel cells and electrolyzers were made in the 19th century. Until recently, however, the price of electrolyzers – which produce hydrogen by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity – and fuel Read More...
Superconducting tape could lead to lower-cost wind power
Wind power is limited in part by how expensive it can be to make each turbine. You may need roughly a ton of rare earth metals per Read More...
‘The Big Issue’ launches blockchain platform to promote impact investing
The Big Issue, a street newspaper sold by the homeless in the U.K. and other countries, is launching a blockchain-driven platform to promote impact investing. Three investment companies — UK Standard Life Aberdeen, U.S. Columbia Threadneedle, and AllianceBernstein — will join The Big Read More...
FedEx expands fleet to add 1,000 Chanje electric vans
FedEx Corp has said that it plans to add 1,000 Chanje electric delivery vans to its fleet of vehicles in a bid to save on fuel and cut down on Read More...
Swedish mining equipment manufacturer will be 100 percent electric in 5 years
After logging 60,000 hours on its first generation electric vehicles, Swedish mining equipment manufacturer Epiroc launched its second generation of electric mining vehicles this month alongside news that it would be electrifying its entire lineup in the next 5 years. The new lineup includes some Read More...