How McDonald’s is distancing itself from plastic straws
In a bid to tackle plastic waste, McDonald’s has announced only hand out straws to customers upon request, rather than giving them standard with every drink. And in some diners, customers will be receiving paper straws instead of plastic. It might seem like a minuscule change, but the act of Read More...
Saudi Arabia is getting set to build the world’s biggest solar power project
Despite being one of the world’s sunniest countries, Saudi Arabia generates most of its electricity from oil-fired power plants. That could soon change after an investment group announced it will be investing into the world’s biggest solar power project in Saudi Arabia. According to estimates, Read More...
Want to sound more positive? Try avoiding this tiny word
Although you may not be aware of it, there’s a word you probably use a lot that makes the things you say sound more negative. That word is “but”. Typically, when you use the word “but,” everything that follows tends to make you sound like a downer. So how do you substitute this simple Read More...
The diet that might cure depression
Several studies show that healthy eating is connected with better Read More...
Deepak Chopra: Cancer vaccine to be tested on lymphoma patients shows promise
A new cancer vaccine that cured 97 percent of blood tumors in mice will be tested on humans with lymphoma by the end of the year – but Deepak Chopra, a doctor and advocate for integrated medicine, says while it seems very promising, lifestyle still Read More...
Newly discovered metabolic mechanism could be an off-switch for inflammation
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a new metabolic process involved in the immune system's inflammatory processes. The discovery suggests manipulating this mechanism could essentially "switch off" inflammation, which the researchers hope could lead to the development of entirely Read More...
How floating solar panels are helping the Maldives ditch diesel fuel
Tropical islands might boast pure natural scenery, but their energy sources are often anything but pure. Many power-hungry resorts in the Maldives rely on diesel, a notorious pollutant, for their energy needs. Swimsol, a solar power company based in Austria, is working to change that. Read More...
What is mindfulness and how does it work?
It is readily arguable that the single most significant development in mental health practice since the turn of the millennium has been the widespread emergence of mindfulness-based approaches. They are popping up everywhere you look. Type “mindfulness” into Google and you get 27 million Read More...
Africa’s new free trade area could have a massive impact on poverty
Some studies have shown that by creating a pan-African market, intra-Africa trade could increase by about 52 percent by 2022. With that in mind, African leaders have signed a framework to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area, the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the Read More...
Shell has announced a plan to wean the world off fossil fuels
Although it may seem hard to believe, oil giant Shell has laid out a plan for moving away from its own product. The plan would shift people away from oil and towards hydrogen and electric transportation in order to keep global warming under the 2 degree limit that most scientists think is the Read More...