Silicon Valley parents are raising their kids tech-free—and it should be a red flag
It's 9 a.m. in Sunnyvale, California and Minni Shahi is on her way to work at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino. Her husband, a former Googler named Vijay Koduri, is meeting his business partner at a local Starbucks to discuss their startup, a YouTube clip-making business called Read More...
Residential solar is cheap, but can it get cheaper? Paths to $0.05 per kWh
The price of solar panels has fallen far and fast. But the Energy Department (DOE) wants to bring those costs down even further, especially for residential homes. After all, studies have shown that if every inch of useable rooftop in the US had solar panels on it, the panels could provide about 40% Read More...
Public support for coal is rapidly declining in America
Although the executive branch continues to tout coal as America’s top energy source, the public is not buying into this illusion. A new survey of US public opinion found that while Americans still seem lukewarm on reducing fossil fuel production in general, they are rapidly turning against coal. Read More...
Solar sidewalks may change the way we generate energy in cities
On a sidewalk in Budapest, an energy startup recently installed a swath of solar panels. The solar panels are nearly completely integrated into the environment, causing no disruptions to the way people use sidewalks while producing electricity to fuel electric cars that are parked in the lot beside Read More...
Waste doesn’t have to be wasted: Creative ways of recycling trash
Not only is the waste we produce rapidly increasing, but we are also running out of ways to dispose of it. In January this year, China said it would no longer process the millions of tons of “foreign garbage” shipped to it each year by the West. Fortunately, there are already organizations who Read More...
For instant pain relief, go for a swim in cold open water
You don’t need painkillers to get rid of constant pain. All you need is a body of cold open water and the courage to take a dip in it. According to a new report, cold water swimming can serve as a great way to get instant relief from pain and may offer an alternative to other methods of pain Read More...
Being in the flow: How to get better at feeling all of your feelings
Being in flow is meant to conjure up images of feeling calm and relaxed, of being at peace with the world. It’s meant to make you feel good, to feel better, which is why so many people crave it. Deep down you know that being in flow is the ultimate high. But the Truth is, being in flow is not Read More...
Europeans had school shootings, too. Then they did something about it
Contrary to what you may sometimes hear, school shootings are not unique to the United States. Germany, for instance, went through a string of devastating attacks between 2002 and 2009. Between 1996 and 2008, major school shootings also occurred in Finland and Scotland, among other places. But in Read More...
A new AI detected 17 times more earthquakes than traditional methods
Earthquakes are a lot more common than people may think. Each year, Southern California alone experiences roughly 10,000 earthquakes, and they’re happening more frequently in the central United States, possibly due to wastewater Read More...
Heineken brews science-based targets alongside hundreds of other brands
More companies are working on being more sustainable, but small steps won’t be enough to avert a global temperature spike, experts say. Instead, major, strategic shifts using science-based targets are the way to Read More...