The proven health benefits of honey
Move over, prehistoric bears. Humans have loved honey since the Stone Age. Rock art pictures of honey harvesting, which at first glance look like drawings from A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, date to about 8000 Read More...
Why you should start backing your car into a parking space
The next time you’re making the decision of how you want to park your car into a parking space, remember this: Some 300 people are killed and 18,000 are injured by drivers backing up from their parking spot each year in the U.S. This is mainly an American issue, as statistics show no other Read More...
Renewables will be consistently cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020
In most of the world, renewable electricity is already competitive in terms of price with fossil fuels. That’s good news, but according to a new report, renewable energy is set to get the upper hand by 2020. In the report, analysts predicted that all forms of renewable electricity will be Read More...
The electric vehicle market is heating up as Ford pledges $11 billion investment
Ford is going all in on electric vehicles. The American automaker started the week off by announcing that it will drastically increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11bn by 2022, a sharp rise from the previously announced target of $4.5bn. Ford also announced it will have 40 Read More...
How artificial intelligence can help emergency dispatchers diagnose heart attacks
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to bring a number of positive changes to the medical sector in the coming years. A primary example of this comes from a Dutch startup that has created an AI that can help emergency dispatchers diagnose cardiac arrest by understanding the words and sounds during Read More...
This simple task will help you get to sleep quicker tonight
Want to fall asleep faster? A recent study found that writing a to-do list for the next day can help you get more shuteye. In particular, the researchers discovered that writing down future-focused thoughts is more effective for helping people fall asleep quicker than writing about things they’d Read More...
The U.S. tech companies founded by immigrants are now worth nearly $4 trillion
As the president of the United States disparages immigrants, it’s important to note that they are more valuable to the U.S. than ever. Immigrants and their children have helped found 60 percent of the most highly valued tech companies in the U.S., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Read More...
New York City's Mayor de Blasio to divest from big oil and sue the companies
The city of New York's pension funds hold about $5 billion in investments in fossil fuel companies, which are going gangbusters these days. But last week the Mayor, Bill de Blasio, announced a goal to divest City funds from fossil fuel reserve owners within five years, which is a great move; Read More...
Hiring remote workers made my entire team more productive
“Want to get lunch?” This is a phrase you’ll rarely hear at our office. It’s not that we don’t eat or spend time together, but it’s physically impossible for our entire team to be in the same place at the same time. Sixty percent of our team works remotely, so for us, grabbing lunch is, Read More...
Testing self-driving taxis in the world’s largest retirement community
The Villages retirement community in Florida has a name that belies its proportions. The 40-square-mile area features 750 miles of road, three separate downtowns, and a population of 125,000 senior citizens—nearly double the population of Palo Alto, California. In 2013 and ’14, the US Census Read More...