Country diary: what happens when nature takes back control
About 15 years ago livestock grazing ceased in this field, on the southern edge of Blaid’s Wood, two miles south of the city center. An aerial invasion from wind-borne tree seeds followed, and ash, silver birch, alder, and willow seedlings appeared everywhere. The bird-sown seed of bramble, Read More...
Top 10 US cities for plant-based eating
I am old enough to remember when there was maybe one place in a given city in which a person could get a vegan or vegetarian meal. And said vegan or vegetarian meal was often flirting so hard with the health-food cliche that it was hard to celebrate it much as a culinary experience. But times have Read More...
Life in the Digital Age
By Sadie Wilbur and Shaelyn McHugh Connected and Content: Strategies For Using Technology in Healthy Ways For the first time ever, more than half of the world’s population is using the internet, according to the International Telecommunication Union. The United Nations specialized agency Read More...
These cow-free dairy products taste exactly like the real stuff
Using his ability to create proteins genetically identical to those of animals, a bio-engineer has managed to develop cow-free dairy products that taste exactly like the real thing. Together with another vegan biologist, the scientist created a technology to insert a DNA sequence into microflora Read More...
Paper-thin Bluetooth chip uses radio frequencies to harvest energy
Wiliot, a semiconductor company, has developed a paper-thin, battery-free Bluetooth tag, which can serve as a power unit for devices connected to the Internet of Things. The postage stamp-sized chip is able to harvest energy from ambient radio frequencies around us, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Read More...
How heat pumps could reduce the high carbon footprint of heating your house
Heat pumps could be the answer to offsetting the considerably high carbon footprint of heating people’s homes during the cold season. Compared to furnaces and boilers, heat pumps are more energy efficient as they simply move heat from one place to another, and can both heat and cool the home. Read More...
Climate change is pushing giant oil firms to spend more on greener businesses
Some of the largest oil and gas companies in the world are increasingly investing in greener and more sustainable business ventures. Such investments follow the growing concern of governments about climate change and the high possibility of them imposing stiffer taxes on carbon emissions. As a Read More...
30 minutes of daily light activities can help you live a longer and healthier life
You don’t necessarily have to go to the gym or intensely practice a sport to prevent early aging and improve your cardiovascular health. Just getting up for 30 minutes per day and engaging in light activities, like walking, can reduce the risk of premature death by as much as 17 Read More...
New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists
The first science-based diet that tackles both the poor food eaten by billions of people and averts global environmental catastrophe has been devised. It requires huge cuts in red meat-eating in western countries and radical changes across the Read More...
Tesla unveils first home charging station that can be plugged into a wall outlet
Tesla today is launching a new home charging station designed for the modern home. The new Wall Connector is the auto maker’s first home charging solution that can be plugged into a wall outlet rather than being hardwired into the home’s electrical system. This charger can plug directly into a Read More...