Bernie Sanders Campaign to offset all its emissions during presidential race
The field of Democrats running in the 2020 presidential election features a number of candidates who place climate change as a top priority. To stand out from the crowd, Sen. Bernie Sanders has announced his presidential campaign will become the first in the 2020 race to promise to offset the Read More...
Parkinson’s smell test could lead to earlier detection of disease
A couple of years ago, a bizarre news story broke about a Scottish woman by the name of Joy Milne who could detect whether or not someone had Parkinson’s disease through smell. Milne first noticed the “musky” smell on her husband Les, who was years later diagnosed with Parkinson’s Read More...
How to make yourself more resilient to stress
Resilience, psychologically speaking, is the ability to adapt to adversity or significant stress. When faced with difficulty, resilient people recover more quickly. They view setbacks as temporary and move forward despite uncertainty. The thing is, resilience isn’t a magical quality that’s Read More...
Starbucks on a mission to replace its cups with compostable ones
After pledging last year to phase out plastic straws from all of its locations by 2020, Starbucks announced plans this week to test recyclable and compostable cups. The coffee chain aims to “double the recycled content, recyclability and compostability, and reusability” of its cups and Read More...
Including nuts in your daily diet can do wonders for your brain health
Yesterday we wrote about nuts, and how feeding them to your children when they're above 6 months of age can help them avoid lifelong allergies to nuts. Making sure they avoid nut allergies is pretty important, especially after new research found that including nuts within our diets could be key to Read More...
South Korea to shift all commercial vehicles to run on fuel cell energy by 2035
When it comes to air pollution, South Korea is one of the Asian countries that suffer the most. The country’s government is eager to change that, which is why it has set out a bold plan of shifting all of its commercial vehicles – including trucks and construction machinery – to run on fuel Read More...
Want to look a bit younger? Try adding these foods to your diet
There’s no magical pill you can take to keep yourself from aging, but there are some foods you can eat that will delay the aging process. These foods are typically full of powerful antioxidants that keep your skin healthy and your body young at the cellular level. Take coconut oil, for Read More...
Secondhand clothing could soon become a bigger market than fast fashion
Shopping for second-hand clothes has gone from a niche fashion statement to trendy in just a matter of years, which is a huge win for the environment. In fact, the industry the resale of second-hand clothing is currently worth $24 billion and is expected to reach $51 billion in five years. Most Read More...
These artists used old IKEA furniture to make funky habitats for wild animals
Although putting IKEA furniture together is known to cause immense stress for humans, the giant Swedish furniture store has now found a way to bring some peace to the world’s smallest critters. The company has just kicked off a collaboration with London–based artists, architects and designers Read More...
The amount of people dying from heart attacks sharply declined since 1995
In the 1990s, having a heart attack was basically a death sentence for some 20 percent of the people who suffered one. By 2014, that number fell to just 12 percent. So what led to these significant declines in fatality rates for heart-attack patients? Much of it has to do with a concerted effort on Read More...