Infertile cancer survivor becomes first to give birth through new procedure
While chemotherapy is often effective, it can also cause a slew of side effects that last long after a patient is cancer-free, such as infertility. Such was the case for a French woman who underwent chemotherapy following her breast cancer diagnosis five years ago. The treatment worked as intended Read More...
Scotland passes bill to make menstrual products free to anyone in need
In 2018, Scotland became the first country in the world to make menstrual products free to all students in schools, colleges, and universities in the country. This week, Scotland took this idea a giant step further after passing a bill to provide free menstrual products to everyone who needs Read More...
Plant-based meat sandwiches will be available in Canadian Starbucks stores
From pumpkin spice lattes to frappuccinos, Starbucks is famous for its signature menu items. Next week, a fake meat meal will join the menu as the coffee giant unveils its Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich in stores across Canada. Earlier this year, Starbucks announced its new corporate Read More...
Seven lessons from the life of Hidden Figures’ Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, became a household name after the famous book, Hidden Figures, and subsequent movie, detailed her work for the space organization. Johnson passed away in February 2020 at the age of Read More...
Yelp will now let users search for women-owned businesses
If you’re looking for anything from the best local cuisine to a great nail salon, Yelp is the place to go. The popular business rating and review platform is making some changes in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8 and will allow users to search specifically for women-owned Read More...
This smart appliance can help you reduce food waste in the kitchen
While the world wastes a mind-boggling one-third (or 1.3 billion tons) of the food it produces, in some parts of the globe people can barely find a bite to eat. This makes it even more important to come up with solutions to this urgent issue. With that in mind, industrial designers Altino Alex Read More...
A universal wireless car charger could be here sooner than you think
Electric vehicles have several advantages over vehicles with diesel or petrol-driven motors, but having to plug them in every day isn’t one of them. Luckily, drivers might soon not need to worry about that, as carmakers are expected to release wireless charging pads for electric cars based on Read More...
Cheap reusable water bottle made of aluminum aims to cut down plastic waste
As water refill stations become more common, consumer habits of carrying reusable bottles haven’t necessarily kept up. That’s why FloWater, a company that makes refill stations, is now beginning to offer a new type of aluminum reusable bottle next to its equipment — for roughly the same cost Read More...
Two cheetah cubs have been born to surrogate mother for the first time ever
Last week, two cheetah cubs were born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. But this was no typical birthing. Rather, it was a historic moment as it marked the first time ever that cheetahs were born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) to a surrogate mom. IVF has been difficult to achieve Read More...
The bubbles in your beverage could be helping mitigate climate change
Yesterday we shared our ultimate guide to choosing the best carbon offsets. Another increasingly popular carbon reduction strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change is carbon capture. Climeworks is a carbon capture company based in Switzerland. The vast majority of the CO2 they remove Read More...