Need a mood boost? Try these 9 healthy foods
When feeling blue, you may crave calorie-rich, high sugar foods like ice cream or cookies to try to lift your spirits. While this might give you a sugar rush, it's unlikely to help you in the long term — and may have negative consequences as well. Instead, you should aim for wholesome foods Read More...
This nonprofit is helping the homeless reunite with their families
A nonprofit by the name of Miracle Messages is helping the homeless reconnect with their family and loved ones. The way it works is volunteers for Miracle Messages canvass the streets, approaching people to let them know about the service they offer. Then, a person can create a message in the form Read More...
These semi-transparent solar cells could make greenhouse self-sufficient
Greenhouses and solar panels both need to be placed in areas with a lot of sunlight – so why not combine the two? Semi-transparent solar cells could potentially be built into the glass roof panels of greenhouses, capturing light at wavelengths that plants don’t use anyway. Now, researchers at Read More...
4 tips that will help you move on from failure
All of us in life get confronted by moments where we realize that our plans have not panned out as ideally as we may have fantasized. In other words, we realize that we failed. It is important to note that the root of failure appears in many different ways. Maybe you realized that your initial Read More...
This urban farm has revived an impoverished community in Dallas
Dallas may be one of the wealthiest cities in the world, but its wealth is unevenly distributed amongst its neighborhoods. In the Bonton community in South Dallas, 48 percent of residents suffer daily from the effects of urban poverty. Rates of incarceration and joblessness are highly Read More...
The UK is moving forward its ban of new gas-powered cars by 5 years
The UK had a ban in place that would make it illegal to sell new petrol, diesel, or hybrid cars in the country from 2040 onward, but now that plan being amended…for the better. Under new government plans, the UK will bring the ban forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest. The change comes after Read More...
5 ways to reclaim your time at work
Just last week, we wrote a story about how to de-plug from work when you get home. Today, we bring you a piece about finding ways to reclaim the time you have at work in order to feel productive while maintaining your mental health. Deromanticize burnouts: We can all agree that working hard is Read More...
Will RNA editing be the health tool of the future?
You might have heard of DNA editing before - maybe through its potential for its therapeutic technique on people or its more controversial side through gene editing. DNA editing is by no means a recent discovery as its first developments date back to 2011, but since then a lot has been promised Read More...
Reverse solar panel could generate power at night
One of the current problems we face with solar panels is that they don’t generate electricity if the bright sun isn’t shining directly at them. This problem becomes evident when it’s night time. During the night, solar panels are simply in a standstill, and buildings have to rely on the Read More...
Rhino poaching numbers fall for fifth consecutive year in South Africa
South Africa’s Department of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries revealed this week that the number of rhinos poached has fallen for the fifth consecutive year. According to the department, 594 rhinos were poached last year. That's still a painful number to read, but it does represent a sizable Read More...