Recycling bottles in the UK can help drivers pay for parking costs
It’s difficult to regard the process of recycling as inconvenient when it can pay for your parking. That’s how a parking service provider in the UK is encouraging people to recycle plastic bottles. Every 0.5l bottle that is recycled takes 20p off motorists’ car parking vouchers. This may seem Read More...
How soft-sounding alarms could help you become more productive
With so many distracting thoughts flowing in and out of our minds, being able to focus in today’s world can be a real challenge. Although it may sound counter-intuitive, a good way to boost your productivity is by regularly interrupting yourself with a soft-sounding alarm throughout the day. Take Read More...
Tougher emissions rules helped cut US air pollution deaths in half
There's little doubt that air quality has generally improved in the US in recent decades, but quantifying that improvement has been difficult. However, a recently published University of North Carolina study might have produced a more tangible Read More...
This soda company is going out to sea to clean up plastic waste
Sodastream has always stood out as a company. Not only does their own product avoid or reduce the use of single-use plastics, but they’ve publicly shamed the competition for their waste. Now the company has taken another step in this direction, sailing out into the open ocean to collect trash Read More...
How sunshine helps kill the germs in your home
Researchers in Oregon set up a study of dusty, dollhouse-size rooms to compare what happens in rooms exposed to daylight through regular glass and rooms kept in the dark. What they found was that the rooms exposed to daylight had fewer germs. In fact, the study showed that the lit rooms had about Read More...
Wind farms could be installed off the coast of California in just a few years
In the past week, California took major steps to enable companies to lease waters off the coast for wind projects. If all goes as the state’s regulators and utilities expect, floating windmills could begin producing power within six years. This is especially big news for the state as it attempts Read More...
Designers created a shipping container that mimics clouds to create clean water
In 2016, the competition asked designers to build a device that could extract at least 2,000 liters of water a day from the atmosphere, use clean energy, and cost no more than 2¢ a liter. From the competition came a shipping container that can use clean energy to extract clean waters out of thin Read More...
Forget the car: Here’s why you should start taking more walks
The simple act of walking can do wonders for your body and mind. From strengthening bones and shedding pounds to boosting your mood and improving your sleep, here are 10 eye-opening reasons to start walking Read More...
Enter the AlloSphere with Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New Frontiers: Pushing the Boundaries of the Possible [caption id="attachment_1350533" align="alignright" width="359"] Allosphere Director JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, a professor of Media Arts and Technology and Music at UC Santa Barbara. Photo Courtesy of the Read More...
This study proves why building a hyperloop in America’s heartland is a good idea
Building a hyperloop route from Kansas City to St. Louis would be well worth the effort, according to a new study. Researchers examined the engineering, viability and economic challenges of a proposed line running parallel to the I-70, and they found that it would not only cut the journey between Read More...