Premium access to meditation app covered by French insurance company
Learning to meditate nowadays can be as easy as opening up an app on your smartphone. Still, while such apps are highly convenient, most of them require a paid subscription for full-content access. A French health insurance startup thinks all its clients should have access to a meditation app, Read More...
New initiative in Istanbul offers metro money for recycling
What better way to motivate people to recycle than offering subway money for it. That's the idea in Istanbul as the Turkish capital has moved forward with a plan to install “reverse vending machines” at metro stations that allow passengers to add credit to their subway cards simply by inserting Read More...
Learn to draw the line between your expectations and your intentions
Expectations can be a powerful mechanism for setting up goals and boosting your ambition. But in the end, you usually find yourself let down and disillusioned by the results. Intentions, on the other hand, can do a great deal to help you steer yourself in a positive direction. Unlike expectations, Read More...
Here are the world's most peaceful countries of the past year
Experts say we are now enjoying the most peaceful period in our history’s time. With that said, terrorism and growing internal conflict over the past eight years have led to a moderate decrease in peacefulness in some parts of the world. Despite this, there a number of leading countries in the Read More...
Study: Exercise could help restore the brain health of those with Alzheimer’s
Despite predictions that up to 100 million people worldwide will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease by 2050, pharmaceutical giants announced earlier this year that new research on therapeutics will be brought to a halt. Fortunately, the pursuit of a therapeutic treatment for Alzheimer’s has Read More...
How diesel cars could run on algae-based fuel in the future
For years corn and soybeans have been touted as possible alternatives to dirty diesel fuel, but until now, nobody has figured out how to make biofuel from these crops in a cheap, sustainable manner. That’s why researchers from the University of Michigan are turning to algae. Unlike corn or Read More...
Small Indian state takes top prize in UN award for going 100 percent organic
When the small Indian state of Sikkim decided to ban chemical fertilizers and pesticides in 2016, the state’s decision was met with much skepticism. Now those skeptics have been turned into believers after the state won the top prize in a UN-backed award for its 100 percent organic policies. Read More...
How the UK is using postal workers to fix the problem of loneliness
Evidence is mounting that social isolation negatively impacts our health. In the UK, where loneliness has become a major issue, the government is launching a pilot program that will send postal workers door to door to see if people are feeling socially isolated. If so, the resident will get Read More...
This French city is now offering free public transport to everyone
Dunkirk, a city in France, is one month into a project that makes it the biggest European city to offer entirely free public transport to residents and visitors alike. Beyond the environmental benefits, a study found that free public transport leads to an increase in mobility among older and Read More...
New smartphone app can find out whether or not its users are depressed
A startup in California is trying to use our obsession with the technology in our pockets to treat depression. When a patient installs the startup's app, it monitors things like the way the person types, taps, scrolls while using other apps. These seemingly mundane interactions with your phone can Read More...