For less stressful travel, try doing these things before you leave home
Even though going on travels is supposed to be fun and exciting, often times it can also be stressful. Research shows that even small trips over relatively short distances are associated with higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. Fortunately, the more mindful we become of our anxiety Read More...
In an era of growing scarcity, we have to rethink the way we collect fresh water
As the climate continues and water demands increase, the dams and reservoirs we’ve built to make fresh water a certainty are becoming dinosaurs. That means water engineers need to radically rethink the traditional approach to water infrastructure. For a glimpse into the future of water Read More...
Scientists are reviving forgotten crops in Malaysia to feed the future
Despite the fact that farming some 7,000 crops for thousands of years, two-thirds of the world’s food supply is based on just four crops—wheat, maize, rice, and soybean. Now researchers are trying to unlock the potential of all these ignored crops before they get replaced completely by Read More...
Adding oranges to your diet could preserve your eyesight
It’s often said that carrots can boost your eyesight, but as it turns out, people who eat at least one orange a day have a 60 percent lower risk of developing macular degeneration compared to people who never eat oranges. The study showed that the flavonoids – antioxidants found in oranges Read More...
New fog nets can capture up to 180 liters of water per day out of a thin air
Fog nets have been in use for water-scarce communities for a long time, but the yield of these nets is often limited and the water only flows on foggy days. Fortunately, a team of researchers has created a new material that they believe will be a large improvement. The net uses an electrospun Read More...
How self-compassion can boost your performance in many aspects of life
Being kind and understanding to yourself in the face of adversity is known as self-compassion, and it’s been the subject of a great deal of research over recent years. Why? Because psychologists are discovering that self-compassion is a useful tool for enhancing performance in a variety of Read More...
We have greener alternatives to plastic. We just need to get them out of the lab
Unlike other forms of trash, such as food and paper, most synthetic plastics cannot be easily degraded by live microorganisms or through chemical processes. As a result, a growing plastic waste crisis threatens the health of our planet. In labs around the world, scientists have created greener Read More...
Trump’s pro-coal alternative to the Clean Power Plan has been dropped
When it became known that Obama’s Clean Power Plan was set to be replaced by Trump’s Orwellian “Affordable Clean Energy” plan, it was a dark day for environmentalists. Now they can breathe a little sigh of relief after the Trump administration quietly dropped its pro-coal alternative, which Read More...
New research could change the way America grows corn for the better
After more than a decade of studies, researchers have concluded that farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico, have been growing corn that creates its own fertilizer for centuries. The corn secretes a sugar-rich gel that provides the corn the nitrogen that regular corn gets from fertilizers. This also limits the Read More...
Ocean energy is on the horizon following successful test on floating turbine
You may not have heard much about ocean energy before, but the European Commission believes it could supply 10 percent of the EU’s power by 2050. That looks ever more likely after a single floating turbine off the coast of Scotland generated 3-gigawatt hours of renewable electricity from the Read More...