Open your heart: for others and for yourself
There are always annoying people around us and most of us follow the same strategy: we close off with feelings of apprehension, resentment, or disdain. But here’s the point: closing your heart ultimately hurts yourself. How can you commit to living with an open Read More...
Save energy and the planet: your clothes don’t get cleaner in warm water
It used to be that your clothes got cleaner if washed in warm water. However, today's detergents are made to do the job as well in cold water. And that means that you can save energy and the environment by washing with cold water Read More...
Battery innovation: your coffee waste can power your phone
The lithium-ion batteries that power your phone, your laptop as well as electric vehicles, use natural and artificial graphite. Graphite—a kind of carbon—is not cheap. That’s why researchers in Taiwan were searching for a replacement substance. They started experimenting with another source Read More...
Climate change: it’s not a solar panel, it’s a woman
Most people think about installing more solar panels and windmills when it comes to reducing carbon emission and global warming. However, there’s something else that will have an even bigger positive impact: elevating the role of women, particularly in the developing world. Education of girls and Read More...
Scientists discover enzyme that plays a key role in many inflammatory disorders
Overwhelming research shows that inflammation lies at the root of most degenerative diseases from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's to osteoarthritis and cancer. But what causes the inflammation? Researchers have identified one enzyme that plays a key role in a biological mechanism common to many Read More...
How one simple question can make you feel a whole lot better
A sweet story about a reporter discovering that a simple question from a teenager in rural India can lift one out of self-obsessed anxiety, stress and depression. Connection is all it Read More...
Village without cars collects water and energy, grows food, processes waste
A high-tech ecovillage planned outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands is to provide a glimpse of a future of sustainable living. The village will be nearly self-sufficient as it collects and stores water and energy, grows food, and processes much of its own Read More...
The relationship between germs, gut health, inflammation and Alzheimer's
The invention of sewage pipes increased our lifespan from 35 to 50. Antibiotics took us to an average lifespan of 75. Now we face the next health challenge: viruses and microbes that cause inflammation. Infection is at the root of all degenerative diseases from Alzheimer’s and cancer to Read More...
Wildfire prevention Portugal style: goats
Wildfires threaten environments around the world. There’s a prevention method that has been tested over centuries: goats. Last year deaths from wildfires in Portugal reached a record high of 106. This summer, however, hundreds of goats are being deployed to eat underbrush and dry vegetation that Read More...
New powerful drug against malaria, scientists face one more challenge
Malaria is still a big killer in developing countries. In 2016, the disease claimed 455,000 lives and caused 216 million cases. A new drug has been approved that provides a potent, new weapon against malaria: it can wipe out the parasite from a person's body with a single dose. There’s still a Read More...