Solar bitcoin founders launch blockchain project to disrupt energy markets
Last week, the team that launched SolarCoin, billed as the first clean energy digital currency (as in a solar bitcoin), kicked off Greeneum. This blockchain project aims to leverage digital currency in order to boost the generation and consumption of renewables and allow for decentralized energy Read More...
Soon it may be normal and safe for transportation trucks to tailgate each other
Driving with little following distance to the truck in front of you may seem dangerous today, but in the future, it will likely be just the opposite. Thanks to a new wave of technology intended to make trucks safer—such as radar, cameras and reflective light scanning—pairs of trucks will soon Read More...
This man is on a mission to change the world’s consciousness
Some consider him to be the godfather of modern mindfulness. Other simply know him as Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who removed Buddhism from the practice of mindfulness to appeal to secular society. Whatever you call him, he’s been on a mission for decades and decades to bring mindfulness all over the Read More...
Four projects that are trying to make the sharing economy work better for people
While the sharing economy promises much flexibility to workers in the future, it also comes with disadvantages. One such disadvantage, researchers say, is that it could make it even more challenging for people to make enough money to pay the bills. To help the sharing economy work better for Read More...
How African Elephants’ amazing sense of smell could save lives
When the civil war in Angola ended 15 tears ago, elephant populations slowly started to return to their pre-conflict grazing grounds. The only problem was millions of landmines remained undetonated across Angola, killing many elephants as they returned to the region. Data collected from collared Read More...
How hope protects the brain, according to science
Hope is more than just wishing for the best. It’s having a desire to envision goals and find ways to achieve them. Hope isn’t just simply good, it’s also been found to help protect the brain against anxiety. Here’s what scientists have to say about hope and how it protects the Read More...
Better sleep can build emotional resilience
There might have been a secret reason Albert Einstein could make a decision as scary as the one he made in 1939, when he went against his personal pacifist convictions and encouraged President Franklin Roosevelt to pursue the research necessary to make an atomic Read More...
Entrepreneurs are turning trash into food, drink, and clean energy
When Tristram Stuart was growing up on a farm in England, he raised pigs as a hobby. He saw that much of the thrown-out food he was feeding them was actually fit for Read More...
Amazon wants to charge electric cars with drones
How to recharge an electric vehicle while it is driving is a problem the industry would love to solve. The limited range of electric cars and the lack of a widespread charging infrastructure make charging in transit an incredibly attractive Read More...
Solar power costs expected to keep plummeting as technology improves
The already-plummeting costs of installing solar power could fall an additional 60 percent over the next decade, the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said Read More...