How to teach your kid persistence and grit, according to science
Recent studies show that children who think effort leads to achievement outperform those who believe ability is a fixed trait. Given this link between persistence and academic success, how do you go about teaching your kid about the importance of effort? Find the answer Read More...
From fluffy pillows to concrete: The uses of captured CO2
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are contributing to global warming, so could technologies removing some of the gas from the atmosphere help slow the process? When you tuck yourself into bed tonight - curling up on your memory foam mattress and fluffy pillows - consider this: you could be helping to Read More...
China hastens the world toward an electric-car future
There is a powerful reason that automakers worldwide are speeding up their efforts to develop electric vehicles — and that reason is Read More...
Tesla is already making plans to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid
There seems to be no limit to what Elon Musk believes he can accomplish. Just days after surpassing the halfway mark on the world’s largest battery installation in South Australia, the CEO of Tesla has offered to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid from the ground up. Tesla has already begun Read More...
This fast-sealing surgical ‘glue’ closes wounds in just 60 seconds
Researchers have developed a new type of surgical ‘glue’ that can effectively seal internal injuries. Closing up wounds typically calls for sutures or staples, but when it comes to wounds on organs that move a significant amount, such as lungs, this is the first material ever made that can Read More...
Apple’s design chief says that "constant use" of your iPhone is "misuse"
At a technology conference in New York, Apple design chief Jony Ive received a very intriguing question. What constitutes “misuse” of an iPhone? To this Ive replied: “constant use.” Some Americans do use their iPhones constantly, with one report showing that users spend 4 hours and 5 Read More...
Macron and Merkel have an opportunity to stabilize Europe
The results of the recent elections in Germany and France meant that Europe avoided a populist outcome that may well have ushered the end of Europe as we know it. Now, with Eurozone unemployment dropping to its lowest rate in nine years and the number of refugee arrivals dramatically decreasing, Read More...
How to search for meaning in life
Humans have been pondering about the meaning of life for thousands of years, and while there is no definite answer to the question, the quest for meaning is something most of us share. But what really is meaning in life, and how are we supposed to go about finding it? See here what research says Read More...
Meet the man leading the fight to protect animals from extinction
“Chip is much more popular than me everywhere we go,” Chris Darwin says, jovially co-operating by posing for photos with the toy bald eagle he carries on his shoulder. “I nicked him from my children’s bedroom and he gets lots of Read More...
Reusing EV batteries for household storage with Australian company Relectrify
Australia’s two biggest clean energy financiers are putting money into a new venture by Melbourne-based start-up Relectrify that proposes to re-use electric vehicle batteries for household Read More...