Does music make men more attractive?
In the 1871 book The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin tried to get to the bottom of the question, "Why is music so important in our human society?" He suggested that humans may have invented music to serve a reproductive aim. Darwin implied that the fact that a person engages with music - be it to Read More...
Entrepreneurs are turning poop into energy and profit in developing countries
According to a recently published report, 38 percent of the world’s population has no access to sewers and deposit their waste in tanks and pit latrines. High-profile initiatives have been pretty good at building facilities in developing areas and getting bums on toilets, but these toilets often Read More...
Geothermal energy could get major boost after conference in Florence
Geothermal energy is one of the lowest-cost energy sources available. It has huge potential for lowering greenhouse gas emissions and saving money. Despite this, harnessing heat from the Earth almost doesn’t happen outside Iceland. That isn’t very resourceful considering that 90 countries Read More...
Could art observation classes make doctors better at their jobs?
A new study suggests that taking art observation classes could sharpen medical students’ visual analysis skills. This is important because the ability to correctly read and interpret images like X-rays and other kinds of scans is vital in the process of diagnosis–one that beginner medical Read More...
Chasing Germany: Here’s how your country ranks in terms of quality of life
For the sixth year in a row, Germany gained the top spot in the Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), a ranking of nationalities on the levels of freedom and quality of life citizens enjoy. More than a simple nation brand perception index, the QNI claims to be the world’s only objective measure of Read More...
Study: Getting up every 30 minutes could help you live longer
Sitting in front of computers is an unavoidable, and unhealthy, part of modern life. The painful truth is that staying seated for long increments on a daily basis, makes your mortality rate go up. However, a new study suggests that if you take a movement break every 30 minutes, you can Read More...
How crowdfunding is helping hurricane victims rebuild their lives
As Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters poured into his family's Houston home on Aug. 28, Isiah Courtney slung sacks of clothing over his shoulder, lifted his 85-lb. pit bull in his arms and led his wife and two young children to safety. Two days later, the 28-year-old father reversed that trek, Read More...
After hundreds of interviews, this writer defines the 4 pillars of life satisfaction
Around the time Emily Esfahani Smith went off to college, she began searching for deeper meaning in her life. She would eventually find it in researching the topic itself, ultimately reaching graduate school to study the psychology of Read More...
Economic reality sets in for energy company trying to build new coal plant in Kansas
After more than a decade of efforts to dramatically expand the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation’s coal-fired power plant in Holcomb, Kansas, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, the principal backer, now considers it unlikely that the project will move Read More...
World's first hydrogen generated by tidal energy
In a world first for clean energy, researchers in Scotland have generated hydrogen using electricity from tidal arrays. The first ever ‘tidal hydrogen' was generated at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney at the end of August and announced by the centre Read More...