Oxygen therapy reverses brain damage in two-year-old drowning victim
The heart can be restarted after a person has officially died. However, the resulting brain damage often means people struggle to return to their former motor function and mental capacity. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help. This treatment involves administering pure oxygen to a patient lying in a Read More...
New research shows that high-doses of vitamin D can heal sunburn
Being in the sun is good as it stimulates the production of vitamin D in our body. But you can overdo it, and sunburn is unhealthy. New research shows that the same vitamin D can help repair skin damage. Taking supplements—at very high doses—after sunbathing helps reduce redness, swelling, and Read More...
The kids in California prove that the future is bright
Truly good solutions news is sometimes hidden in gradual developments. While many Americans are worried about increasing racism, nationalism and division in their country and the politic debate seems completely polarized and frozen, statistics show that a new generation is coming of age with much Read More...
Pressure: The wellness trend that capitalizes on our love for showers and hugs
Remember how good it felt when your mother tucked you in bed? We like pressure. That’s why hugs and showers feel good and massages de-stress us. Touch and pressure are so vital to our well-being that their absence can create serious impairments in our physical and psychological health. Read more Read More...
Why meditation is the new power lunch
The latest wellness trend spreading throughout the U.S. has nothing to do with exercise or nutrition. Instead, people are heading to studios to sit with their breath and their thoughts. Yes, meditation is drawing crowds, according to this Washington Post piece. In Washington D.C. alone, three new Read More...
Audi examines how we'll spend our time in self-driving cars
Self-driving technology promises to dramatically change the way we interact with our cars, and in ways we're not entirely sure of yet. Audi has teamed up with the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering to explore how people will spend their time in autonomous cars, and how manufacturers Read More...
Key to speeding up carbon sequestration discovered
Scientists at Caltech and USC have discovered a way to speed up the slow part of the chemical reaction that ultimately helps the earth to safely lock away, or sequester, carbon dioxide into the ocean. Simply adding a common enzyme to the mix, the researchers have found, can make that rate-limiting Read More...
New Zealand: fight for 'sacred mountain' after discovery of significant gold seam
A bitter stand-off between a local community and miners has emerged after a significant seam of gold was found on protected conservation land in New Zealand’s North Island. Last week New Talisman Gold Mines reported they had found a large vein of gold in the Karangahake Gorge in the North Read More...
China is crushing the U.S. in renewable energy
As the Trump administration yanks the U.S. out of the Paris climate change agreement, claiming it will hurt the American economy, Beijing is investing hundreds of billions of dollars and creating millions of jobs in clean power. China has built vast solar and wind farms, helping fuel the growth of Read More...
Report: Public ownership makes energy cheaper, serves climate goals better
Privatization of energy and water supply in cities is not the best way to meet climate targets, a new report has found. The report is based on research involving 1,600 cities in 45 countries that have chosen public ownership over corporate ownership of their energy and water systems. The study Read More...