High doses of vitamin C help cancer treatments work better
According to a new study, giving cancer patients high doses of vitamin C during their treatment may weaken cancer cells and make them more vulnerable to the effects of chemotherapy and radiation. 93 percent of the people in the study receiving vitamin C infusions responded to chemotherapy and Read More...
The magic of a lunchtime walk: Less tired after work
If you want to be more concentrated at work and feel less tired at home in the evening, take a lunchtime walk. A new study shows that a leisurely walk in a park leads to higher levels of enjoyment as well as to improvements in concentration and fatigue. The lunchtime walkers did clearly better than Read More...
A Swedish suburb is being redesigned to make it 'more feminist'
A suburb of Stockholm is being redesigned to make it more feminist. Housing company Svenska Bostader (SB) is remodelling the area of Husby in the Swedish capital in an attempt to attract more women and make female residents feel safer. Changes are being made in the district, which is on a Swedish Read More...
Regenerative agriculture: Bringing our soil back to life
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming is inherently sustainable. It can be, but it isn’t necessarily. After all, soil erosion Read More...
Amazon will replace some of its electric forklifts with hydrogen fuel cell ones
On Wednesday, hydrogen fuel cell company Plug Power announced that Amazon would be changing its electric forklifts to hydrogen fuel cell-powered ones at 11 of its fulfillment centers. According to Reuters, Amazon secured the right to buy up to 23 percent of the company as well, which would make the Read More...
You can supercharge your happiness with this simple gratitude practice
Counting your blessings isn't just good advice from mom or a dippy self-help suggestion; consciously practicing gratitude actually physically changes your brain, science shows. By pausing to say thank you, we strengthen the neural pathways of positivity, making it easier to see the good in life. Read More...
Israeli firm signs deals with India, Vietnam to provide water out of thin air
The Israeli company Water Gen, which developed technology that produces clean water out of thin air, has signed deals to share its innovation with India and Vietnam. The agreements were reached with India’s second largest solar engineering company to provide water to remote Read More...
How to design our neighborhoods for happiness
Biology is destiny, declared Sigmund Freud. But if Freud were around today, he might say “design is destiny”—especially after taking a stroll through most modern cities. The way we design our communities plays a huge role in how we experience our lives. Neighborhoods built without Read More...
A couple in India spent a quarter-century nurturing a rainforest back to life
While many places on the planet are witnessing distressing levels of rainforest destruction, one couple in India has nursed a rainforest back to life. For the last 25 years, the couple has been collecting land farmers no longer wanted and restoring vegetation. Slowly but surely, insects and animals Read More...
This electric-plane startup could clean up the aviation industry
The aviation industry is in search of cleaner ways to fly, and it seems they are finding one in hybrid electric-aircraft startup Zunum Aero. The startup has received an investment from Boeing and JetBlue that will help them build a quiet, environmentally friendly aircraft. Zunum’s proposed Read More...