Bitcoin spikes after Japan says it's a legal payment method
Bitcoin trades up 2.8% at $1,133 a coin as of 7:08 a.m. ET on Monday. The cryptocurrency's gains come after Japan announced on Friday that bitcoin would be accepted as a legal payment method beginning on April 1, 2017. It's the first bit of good news for bitcoin in quite some time. Read More...
Trees are giant air conditioners with no power bills
Anyone who has walked outside on a sunny day knows that forests and trees matter for temperature, humidity and wind speed. Planting trees speaks to concerns about climate change -- but the directly important aspects of the tree-climate relationships have so far been overlooked in climate policy Read More...
Graphene-based sieve turns seawater into drinking water
A UK-based team of researchers has created a graphene-based sieve capable of removing salt from seawater. The sought-after development could aid the millions of people without ready access to clean drinking water. The promising graphene oxide sieve could be highly efficient at filtering salts, and Read More...
This turbine can harvest green energy in water currents as slow as 2 mph
A Canadian company has designed a water turbine which can harvest energy in slow moving water. "Waterotor" can work in currents as slow as 2 mph which means it could be used in almost any river, canal, or ocean current. The company believes that "Waterotor" could be the solution for many of Read More...
Groundbreaking solution for solar storage inspired by ferns
A new invention by scientists in Australia stores solar energy at a much higher capacity than existing technology. The scientists developed a highly compact electrode that is designed to hook up to a supercapacitor, which can charge and discharge energy at a much faster rate than conventional Read More...
This laundry bag prevents microfibers polluting the food chain
Pollution from plastic fibers may be “the biggest environmental problem you’ve never heard of.” The fibers end up in the oceans disrupting marine life. This bag contains synthetic clothing within a mesh bag that lets in soapy water while trapping any plastic fibers that are loosened during Read More...
Group meditation reduces murder rates in cities, new study confirms
Group meditation reduces the murder rate in cities. A new study focusing on 206 large US urban areas has confirmed earlier research by the Transcendental Meditation movement. The study shows on average a decrease of 28.4 percent in urban violence. According to the authors of the study, the Read More...
El Salvador becomes first country to pass total ban on metals mining
After a decades-long fight by environmental activists, El Salvador has become the first nation in the world to completely ban the mining of gold and other metals. Toxic chemicals and heavy metals pollute an estimated 90 percent of surface waters in the country. Several Latin American countries have Read More...
Avoid making bad decisions with the HALT technique
The average person makes about 35,000 decisions every day. We make 200 judgments each day about food alone. Here’s the problem: research shows that you make bad decisions when you are hungry, angry, lonely or tired (HALT). In fact, judges made more favorable decisions in the morning when they Read More...
Tesla Model X electric car versus Toyota Mirai fuel-cell car: road trip
The ability to travel long distances has long been a distinguishing feature of Tesla's luxury electric cars, whose Supercharger fast-charging network now offers access to essentially every part of the 48 continental states. But where hydrogen infrastructure exists, which can cover a long road trip Read More...