The world could reach peak oil in three years, thanks to cheap renewables
The world could reach peak oil and coal in as little as three years—not because either is close to running out, but because of the falling cost of solar power and electric cars and stronger climate policy. A new report from the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London and the Carbon Read More...
4 inspiring TED talks that will help you (finally) spend less time on Facebook
Do you think you spend too much time on Facebook? If you answered yes, you're probably right. The social media giant revealed last year that its 1.8 billion users spend an average 50 minutes on its services (including Instagram). That's more than one sixteenth of your time awake, or one eighth of Read More...
Honda and Hitachi are forming an electric vehicle motor company
Honda Motor and Hitachi's auto parts subsidiary plan to form a joint venture to develop, produce and sell motors for electric vehicles (EV), joining forces to better compete in the highly specialized "green" car segment. Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build Read More...
Modern Acupuncture opens first location in Scottsdale
Modern Acupuncture, a pioneer health and wellness concept to make the natural health and cosmetic benefits of acupuncture accessible and affordable is now open in north Scottsdale. Modern Acupuncture combines a healing form that has been validated by thousands of years of practice with a modern, Read More...
India set to become world's second largest economy by 2050, report predicts
A new report titled “The World in 2050” projects that India will be largest economy in the world after China. India’s rapid population growth partly accounts for the forecasted jump over the U.S., but what plays an even greater role is the drastic improvement in terms of per-person Read More...
Ireland looks to become first country to completely divest from fossil fuels
There have been universities and companies that have completely divested from fossil fuels, but so far no country has done it. Ireland may soon be the first after a bill was passed to halt all public funding of coal, oil, and gas companies. The bill would require the nation’s massive Strategic Read More...
U.S. solar sees 25 percent jump in jobs created last year
Although president Trump may advocate coal as a means for creating U.S. jobs, it’s the solar industry that’s employing the most U.S. workers. In fact, jobs in the solar industry grew 25 percent last year to include more than 260,000 workers. The solar industry hopes the new data on job growth Read More...
Online gaming as a tool to finance microloans for Third World entrepreneurs
What if a little bit of every in-app purchase made by online gamers went to help microloans to entrepreneurs in developing countries? PlaySeeds, a new product, is working on making this happen by integrating itself directly into the game environment to encourage gamers already playing the game to Read More...
The social benefits of meditating with your partner
Dyadic meditation, the practice of meditating with a partner, has been shown to strengthen social relationships. Not just between the partners who meditated, but also in general. In a new study, participants of a nine-month course were said to have gained stronger motivation than those practicing Read More...
Could restoring ancient water tanks help build peace in Sri Lanka?
After almost three decades of civil war, Sri Lanka has the daunting task of nurturing cohesion in its multi-faith and multi-ethnic community while also addressing the increasing impacts of climate change. The small island country is already facing environmental challenges that could dwarf the Read More...