Tech companies unite to fight illegal animal product trade
Several companies in the tech-industry are taking a stand to the illegal trade of wildlife products. Ebay, Microsoft, and a few other tech companies have signed on to a new commitment last Friday that will prevent people from purchasing illegal wildlife products such as elephant tusks on their Read More...
Drones save lives and limbs by detecting and detonating landmines
Before IS retreated from the historic city of Palmyra, the extremist group left the area littered with landmines. The dangers of such an act are obvious, which is why Massoud Hassani of Afghanistan created the Mine Kafon Drone. The drone flies low to the ground over mined areas to locate mines Read More...
Get your Monday started off right by harnessing your inner-energy
After a long weekend, you would expect to be feeling rejuvenated on this Monday morning. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. If you want to start feeling energized, you must first discover what is causing your fatigue. Here are four common sources of fatigue, and how you can address them Read More...
Meet the woman racing to save the planet
Leilani Münter has a motto: never underestimate a vegan hippy chick with a racing car. She is a fierce environmental activist – who earns a living in one of the most gas-guzzling industries on the planet. But the 42-year-old, a Nascar racing driver, insists she isn’t the walking Read More...
The only male weightlifter on Team USA is a vegan
You'd think that an Olympic athlete who can lift nearly 800 pounds goes home from the gym every night and gobbles up some high-protein meat. Not Kendrick Farris. This three-time Olympian has been a vegan since the birth of his second son in 2014 — and since Read More...
World's largest vertical farm grows without soil, sunlight or water in Newark
An ambitious, almost fantastical, manifestation of agricultural technology is expected to come to fruition this fall. From the remains of an abandoned steel mill in Newark, New Jersey, the creators of AeroFarms are building what they say will be the largest vertical farm, producing two million Read More...
Scotland produces more wind energy than it needs
As wind speeds hit 115 mph on the top of the Cairngorms on the first Sunday of August, Scotland’s windfarms produced more electricity than the country needed for the first time on record. The performance of Scotland’s onshore and offshore turbines, producing 106 per cent of the Read More...
Envisioning Bitcoin’s technology at the heart of global finance
A new report from the World Economic Forum predicts that the underlying technology introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a central place in the global financial system. A report released Friday by the forum, a convening organization for the global elite, is one of the Read More...
We are in ecological overshoot. Industrial strategy can provide a way out
On 8 August 2016, the world slipped into “ecological overshoot” – having consumed more resources and produced more waste than nature can replace and absorb in the year. We hit this landmark earlier and earlier every year, and a big part of that – 60% – involves the Read More...
Imagine a hyperloop that uses underwater tunnels to replace cargo ships
Before you ever board a hyperloop for a half-hour trip from San Francisco to L.A., it's possible that the ultra-fast transit system might help deliver the things you buy. Hyperloop One, the Los Angeles-based startup that ran a demo near Las Vegas earlier this year, is working on cargo Read More...