D.C. will get 50 percent of electricity from renewables by 2032
The nation’s capital will get half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2032, officials announced Monday. The new, 50 percent renewable portfolio standard will require the District’s utilities to increase electricity from sources such as wind and solar from the current goal of Read More...
Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future
Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future Move over kale. An international team of scientists has just sequenced a protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches. The reason? It’s more than four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and, the researchers think it Read More...
Audi is trying to beat Tesla at its own game
Audi's ramping up its electric car plans and hopes to have three models by 2020. It'll also form a new subsidiary to work on autonomous cars. The company's chief executive Rupert Stadler told Reuters that Audi's renewed push for electric cars is a direct result of the emissions scandal that Read More...
Europe's first regulated bitcoin product launches in Gibraltar
LONDON Europe's first regulated bitcoin product - an asset-backed exchange-traded instrument that will invest exclusively in the digital currency - begins trading this week on the Gibraltar Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse. The Web-based currency can be used to send money instantly Read More...
Terrific wind energy deals are swaying major players
In search of low-cost, fixed-rate electricity, great wind energy deals are swaying Fortune 500 companies and other major players to throw their money “into the wind.” Signing contracts for over 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity, big brands, high-tech companies, and other non-utility Read More...
Turning the lights off at night slows the effects of ageing
Our bodies need darkness to regulate and maintain health. But darkness is becoming a scarce good. And new research shows that artificial light in our homes and offices could be an unsuspected cause of diseases ‘of aging’—such as osteoporosis and muscle loss—that affect our ability to stand Read More...
Walmart sells ‘ugly’ fruits and vegetables to fight food-waste
Supermarkets show their best produce whenever you enter their premises. Apparently, beautiful fruits and vegetables wet our appetite… and we buy more in the store. There’s one problem: Not all apples, potatoes, and carrots are beautiful. So the ugly ones are taken out, and that leads to Read More...
The online marketplace that sells the crafts of artisans living in a Mumbay slum
Slums in the mega-cities in the developing world are creative hotbeds where many solutions to problems are found. But there’s one challenge: The slums are poorly connected to the world economy. Now Dharavi, a slum in the heart of Mumbai—famously portrayed in Slumdog Millionaire—has launched Read More...
Complex thinking, brain exercise and better diet protect against Alzheimer’s
Researchers have found that people whose jobs combine complex thinking with social engagement with others—such as lawyers, teachers, and doctors—are better protected against the onset of Alzheimer’s, compared to those in manual work. The study was presented at an international Alzheimer’s Read More...
Why it’s never too late to become a vegetarian
Steak tartare, slow-roasted shoulder of lamb, venison burgers, chicken and tarragon pie. A quick glance at some of my favourite foods wouldn’t leave anyone in much doubt. I’m a carnivore, through and through. Yet, as of December 2015, I’ve done what I hadn’t countenanced since I was a Read More...