When meds didn’t improve my depression, I tried retraining my brain waves instead
Two years ago, I walked through the door of a Seattle therapist’s office with the goal of resetting my 45-year-old brain. A trauma survivor with a history of depression and anxiety, I was hoping that an alternative mode of therapy I’d heard about called neurofeedback might finally Read More...
Neuroscience finds this exercise is fantastic at making you smarter
We already know that exercise can help make us smarter, happier and less stressed. But all exercise is not created equal. If you're a time-crunched entrepreneur, might you like to know which kind of exercise is most beneficial for your brain? A recent study reveals the answer, and it's a Read More...
The port that fuels L.A.'s economy and fouls its air gets a pollution-reduction team
Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday announced the appointment of an advisory panel tasked with reducing air pollution from the Port of Los Angeles by expanding the use of zero-emissions technology. The 10-member Sustainable Freight Advisory Board, made up of representatives from Read More...
Reforestation could help mitigate global warming
Planting new forests could contribute more to the mitigation of climate change than previously thought, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. Land use changes strongly affect the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and the land. Read More...
Solar energy firms get loans to light up rural Tanzania
When Tanzanian company ARTI Energy brought solar lights to Kiromo village in the eastern district of Bagamoyo eight years ago, local people were excited but found them expensive. "I really liked those lamps, but I could not imagine then that I would ever own one," recalled Kiromo resident Salum Read More...
Wind energy supplied 83% of South Australia’s electricity on Monday
Extreme weather conditions across Australia’s south-east have helped wind energy to deliver more than two-thirds of South Australia’s electricity over the weekend, and even higher levels on Monday, with wind turbines providing a huge 83 per cent of the state’s power needs in the Read More...
Business Rx: Drink this juice and your landfill will thank you
This week, a juice company with a social mission looks for ideas on how to market its beverages so consumers can feel good about each purchase. — Dan Beyers The entrepreneur Philip Wong and Ann Yang share a passion for food and social justice issues. Wong has been interested in Read More...
War widows are clearing landmines as Colombia peace talks advance
52 years of civil war has made Colombia one of the most landmine-scarred countries in the world. Only in Afghanistan and Cambodia are more landmines. According to government figures, since 1990 11,440 people, including civilians, children and soldiers have been killed or injured by landmines. Now Read More...
A provocative ad campaign fights Islamophobia in Canada
The arrival of Muslim refugees is provoking strong sentiments in many Western countries, particularly in Europe where right-wing, anti-immigration politicians are cashing in on the trend. Since last November, Canada has resettled nearly 30,000 Syrian refugees. At the same time, reports of hate Read More...
Nasa is investing $43 million in electric, environmentally friendly planes
While the rise of the electric car is well underway, electric, environmentally friendly planes seem still a distant future. However, NASA is seriously investing in making electric planes a reality. The space agency’s 10-year plan revolves around designing and building a line of Read More...