Can the advertising industry sell us waste-free living?
It was diving in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia that sparked Andy Ridley’s interest in environmental issues. Shocked at its state, he joined WWF and went on to launch Earth Hour in 2007, the huge climate change awareness campaign that sees buildings in 7,000 cities turn off their lights. Read More...
Growing Greens in the Spare Room as ‘Vertical Farm’ Start-Ups Flourish
They include City-Hydro, a farm built in a spare bedroom on the second floor of Larry and Zhanna Hountz’s three-story rowhouse in Baltimore. Mr. Hountz came to urban farming out of necessity. After a serious car accident, he was unable to leave his house for two years and had trouble Read More...
Fighting cancer with light and acid without harming the body
Traditional methods to fight cancer like radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy, create a lot of collateral damage in the body. That’s why scientists are looking for ways to destroy cancer cells without harming surrounding tissue. A new promising treatment is being developed at the University of Read More...
Leading U.S. poultry producer raises animal welfare standards
Perdue, the fourth-largest poultry producer of the U.S. has announced that it will pay for its 2,000 growers’ animal welfare improvements. The company is footing the bill for the retrofitting of chicken houses to include such first-class amenities as windows, perches and more room for chickens to Read More...
A dating app for British Europhiles
It started as a British joke: the dating and social app for the 48 percent of the British voters who didn’t want their country to leave the European Union. But after receiving a huge number of sign-ups since the website went live last week, a real app is in the making. The website asks: Read More...
"Bikini medicine": Women leading investment in women’s health
Women are the biggest customers of the health care industry— in part to their need for reproductive care—and they make 80 percent of the health care decisions for families. However, the health care industry is largely run by men. Tired of having their conditions misunderstood or dismissed Read More...
Scientists made it cheaper to produce hydrogen from water
A hydrogen-fuel economy could finally become a reality with the recent discovery of a cheap, stable and efficient means of getting hydrogen from water. If a cheap, stable and efficient way could be found to produce hydrogen from water, a hydrogen-fuel economy could finally become a reality. Read More...
6 chemical-free teeth whitening tricks that actually work
Summer has finally arrived, which means that “selfie season” is now under way, from a beach vacation to your college roommate’s wedding. But if your smile seems more lackluster than pearly white these days, you might be feeling self-conscious about the seemingly endless stream of Read More...
The sleep hack neuroscience says gives your brain optimal rest
Sleep is critical for rest and rejuvenation. A human being will actually die of sleep deprivation before starvation - it takes about two weeks to starve, but only 10 days to die if you go without sleep. The CDC has also classified insufficient sleep as a public health concern. Those who don't get Read More...
Just a few utilities supply most of the renewable energy sales in the U.S.
If the world is going to meet the climate goals set in the Paris agreement in 2015, there will need to be an estimated $1 trillion in clean energy investments per year in the coming decades. In the United States, much of that money will need to come from electric utilities that deliver power to our Read More...