US to ban soaps and other products containing microbeads
The US is set to ban personal care products that contain microbeads after the House of Representatives approved a bill that would phase out the environmentally-harmful items. The bill, which had been backed by a bipartisan committee, will now go to the Senate for approval. The Microbead Free Waters Read More...
Share of life in good health 'rising'
The proportion of life spent in good health is increasing in England, even as life expectancy continues to rise, a study suggests. The research compared two identical surveys, 20 years apart, that measured the health of people aged 65 or older in Cambridge, Newcastle and Nottingham. The data, Read More...
Kind Bars to U.S. government: Redefine ‘healthy’
You’ve probably never bought almonds that said “healthy” on the package. If you did, they were probably illegal almonds. Because despite the fact that almonds are among the foods most clearly proven to be elements of health-promoting diets, almonds contain too much fat to qualify Read More...
This $3,000 shower uses 90% less water than a regular shower
ShutterstockIn August, the $400 Nebia shower got people — including Apple CEO Tim Cook — excited with its promise to use 70 percent less water than your average shower head. That’s incredibly impressive, but Hamwells says its e-Shower beats that by 20 percent. While the Nebia uses Read More...
Building greener ships, to keep the sea from rising
With its cavernous cargo holds and gleaming white superstructure, the 730-foot Perla del Caribe, which is nearing completion at a shipyard here, looks like any midsize container ship. But at the stern, visible through cutouts in the superstructure, are two huge steel tanks that show this is no Read More...
Physical activity may leave the brain more open to change
Learning, memory, and brain repair rely on the ability of our neurons to change with experience, and a new study suggests that exercise enhances this essential plasticity of the adult brain. The cerebral cortex, where this process occurs, is known to decline as we age. However, the study finds that Read More...
Coca-Cola, BMW and four others join the growing list of companies going 100% renewable
While Leonardo DiCaprio was urging mayors and governors to “commit to moving to no less than 100% renewable energy as soon as possible,” some of the world’s biggest companies have pledged to go fully renewable. RE100, a project that invites influential companies to commit to 100% renewable Read More...
Women-led social enterprise designs unique modular and hygienic portable toilet
Jasmine Burton's SafiChoo toilet could make a huge impact on sanitation, health, and education in the developing world, thanks to empathic design. It might be hard to believe, but just the fact that you know where the nearest toilet is at any given moment, and that you have access to it, puts you Read More...
The world can learn a lot from Bhutan’s policies on climate and development
The small Himalayan country where success is measured by Gross National Happiness (instead of Gross Domestic Product) has also set its own high standards for greenhouse gas emissions and reforestation. Bhutan is also carbon neutral, or to be precise, it is “carbon negative”, according to the Read More...
Chinese researchers unveil brain-powered car
China’s first mind-controlled car has been developed by researchers in the north-east port city of Tianjin. Chinese researchers have developed what they say is the country’s first car that uses nothing but brain power to drive. The research team from Nankai University, in the Read More...