How salt and a car battery are bringing clean water to the developing world
Though it looks and operates more like a kid’s science-fair project than a solution to the global water crisis, a new device created through a partnership between an outdoor-equipment manufacturer and a nonprofit global-health organization could give remote communities around the world a Read More...
10 ways to become more grateful
1. Keep a Gratitude Journal. Establish a daily practice in which you remind yourself of the gifts, grace, benefits, and good things you enjoy. Setting aside time on a daily basis to recall moments of gratitude associated with ordinary events, your personal attributes, or valued people in your life Read More...
How Steve Jobs trained his own brain
Steve Jobs is one of the two or three greatest icons of high tech, rivaled only by Bill Gates and perhaps Mark Zuckerberg. He's mostly known for his legendary ability to create innovative, groundbreaking products. What's less known, though, is that Steve Jobs was a pioneer in what was once a rather Read More...
UK's coal plants 'to be phased out within 10 years'
The UK's remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 at the latest, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd is expected to say later. Unveiling the government's new energy strategy, Ms Rudd will say that relying on "polluting" coal is "perverse". Instead, gas will become "central" to the UK's Read More...
Toyota says its fuel-cell vehicle gaining traction in California
Toyota Motor Corp's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are gaining traction in California, where 22 of the company's Mirai cars have been delivered in its first month of availability, company officials said on Tuesday. Toyota has ambitious plans to sell 30,000 fuel-cell vehicles globally by 2020, ramping Read More...
Solar prices could be 10% less than coal In India by 2020
KPMG has released a report stating that by 2020 solar power in India could cost about 10% less than coal power, saying “Solar power price declines have beaten the expectations of most analysts since the beginning of 2015. In the ongoing NTPC solar park tender, solar prices have breached the Read More...
Daimler to recycle electric car batteries for massive energy storage systems
Daimler AG announced that it is cobbling together used lithium-ion batteries from electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to create massive power storage systems for commercial use. The first of Daimler's "2nd use battery storage units" will consist of 1,000 smart electric drive vehicle batteries and Read More...
For each condo sold at new development, a home is built for people in need
Shoe shopping for yourself may not feel so selfish when you buy from TOMS. The shoe company generously gives a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair the company sells. And now that one-for-one model is hitting the real estate market. In San Diego, California, anyone who buys a condo at a Read More...
Taco Bell announces it will only serve 100% cage-free eggs
Taco Bell has become the latest company to announce it will only serve 100% cage-free eggs in its meals by December 2016. At the moment, more than 94% of egg-laying hens spend their lives in battery cages so small they cannot even spread their wings. Having space to move provides better lives for Read More...
Coffee can help you live longer, says Harvard study
Coffee drinkers rejoice! An extensive study has found evidence that drinking coffee reduces the risk of dying prematurely from heart disease, diabetes and even neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. These benefits are thought to be linked to the plant compounds in coffee, meaning Read More...