7 probiotic foods that are great for your gut
After once being relegated to the shelves of obscure health markets, probiotics are officially everywhere. They’ve popped up online and in grocery and drug stores — and people are buying them in greater and greater numbers. According to a 2012 study by the National Center for Read More...
Renewables key in race against climate change clock
Any plausible game plan for capping the rise of Earth's surface temperature depends on replacing fossil fuels with energy sources that generate little or no carbon pollution. That means renewables, especially solar and wind, both of which face fewer constraints to growth than more established clean Read More...
6 surprising health benefits of hemp seeds
Among the many benefits of the legalization of marijuana would be eliminating any lingering confusion about the legality of its close relation (read, basically the same plant), hemp. While the possession of industrial hemp, also known by its botanical moniker, Cannabis sativa, has never been Read More...
A world of greener cars is coming sooner than we ever might have guessed
If you’re an average consumer, you’ve had little reason to take electric cars seriously—they cost too much, and don’t go far enough on a charge. But starting about this time next year, you will. It’s hard to keep track of all the competing mainstream electrics coming Read More...
How smartphones helped shape a new generation of globally minded "next-pats"
A new study reveals that Americans have a more global outlook than Europeans, partly because they are more connected through technology. Americans have a reputation for being insular and unadventurous when it comes to learning about the rest of the world. This is partly justified: Only 38% of Read More...
Ministry empowers female agriculturalists, encourages them to branch out into organic farming
NEW DELHI: Marrying women’s empowerment with the quest for good health, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has found a unique way of empowering female agriculturalists by encouraging them to branch out into organic farming. Beginning November 13, women organic farmers will descend on Read More...
Football club goes vegan in 'world first'
A football club is claiming to be the world's first to adopt a vegan match day menu after removing cows' milk from its hot drinks. National League club Forest Green Rovers stopped selling meat burgers in 2011 and in July took fish off the menu to become fully vegetarian. Cow milk has been replaced Read More...
The Sharing Economy Is Booming in Helsinki: Here's Why
Nationwide, thousands of students are getting arrested, ticketed, interrogated and searched by police officers. Until fairly recently, the US had a free or virtually free system of public higher education. The situation has changed dramatically, with tuition costs soaring to dizzying heights at Read More...
9 ways tech is transforming the developing world
As consumers, our view of ‘technology’ is often limited to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets that make our daily lives better. It’s unlikely that you tend to consider the innovation and technology capable of changing people’s lives for the better in Read More...
Paid parental leave has significant positive effect on health children and mothers
In the US, paid parental leave is considered a benefit provided by employers. The US is actually the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee paid maternity or parental leave to workers. And that's odd, because the evidence is very clear: Paid parental leave can have a significant positive Read More...