Google’s new long game: 100 percent clean energy all the time
Our time to move away from dirty energy to green sources is limited. Federal governments can’t be relied upon to push the conversion–especially not the one in the U.S., which is actively working against large-scale adoption of green Read More...
Hits and misses: How neuroscience can boost your creativity
The interesting part about how the brain works is that it loves novelty. And so if you present something over and over—the same thing—to the brain it quickly starts showing a smaller Read More...
China is adding a London-sized electric bus fleet every five weeks
Every five weeks, 9,500 brand new electric buses take to the roads in China. That’s the equivalent of the entire London bus fleet, says a report by Bloomberg New Energy Read More...
'We will not do hybrids:' Rolls-Royce has a plan to go straight to electric
Hoping to buy a Rolls-Royce hybrid at some point? It’s not going to happen. According to the BMW-owned company’s CEO, Torsten Müller-Otvös, Rolls-Royce will move straight to electric and will do so within the next 10 Read More...
How is the size of your home affecting your happiness and health?
Over the last four decades, Britain's living spaces have become much smaller. Earlier this year it was reported that UK living rooms have shrunk by a third, with the average lounge in a new-build home now 32 percent smaller than in equivalent homes built in the 1970s; kitchens are also 13 percent Read More...
Dandelion seeds fly using ‘impossible’ method never before seen in nature
Dandelion seeds fly using a method that researchers thought couldn’t work in the real world, according to a study published in Nature. When some animals, aeroplanes or seeds fly, rings of circulating air called vortices form in contact with their wings or wing-like Read More...
Green bonds issuance crosses $100 billion in 2018
For a second consecutive year, green bonds issuance has crossed $100 billion, marking a major milestone for low-carbon funding around the world. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has reported that the total volume of green bonds issued this year crossed $100 billion mark in Read More...
Panera Bread launches new digital video series on food transparency
Panera Bread is boosting transparency about its products this week, starting with its namesake. The fast-casual chain is now disclosing the whole grain content of the breads on its Read More...
Amazon invests in solar power and recycling programs to cut carbon footprint
Amazon announced two new initiatives today that are aimed at reducing its environmental impact. The first is a $10 million investment in the Closed Loop Fund, an effort to pool corporate resources to help the US improve its municipal recycling Read More...
Ocean plastic is a huge problem, blockchain could be part of the solution
The world’s oceans are awash in plastic, and the problem is only getting worse. Each year, 8 million metric tons of plastic debris ends up in the oceans, and that’s on top of the 150 million metric tons already in marine environments. The debris ensnares seabirds, starves whales Read More...