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This multi-directional wind turbine could change the wind power game
A remarkable wind turbine design that may soon revolutionize the way we use wind to harness energy has won an international innovation award. The device represents a spinning 25cm sphere with geometric vents at different angles that allow for wind to be captured from many different directions. This Read More...
These blinds could reduce your energy consumption by 70 percent
This company specializes in making window blinds that not only keep the sunlight out but also work as solar panels to generate electricity. The blinds have a sensor that tracks the location of the sun and change their angles according to its location. If installed outside of a south-facing window, Read More...
Ikea plans to buy farm waste from India to help the country tackle air pollution
In India, burning straw that’s left after harvesting rice fields is a common practice among farmers. This is a major air pollutant that adds to the already smog-filled skies of India’s biggest cities. Ikea wants to step in and provide farmers with an attractive alternative of buying their Read More...
Building new wind farms has become cheaper than maintaining existing coal plants
Wind farms are now overtaking coal plants in terms of construction and maintenance costs. An annual analysis report which measures the costs of different types of energy has shown that building a new utility-scale solar or wind farm costs less than operating an existing coal plant. Depending on the Read More...
Suppressing your emotions is the last thing your mind needs
Pushing emotional thoughts and feelings out of your mind may seem like a reasonable strategy to regulate your emotions but it can actually harm your health. By avoiding your emotions you’re actually making them stronger which can create many maladies in your body and in the mind, leading to Read More...
The women keeping peace... in the deadliest place
The United Nations wants to recruit more women as peacekeepers, but only a small proportion of its Blue Helmets are female. In Mali, Jennifer O'Mahony meets some of the women trying to bring stability to the Read More...
Beyond Meat continues to sizzle, announces IPO
Less than a month after rumors began that Beyond Meat might decide to go public, the California plant-based powerhouse has put its chips on the table and filed for an IPO. In documents filed Friday, the company said it had applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq under the symbol “BYND,” Read More...
Transcendental Meditation helps veterans with PTSD: Study
Transcendental meditation — the practice of effortless thinking — may be as effective at treating PTSD in conflict veterans as traditional therapy, US researchers said, in findings that could help tens of thousands deal with their trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder, a debilitating condition Read More...
One woman's fight to save rainforest
There is only one place in the world where orangutan, rhinos, elephants, and tigers still co-exist in the wild. Environmental activist Farwiza Farhan is fighting to protect this last wilderness, Sumatra's Leuser Read More...
Self-driving trucks in US offer window into where machines may replace humans
Sixteen tons of aluminum and steel, handed over to an algorithm? Welcome to tomorrow on the nation’s Read More...