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British billionaire boycotts Saudi Arabia over disappearance of journalist
Richard Branson and his space tourism venture Virgin Galactic have rejected the $1 billion investment it was set to receive from Saudi Arabia as a way of showing solidarity for The Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. The reporter, who was an outspoken Saudi critic and opinion writer, hasn’t Read More...
Denmark wants to start labeling food based on its environmental impact
Many of the foods we eat on a daily basis have a direct impact on the environment. Danish officials want to make its citizens aware of that by adding the carbon footprint of food products on their labels. The use of pesticides, transportation, and packaging will play a significant role in Read More...
Practicing leisure sports may be the key to a longer life
An observational study involving 8,677 participants has found that leisure time sports activities can have a considerable effect on life expectancy. Among the top sports activities with the highest longevity gain are tennis (9.7 years) and badminton (6.2 years). Along with these findings, other Read More...
Zum, an Uber-like service for kids, is expanding—and parents can’t wait
Over the last three years, Zūm has safely driven more than 500,000 children over 3 million miles—no parents required. The Uber-like service ushers kids ages 5 and up to and from school or to after-school activities, making it easier for busy parents to juggle Read More...
An ingenious way to bring clean water to a slum
Gangs control the water supply in much of Nairobi's Kibera slum. This is how one man used an innovative idea to take them on and bring clean water to the Read More...
Why the cooperative model needs to be at the heart of our new economy
In 1903, an American entrepreneur, Charles Boettcher, founded the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado and opened two beet sugar refineries outside of Denver. Over the course of the 20th century, the company expanded, adding more facilities in Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska, and encompassing Read More...
At West Bank factories, keeping the peace is a mutual interest
An Israeli-run factory in the West Bank asks its Jewish employees on military reserve duty not to drop by in uniform so the Palestinian workers won’t feel occupied, according to one Israeli manager. In the Barkan Industrial Park, one of several Israeli-run commercial zones near Jewish settlements Read More...
How to tap into our collective empathy
Buddhist Roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of Read More...
Malaysia is getting set to abolish capital punishment
The country’s new government declared it will move on to deliver their campaign promise of abolishing the death penalty and terminate more than 1200 pending executions. Capital punishment is assigned to crimes of murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror. Human rights Read More...
The color spectrum of autumn’s foliage in one map
As we get deeper into autumn, trees are losing their verdant leafage and are putting on a more vibrant, fiery coat. Light, temperature, and many other variables make it difficult to estimate precisely when fall colors will peak, but this interactive map makes an admirable effort to predict when the Read More...