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Constitutional right to home-school?
Whether states may ban home-schooling is a surprisingly complex question. The Supreme Court has famously held that states may not compel parents to send their children to public schools, but the cases on the subject Pierce v. Society of Sisters expressly secure only a right to send the kids to Read More...
Reduction is no longer enough: Welcome to the new age of carbon removal
Reducing carbon dioxide emissions isn’t enough. The stark report in early October by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, exhorting companies and countries to move quickly to throttle global warming, is fueling heightened interest in high-tech and low-tech solutions for sucking the Read More...
Dyson is jumping into the EV industry with new factory in Singapore
Dyson, the famous British vacuum cleaner manufacturer, has officially joined the electric vehicles industry after the company announced it would produce cars in Singapore starting in 2020. The company originally had plans to make EVs without the use of lithium, but whether its cars will actually be Read More...
Residents of this Indonesian city can trade plastic bottles for bus tickets
Istanbul isn't the only city where recycling can be rewarded with a reduction in transportation costs. In Indonesia, the city of Surabaya allows residents to get free bus rides in exchange for used plastic bottles and cups. Under the new recycling initiative, a two-hour bus ticket costs up to five Read More...
Study: Cannabis oil provides alleviation for patients with Crohn's disease
Scientists have found yet another striking benefit of the cannabis plant. Researchers in Israel discovered that the cannabis oil made from the plant can alleviate the symptoms of Chron’s disease, In the study, 65 percent of patients using the cannabis oil saw full clinical remission in their Read More...
Startup accelerator to fund ambitious efforts to rid our atmosphere of CO2
To prevent accelerated climate change and the catastrophic consequences that are bound to follow it, new efforts must come about to capture the already existing CO2 in the atmosphere. Y Combinator, a leadership development company, wants to bring businesses into play to take much wilder approaches Read More...
Improve your mornings by learning to wake up alarm-free
Waking up from the alarm clock in the morning can be distressing and actually have harmful effects on your health. If you’re not a big fan of these off-putting ambassadors of the morning, there is a way you can get rid of them. Start feeling the benefits of waking up alarm-free by following these Read More...
GM brings its peer-to-peer car-sharing service to 10 US cities
Earlier this year, GM unveiled a peer-to-peer car-sharing service, expanding its Maven platform to allow GM owners and qualified lessees to rent out their own vehicles. At the time, the company said the service was in beta in Chicago, Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, but GM has now announced that Read More...
How blockchain could help to protect the world’s forests
Deforestation is responsible for an estimated 15 percent of global emissions every year. Since Europe and North America deforested much of their forested land long ago, most of this deforestation is occurring in the tropics, an area that also happens to be home to a staggering 50 bazillion Read More...
People love scooters and they're replacing car trips says survey
“The results suggest scooters are a popular new transit option for Portlanders and visitors alike,” reads a statement released today by the Portland Bureau of Transportation based on a survey of scooter users. 4,500 people responded to the questionnaire which asked 75,000 people about riding Read More...