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How to break the stress reaction cycle
As hard as it may sound to pull out of this stress reaction cycle, it is possible. The first step in creating any positive change is always raising your awareness of what the cycle is, how you participate in it, and what pains the cycle Read More...
Scientists find that natural fibers make materials stronger, more sustainable
Materials-science researchers are discovering that they can make many man-made materials stronger and more sustainable with the addition of plant fibers. Carrots can be used to improve concrete and wood can be turned into plastic. These innovations can impact the construction of buildings as well Read More...
Hawaii becomes the first U.S. state to ban pesticide linked to brain damage
Hawaii has become the first U.S. state to ban a pesticide that has been linked to adverse side effects in humans, including debilitating neurological and developmental diseases. Last year the Trump administration controversially overturned a decision to ban pesticides containing chlorpyrifos. The Read More...
Paid paternity leave for dads to achieve gender equality
Paid paternity leave is rare. According to UNICEF two-thirds of the world's children under age 1 live in countries where dads are not entitled by law to take paid paternity leave. This map shows the paid paternity leave policy by country around the world. “To achieve gender equality both in the Read More...
A sustainable solution to Afghanistan’s refugees crisis
In the past two years more than 835,000 Afghans, who fled their country for Pakistan during years of civil war, have returned to their home country. To cope with this challenge, aid agencies are working with local communities relying on the centuries-old local Pashtunwali code that prioritizes Read More...
Lowering your blood sugar with the next superfood: Lentils
Spikes in blood sugar levels are increasingly linked to inflammation as the root cause of many degenerative diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s. So, it’s great news that a new study shows that eating lentils can lower blood glucose by up to 35 Read More...
A bloodless malaria test by Ugandan inventor won Africa’s top engineering prize
The $33,000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation has been awarded to a 24-year old Ugandan engineer for his invention of a bloodless malaria test. Before now, small blood samples taken from suspected patients in hospitals or pharmacies were used to test for malaria but with Matibabu, the device Read More...
See how algae could change our world
Charles Greene is a climate scientist who looks at the impact of climate on marine ecosystems. He's a Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University and member of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC) which has a grant from the Department of Energy to look Read More...
How Aristotle is the perfect happiness guru
Happiness is not a state as far as Aristotle is concerned, it’s an activity, says Professor Edith Hall, and you just have to decide to become Read More...
McDonald’s will end use of plastic straws at thousands of locations
McDonald’s plans to stop using plastic straws in all of its 1,361 restaurants in the UK and Ireland by the end of 2019. It will start testing non-plastic alternatives in select locations in the United States, Belgium, France, Sweden, Norway, and Australia later this year, as well as test only Read More...