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The first carbon-free aluminum production method may be available by 2024
In a bid to clean up the way aluminum is produced, Apple is investing heavily into a company that has created the world’s first zero-carbon aluminum smelting technology. Aluminum has been produced through the same energy-intensive, greenhouse gas-releasing way for the past 130 years, but that Read More...
Why a rising rate of diagnosed depressions in the US is actually a good sign
A new report shows that more and more people in the US are being diagnosed with depression, and that’s a good thing. This isn’t a tale of increasing numbers of depressed Americans. Instead, it shows that people in the US are just as depressed as they ever were—but are increasingly seeking the Read More...
10 tips for improving your work-life balance
It can feel like the only way to have more fun is by sacrificing work, and the only way to do better at work is to sacrifice fun. No matter how trapped you might feel, however, there are steps you can take to enjoy the best of both worlds. Check out these 10 tips for enjoying life without worrying Read More...
Forests are growing again where human well-being is increasing, finds new study
Countries with high levels of human well-being are more likely to show increasing forest growth. That’s the finding of a new study by a group of Finnish scientists, published in PLOS ONE. Their work shows that countries exhibiting annual increases in the amount of trees typically score highly on Read More...
These extraordinary bricks reflect sunlight into dark streets
In 2013, French designer Nathanaël Abeille started working with material expert Carlos Muniagurria to develop a way to turn common, inexpensive bricks into highly reflective objects capable of illuminating streets, apartments, and buildings that don’t receive direct sunlight–especially in Read More...
Black gold: can homegrown caviar catch on?
Can caviar from North Carolina stand up to the cheaper Chinese product? A local farm tries to get Americans to Read More...
Tata Power plans $5 billion push to boost renewable capacity
Tata Power Co., one of India’s largest private power utilities, is planning to invest as much as $5 billion to ramp up its renewable capacity fourfold, according to its top Read More...
A strait-laced writer explores psychedelics, leaves the door of perception ajar
Microdosing is hot. If you haven’t heard — but you probably have, from reports of its use at Silicon Valley workplaces, from Ayelet Waldman’s memoir “A Really Good Day,” from dozens of news stories — to microdose is to take small amounts of LSD, which generate “subperceptual” Read More...
Report: UK can move from coal to clean without gas
The British government has pledged to switch all air-polluting coal-fired power plants by 2025. To do so, the government plans to build new large gas plants. However, a new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature shows that the UK can move straight from coal to clean, renewable energy and skip Read More...
Amidst ever more high-tech, the future of the bike is bright
The talk is about self-driving cars. However, when it comes to "personal mobility for the last mile", the more than a century old bike will prove unbeatable. Especially with bike-sharing becoming easier and more efficient. In 2010 Americans shared 320,000 rides; in 2016 to 28 Read More...