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You can actually learn to be wise, and it can help you feel less lonely
Most people were either stunned or amused when British prime minister Theresa May appointed a Minister of Loneliness a few months ago, acknowledging that, “for far too many people, loneliness is the sad reality of modern life.” Yet, this should not have come as a surprise or a joke. In study Read More...
Why 19 year-old YouTuber Huw Richards is the future of gardening
There’s a new kid in the herbaceous border and he’s an online horticultural Read More...
Become the CEO of your own brain in six easy steps
You may have tried to control your thoughts at one time or another. With the aid of self-help books, perhaps you really tried to “Be Positive” and “Show Negativity the Door.” And this may have even worked for a while. But sooner or later, you probably found yourself back at the starting Read More...
This 21-year old developed AI that could revolutionize the way kids learn
Only 2 percent of all learning today is digital. That could rapidly change thanks to cutting-edge AI developed by a 21-year old Swede. Once this AI is plugged in to an existing Digital education tool, it helps students learn faster and become more interested by the content based on their individual Read More...
Checking if water is contaminated could soon be as simple as snapping a photo
Dutch researchers are developing a simple smartphone attachment that makes it ridiculously easy to measure the quality of water. All you have to do is point the tool at the water you want to measure. That’s it. Such a tool could allow citizens to see if their drinking water is contaminated, or Read More...
Scientists have created a plant-based coating that could help end food waste
Feeding the world’s population isn’t so much about how much food we’re growing, but how to keep the food we grow from perishing. That’s why an agriculture company out of Santa Barbara developed a plant-based coating that allows fruits and vegetables to last two-to-three times longer than it Read More...
How Nissan is using old Leaf batteries to power street lights in Japan
If electric cars are to have a positive environmental impact on the world, the batteries of old electric models must not be wasted, but rather, they must be repurposed for other uses. One shining example of this can be found in Naime, Japan—a city that was abandoned after the Fukushima nuclear Read More...
To strive, or not to strive: A two-sided debate on one of life’s great questions
Should you spend your whole life working to make the greatest contribution to the world, or is it better to live a minimalistic life that is simple and full of pleasure? If you've ever found yourself asking this question, here is the case for and against striving your whole Read More...
Study: wind and solar can power most of the United States
Wind, solar, and storage could meet 90–100 percent of America’s electricity Read More...
The future of parking garages doesn’t involve cars at all
What would a world in which fewer people own cars look like? I’d never thought about the consequences until I came across this project: the conversion of a seven-story building in Peckham, London, from a dreadful parking garage into cool local business and community Read More...