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How to beat anxiety, without the need for medication
Most people experience anxiety at some point, but if anxiety starts interfering with your life, sleep, ability to form relationships, or productivity at work or school, you might have an anxiety disorder. Research shows that if it’s left untreated, anxiety can lead to depression, early death, Read More...
World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Pacific Garbage Patch
Pioneering effort to collect debris that kills wildlife about to begin after teenager made his dream come Read More...
Meditation keeps you sharp as you get older
Meditation helps you stay focused, and that's especially true for older meditators who can develop superior cognitive skills such as a better attention span, a new research study has Read More...
Earth Day 2018 around the world in pictures
Students make a sand sculpture on the Earth Day on the banks of the river Yamuna in Allahabad, Read More...
West Virginia showed how necessary—and difficult—striking is
After nine days of arriving at 7 a.m. to the picket lines, Emily Comer, a Spanish teacher at South Charleston High School, was “mentally and emotionally and physically exhausted.” Word came on a Tuesday morning that a deal between the state and the striking public employees was imminent. Read More...
Climate change: Michael Bloomberg offers $4.5m for Paris deal
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will pay $4.5m to cover the lapsed US financial commitment to the Paris climate Read More...
Hawaii may soon become the first U.S. state to ban coral-damaging sunscreen
On the island of Maui alone it’s estimated that 55 gallons of sunscreen are dumped into the water every day. No sunscreen is best for reefs, but some types of sunscreen have ingredients that are worse than others and that can cause coral bleaching. Now environmentalist groups and lawmakers are Read More...
Nest is giving smart thermostats to low-income families to lower utility bills
The average American household spends 3.5 percent of their income on energy bills. But one in five families spend over 20 percent of their income on heating and cooling their homes. That’s why Nest is launching a new initiative to get its smart thermostats into the hands of lower income Read More...
Single-use plastics to be banned from music festivals in the UK by 2021
If you’ve ever been to a musical festival, you’ll know about the massive amount of plastic litter that accumulates as the festival goes on. In an effort to combat unnecessary waste, 60 independent British music festivals have committed to banning single-use plastic from their sites by 2021. Read More...
The largest brewery in the world is now making beer with low-carbon bubbles
Typically, the bubbles in beer are created during the boiling process, which requires a great deal of heat and water. To make the process a bit less energy-intensive, the world’s largest beer brewing company, AB Inbev, has created a new low-carbon method for adding bubbles to beer. The technique Read More...