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California to start allowing self-driving cars to drive without humans
The California DMV has received approval for a plan to put self-driving cars on the road with no safety driver. That means starting April 2, Google, Ford, Nvidia, and other companies can own and operate driving around the Golden State without anybody inside. The permit to put cars on the road Read More...
Estonia is making the first visa for digital nomads
Visas can be a bane for the fluid-lifestyles of the digital nomad. That’s why the Estonian government is developing a digital nomad visa after noticing that the main barrier to entry workers wanting to work abroad was attaining a proper visa. So how will it work in practice? Though the visa is Read More...
Stop ignoring your emotions and let them out. It’s good for your health
What we learn in our society is not how to work with our emotions, but how to block and avoid them. We do it quite well: Between alcohol use, prescription drug use and screen time, there is a multitude of ways to avoid our feelings. And while this can provide short-term relief, thwarting emotions Read More...
They're here to fix climate change! They’re college Republicans
Consider the life of a current college sophomore, a 20-year-old. She was born in 1998, at the time the warmest year ever measured, when a monster El Niño pattern spawned floods and droughts around the world. Seven years later, as she started first grade, Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans, Read More...
This brewery is designed as a model for the circular economy
At a massive new Heineken brewery in Northern Mexico–the place where your six-pack of Tecate might come from, if you buy it in the U.S.–each detail of the factory has been designed to aim for a “circular economy” model, using resources in closed loops when Read More...
San Diego pays homeless people to pick up trash in new program
San Diego officials are putting homeless people back on the street — but this time to pay them to pick up trash as part of a new program that launched Monday. The homeless people, who are staying at the city’s tented shelters, will be cleaning up trash and clearing brush in downtown San Diego Read More...
How green is your electric car?
The biggest selling point of the electric car has long been the fact that it’s emissions-free. Turns out that’s not exactly true. Trading in your gasoline-guzzling car for an electric vehicle is a lot like shifting the emissions from an exhaust pipe to a power plant. EVs run off electricity, Read More...
The no. 1 TED talk of all time teaches a critical lesson in intelligence
The most-viewed TED Talk of all time is more than a decade old. This is not just a testament to its popularity at the time, but the longevity of its relevance. It's called "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" and it has been viewed over 49 million times. The speaker is Ken Robinson, creativity Read More...
More than 100 cities around the world run mostly on renewable energy
A new report shows that over 100 cities around the world are running on predominantly clean energy. That figure is up from 40 in 2015, and it shows that more and more cities—from Seattle, Washington to Inje, South Korea—are ditching fossil fuels and turning to renewables than ever before. Take Read More...
Diet and mood go hand in hand, according to a new study
The foods you put into your body not only affects your health, but also the way you feel. According to new research, having an unhealthy diet could be making you feel more depressed. On the other side of the coin, following a healthy diet designed to reduce the risk of hypertension has been shown Read More...