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Unilever is demanding Facebook and Google to help clean up the Internet
Unilever, the second-largest marketing spender in the world, has announced a pressing ultimatum to Facebook and Google: Clean up the internet, or the company will stop advertising on their platforms. The chief marketing officer of the company said Unilever will no longer invest in “platforms or Read More...
Why creating habits is the only way to achieve your goals
When we want to achieve something in our lives, we tend to start by setting a specific goal. Unfortunately, no matter how invested you are in your goals, taking consistent action to change your ways is difficult. There is safety in going back to old thinking and behavior. You must take deliberate, Read More...
Want to stimulate the economy? Cut student debt–not taxes
The recently passed Republican tax cut package will cost about $1.4 trillion over a decade, according to independent figures. It’s a very expensive policy that currently is not offset by an increase in government revenue, or by spending cuts. Another measure would cost about the same amount and Read More...
The flu and airports: here’s how to stay healthy in these germ havens
The CDC says this year’s flu season is on track to either rival or dethrone 2009’s swine flu. Three thousand people across the U.S. have died as a result of the flu in the first 20 days of 2018, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, and that number has likely Read More...
The promise of indoor, hurricane-proof ‘vertical’ farms
They might be an efficient way to produce food in a world with more-extreme weather—but only if growers can figure out a successful business Read More...
The best strategy to combat aging
When people think about growing old, they blame the passage of time—the years roll by, and the body stops looking younger year by year. But the latest science disputes this view. A person ages because the cells in their body age, and cells live only in the present. This is one reason memory Read More...
New fuel cell demonstrates exceptional power density and stability
A team of researchers led by Northwestern University professor and fuel cell pioneer Sossina Haile has created a new fuel cell offering both exceptional power densities and long-term stability at optimal temperatures, a discovery that heightens the viability of incorporating fuel cells into a Read More...
Why climate change may not be leading us to a doomsday scenario
Study after study has gone on to show that climate change will have cataclysmic effects on the world if we don’t change our ways fast. This outlook seems pretty grim, but it may not seem all bad news. In a provocative new analysis, researchers contend that the current goal of reducing coal, oil Read More...
Timberland wants to rebuild Haiti’s cotton industry with help from the blockchain
The clothing-brand Timberland has been involved with Haiti’s agriculture for the past eight years, helping the country to avert serious deforestation by helping plant millions of trees across 19 nurseries. Now the brand is looking to become not just a sponsor of Haiti’s agriculture, but also a Read More...
Could vitamin B hold the key to treating Alzheimer’s disease?
A deficiency in the brain’s ability to repair its own DNA leads to neuronal disfunction, which can lead to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers may have found a potential therapy to improve this mental function of slowing age-related memory loss through the consumption of vitamin B-3. In a newly Read More...