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How to be cool, according to science
Are some people just born cool, or is it something we can all be? And what does it even mean to be cool? Is someone cool for being admired by many, or can you be cool within a niche group of people? It’s hard to put a finger on what coolness really is, but fortunately for us, we don’t have to. Read More...
10 big bets on optimism that changed the business world
For more than a century, American companies have been generating huge returns on progressive investments in employees and Read More...
Campaign to make Scotland first plastic straw-free country in EU launches
The Sunday Mail has launched The Last Straw campaign which calls an end to plastic straws which pollute our sea and Read More...
Is peak car headed for Seneca’s cliff?
Two hundred people per second now climb onto a dockless bike somewhere in China; the blue dots (above) denote transactions in Shanghai. Considering that dockless bike sharing platforms were only launched two years ago, in 2015, this growth rate is remarkable. The biggest company, Mobike, Read More...
Historic Dutch dike lights up with sustainable art installations
As part of a government-led renovation project, Studio Roosegaarde created three sustainably lit art installations to highlight the historic dike’s importance to The Netherlands. Designed to help protect the country from floods, the Afsluitdijk dike is 32 kilometers long and an international Read More...
The proven health benefits of honey
Move over, prehistoric bears. Humans have loved honey since the Stone Age. Rock art pictures of honey harvesting, which at first glance look like drawings from A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, date to about 8000 Read More...
Why you should start backing your car into a parking space
The next time you’re making the decision of how you want to park your car into a parking space, remember this: Some 300 people are killed and 18,000 are injured by drivers backing up from their parking spot each year in the U.S. This is mainly an American issue, as statistics show no other Read More...
Renewables will be consistently cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020
In most of the world, renewable electricity is already competitive in terms of price with fossil fuels. That’s good news, but according to a new report, renewable energy is set to get the upper hand by 2020. In the report, analysts predicted that all forms of renewable electricity will be Read More...
The electric vehicle market is heating up as Ford pledges $11 billion investment
Ford is going all in on electric vehicles. The American automaker started the week off by announcing that it will drastically increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11bn by 2022, a sharp rise from the previously announced target of $4.5bn. Ford also announced it will have 40 Read More...
How artificial intelligence can help emergency dispatchers diagnose heart attacks
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to bring a number of positive changes to the medical sector in the coming years. A primary example of this comes from a Dutch startup that has created an AI that can help emergency dispatchers diagnose cardiac arrest by understanding the words and sounds during Read More...