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This online educator is equipping India’s youth for well-paid tech jobs
For many young Indians, having the time and money to finish a university degree is out of the question. But what is possible to get is a nano-degree from online educator Udacity. Nanodegrees are micro-credential certification courses designed to make learners job-ready through module-based Read More...
Forget getting rich—sex and sleep are the real keys to happiness
The verdict is in. Money won’t make you happy, but sex and sleep will. An Oxford study found that those two things have the strongest association with a person’s wellbeing, far more than increasing your income. Other factors found to create a stronger sense of wellbeing included living in a Read More...
This grounding technique helps Hillary Clinton stay calm in times of extreme stress
Considering how stressful it must be to run for president, it’s no wonder Hillary Clinton had a special technique to treat her anxiety. She revealed in an interview last week that she practices something called alternate-nostril breathing anytime the stress became too much. See here how Read More...
Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again
How can Africa, the home to some of the largest bodies of water in the world, be said to have a water crisis? It doesn't, says Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò -- it has a knowledge crisis. According to Taiwo, a lack of knowledge on important topics like water and food is what stands between Africa's Read More...
Children's IQ may be affected by fluoride in drinking water
Adding fluoride to public drinking water for dental purposes has been controversial since the practice first began in 1945, and the latest findings are sure to stir that pot yet again. A new study suggests that prenatal exposure to this chemical may affect cognitive abilities and that children born Read More...
Disruption’s double standard: tech firms get rich but street vendors get fined
From their spot on the sidewalk outside San Francisco’s Dolores Park, Miguel Muniz and Juan Anguiano could see children running around the playground and hundreds of hipsters lounging on a grassy hillside amid games of beer pong and men hawking loose joints in mason Read More...
Reading the Bible through neuroscience
James Kugel has spent his entire scholarly career studying the Bible, but some very basic questions about it still obsess him. What was it about the minds of ancient Israelites that allowed them to hear and see God directly—or at least, to believe that they Read More...
A Proterra electric bus just drove 1,100 miles on a single charge
On Tuesday, Proterra revealed that one of its Catalyst E2 Max electric buses just set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single charge. The bus, which packs a hefty 660kWh of storage—equivalent to 11 Chevy Bolts—drove a total of 1,101.2 miles Read More...
An ode to acts of kindness on the New York City subway
A ride on the New York City subway is a humbling experience. In each subway car, people from all walks of life leave their own worlds and come together in the same space as they go from point A to point B. Those brief rides on the Subway can create beautiful moments of shared humanity. See them Read More...
World’s tallest solar tower to be built within world’s largest solar park
What’s projected to be the world’s largest single-site solar park is now set to get a major boost after developers approved a plan to build the world’s tallest solar tower in the middle of the park. Located 31 miles south of Dubai, this concentrated solar power project will generate power by Read More...