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EU certifies Natural Cycles app to help women with birth control
There are many apps that help women with tracking their monthly cycles. However, Natural Cycles is the first app certified as a form of contraception by the European Union. Natural Cycles uses a specially developed algorithm and other factors, including temperature, to determine which days a woman Read More...
Sick tweets: Twitter can help track public health
The big data of social media can be insightful in many ways—as advertisers know. In this case, researchers sought to understand patterns of how people behave differently on social media when they are sick. They found that monitoring Twitter trends can help doctors quickly identify a rise of Read More...
While saving the ozone layer we have been curtailing climate change as well
In 1989, many nations signed a treaty aimed at halting the expansion of a massive hole in Earth’s ozone layer. Nearly thirty years later, the Montreal Protocol has done just that. But, according to a new study, it has also done something its architects never intended. It has become one of Read More...
How to avoid overthinking and reclaim your sleep
Most of us have this experience: You wake up in the middle of the night and your mind starts racing. The analysis of past events and thoughts about future challenges begin an “overthinking” competition with your sleep as the guaranteed loser. But, there are ways to control overthinking. Read More...
People in Denmark are earning up to $1,530 just by parking their EVs
What if you could get cash for parking your electric car? Vehicle owners in Denmark have been able to do just that, bringing in around 1,300 Euros, or around $1,530, a year by feeding excess power back into the grid. Nissan Motor Company conducted trials in the country with Italy’s utility Read More...
U.S. retail sales post biggest gain in seven months
U.S. retail sales recorded their biggest increase in seven months in July as consumers boosted purchases of motor vehicles as well as discretionary spending, suggesting the economy continued to gain momentum early in the third quarter. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that retail sales Read More...
Trees are aware of their neighbors and give them room
I could write about trees until I was green in the gills; and I do. And it's probable that every time I write about them, I slip into anthropomorphising them. Maybe they don't walk around and fly to the moon, but they are truly remarkable organisms with gifts and talents all their own. They are Read More...
South Australia to build world's largest single-tower solar thermal power plant
Just a month after the state government of South Australia announced a deal with Tesla to create the largest lithium-ion battery storage facility in the world, it has now revealed plans to build the biggest, single-tower solar thermal power plant on the planet with a proposed output of 150 Read More...
Rechargeable zinc-air batteries zero in on lithium
Zinc-air batteries are an enticing prospect thanks to their high energy density and the fact they're made with some of the most common materials on Earth. Unfortunately, those advantages are countered by how difficult it is to recharge these cells. Now, a team at the University of Sydney has Read More...
Tesla on “solar tiny house” roadshow in Australia
Tesla is on a roadshow in Australia to show off its solar house ambitions in the form of a fully-functional miniature house on wheels. The Tesla Tiny House is outfitted with a system of six solar panels and one of the company's Powerwall batteries for energy storage, making it 100 percent Read More...