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The biggest market for hydrogen as a clean fuel may not be cars—but homes
As in other countries, many people in the UK heat their homes with natural gas, which burns cleaner than oil or coal and thus has been the go-to fuel. In recent years, it has accounted for more than 80% of all the energy consumed on a winter day in Britain, for heat, electricity, and Read More...
EU court asked to speed up case against Poland over logging in ancient forest
The European Union's executive arm has asked the European Court of Justice to speed up a case against Poland over logging in its ancient forest, which has continued despite an order by the bloc's top court to stop immediately, an official said. The Court told Poland 10 days ago to halt the Read More...
Scientists say that there is one form of exercise that helps improve depression
Several studies show that yoga is the best form of exercise to help improve low mood, anxiety and reduce stress and even beat depression. One of the studies found that veterans who took twice-weekly yoga glasses for eight weeks had fewer symptoms. Another study found women aged 25 to 45 who took Read More...
Good news from the Sahara, the emerging center of solar energy
Europe is increasingly looking at opportunities to generate solar energy in the Sahara desert in northern Africa and transmit the power through underwater cables to Italy and France. The solar potential of the Sahara is huge. Recently we reported on Morocco’s initiative to build the world’s Read More...
Socializing is as critical for your health as not smoking
A random but telling statistic: 84 percent of brides use social media on their wedding day. That would be a day they have their best friends around them… Another statistic: The number of social media users has passed 3 billion with no signs of slowing. One thing all that social media usage does Read More...
Learn how to use the medicines that grow around you
We have grown up in a world where medicines come in boxes with labels of big pharmaceutical companies. But even these companies search for new breakthrough drugs in nature. Our ancestors only had plants for their aches, pains, and ailments. And these plants are still growing around us. Here’s a Read More...
The car is dead, long live the car, thanks to Tesla
Two interesting things happened last week. One was Tesla’s delivery of the first batch of its Model 3, the company’s first “affordable” car. (If you think $35,000, about £26,500 – is affordable, that is.) The second was a “diesel summit” held in Read More...
How two New York City parks helped change America
After exploring ten of the most important homes in American history, PBS's ongoing series 10 That Changed America continues with a survey of the ten parks that proved hugely influential on urban planning in the United States. And, unsurprisingly, two New York City parks have ended up on the list: Read More...
Wind energy is setting records in the U.S. and around the world
Wind power had a big year in 2016 — but it risks an unpredictable future in the face of uncertain policy in the United States and in Europe. In the United States, wind power achieved its second strongest quarter ever, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Read More...
The humble squid’s extraordinary service to neuroscience
I first saw them by night, or rather by flashlight aimed beside the dinghy as we fished a mile beyond Brighton’s pier. A whole shoal of them appeared beneath the boat, waving their arms, their button eyes glistening. We were not fishing for squid – too foreign a taste for England in Read More...