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The best folding bike now has e-version with a portable battery
The British company Brompton produces arguably the best folding bikes in the world. Your editor tested the bike, ideal for city commuting, years ago and found that it provides a normal biking experience despite the much smaller wheels. Now Brompton is launching an e-bike with a portable battery Read More...
Finnish scientists use only electricity to make protein from CO2
Researchers in Finland have developed a process to turn CO2 into food using electricity. The process can run on renewable energy, and requires only a small amount of water and nutrients. It could eventually be used in a home appliance to make protein at home, or a production facility in a desert Read More...
Jordanian parliament removes law that allows rapists to marry their victims
Following in the footsteps of Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt, Jordan's parliament has voted to remove the provision that allows rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims. The vote was hailed as a major step forward for women in the conservative Read More...
The “happiest man in the world” explains how you can be happier too
Matthieu Ricard is a French monk who participated in a 12-year brain study on meditation and compassion. The study showed, among other things, that when Ricard was meditating on compassion, his mind was unusually light. That’s why the researchers called him “the happiest man in the world”. In Read More...
Women are the big boss of crowdfunding, says study of 450,000 campaigns
So you want to raise money for your company. What's the next step? It might depend on your gender, if you can believe the latest crowdfunding report from Price Waterhouse Coopers. Their finance team analyzed 450,000 seed crowdfunding across several platforms over two years. While men get most of Read More...
To design the perfect drone, follow nature's lead
Nature has found some elegant solutions to complicated problems and engineers have long been inspired by its designs. But Adrian Thomas thinks translating the best of nature’s discoveries into man-made devices requires the ability to step back and see the context. Thomas is a Professor of Read More...
15 natural ways to lower your blood pressure
High blood pressure is a dangerous condition that can damage your heart. It affects one in three people in the US and 1 billion people worldwide. If left uncontrolled, it raises your risk of heart disease and stroke. But there's good news. There are a number of things you can do to lower your blood Read More...
India cancels plans for huge coal power stations as solar energy prices hit record low
India has cancelled plans to build nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations – about the same as the total amount in the UK – with the price for solar electricity “free falling” to levels once considered impossible. Analyst Tim Buckley said the shift away from the Read More...
Lego invests $155 million in developing bioplastics to make its toys sustainable
Lego has set the target to replace 20 types of conventional plastics used in making its bricks with sustainable materials by 2030 to help curb the company’s total carbon dioxide emissions. The Denmark-based toy maker has invested $155 million into a Sustainable Materials Center, where materials Read More...
Tesla Model 3 is coming—and it has no key and no instruments
The first Tesla Model 3 cars will be delivered to customers in the coming week. It’s the beginning of fulfilling 500,000 pre-orders and of what Elon Musk has called “six months of manufacturing hell”. Much of the car remains a mystery but the first details are coming Read More...