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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...
Satellite images can help predict malaria outbreaks months in advance
Researchers are using NASA satellite data to find the conditions that are most likely to foster malaria outbreaks. By identifying areas where the soil moisture creates prime breeding grounds for the mosquitos that transmit malaria, researchers could predict and prepare for outbreaks 3 months before Read More...
Could this fungus help solve the world's plastic problem?
The world has a plastic problem. Not only is plastic being dumped into landfills and oceans at an alarming rate, but all this plastic can take up to a millennium to degrade. A group of scientists in Pakistan believes they may have found a possible solution in a soil fungus that rapidly devours Read More...
This is the best way to recover from failure, according to science
The notion of feeling failure’s pain in order to progress may sound counterintuitive to those who believe in shaking off failures, but new research suggests it's actually motivating to learn how bad it feels to fail. Here’s why embracing the sting of failure is the best way to learn from Read More...
In a stunning turnaround, Britain moves to end the burning of coal
Bigger than any medieval castle, with its 12 giant white cooling towers gleaming in the sun, the Drax Power Station dominates the horizon for tens of miles across the flat lands of eastern England. For four decades, it has been one of the world’s largest coal power plants, often generating a Read More...
How yoga and meditation can help social care workers deal with trauma
Because of the resilience and selflessness that their job requires, many social care professionals – including Molly Rose Zametkin, a 29-year-old primary therapist based in Washington DC – rely on yoga, meditation and mindfulness to cope. These activities give Zametkin the chance to take time Read More...