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Sustainability is unhelpful: we need to think about regeneration
For 25 years, sustainable development has been held up as the solution to the world's problems. But instead we have had ever more pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change. The concept of sustainability has been abused like few other terms in history. It is time to think not just about Read More...
The perfect meditation technique for people who can't meditate
Could this be the meditation solution I've been looking for? A couple years ago, I heard ABC News anchor Dan Harris speak at Chicago Ideas Week. He told all of us in the audience how mindfulness meditation changed his life. He was a self-proclaimed "fidgety skeptic" who had an on-air panic attack, Read More...
Helsinki wants to convince people to give up their cars
JUNE 23, 2017 —For years, environmentalists and urban planners on both sides of the Atlantic have been fantasizing about few- or no-car city living, in order to make their municipalities easier and safer places to live, while also reducing their carbon footprint. The mayors of a number of Read More...
Study shows deep benefits of meditation, yoga and tai chi at molecular level
Mind-body interventions (MBIs) such as meditation, yoga and Tai Chi don’t simply relax us; they can ‘reverse’ the molecular reactions in our DNA which cause ill-health and depression, according to a study by the universities of Coventry and Radboud. The research, published in the Read More...
Introducing: An all-electric aircraft with a range up to 600 miles
So far, clean, electric air transport has been limited by the energy density of batteries, but pioneering companies are beginning to meet the challenge. At the 52nd International Paris Air Show, the first prototype of a new all-electric aircraft concept with a range of up to 600 miles (965 km) Read More...
Amazon deforestation: Norway threatens to cut $1bn aid to Brazil
Norway has told Brazil that it needs to reverse the rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, if the country doesn’t want to lose one billion-dollar in Norwegian financial assistance. The leaders of the two nations meet in Oslo this week. The oil-rich Scandinavian nation has provided $1.1bn Read More...
A healthy gut can reverse autism, according to major new study
More and more research shows that problems that seem to have to do with the brain actually have their root cause in the gut, the largest immune organ in our body. We recently reported a gut link to bipolar disorder. And to Parkinson’s. Now a major review of scientific research shows that autism Read More...
Sweden uses revolutionary cement technology to get to zero emissions
Sweden has committed to reaching net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2045. Today, only 5 percent of the electricity Swedes consume comes from burning fossil fuels. Still, the country has big challenges to overcome to meet the ambitious goal. Here’s one innovative solution Sweden is Read More...
Events don’t upset you. Beliefs do
The line above says it all. Shakespeare captured it well too: “Nothing either good nor bad but thinking makes it so.” We have nothing to Read More...
Moth eyes inspire glare-resistant coating for cellphone screens
If you're standing in the blazing sun struggling to read this on your cellphone, there may be some relief in sight. And you'll have a moth to thank. The reason you have to find shade to read your phone is because of how the light reflects off the screen. The reflection reduces contrast, washing out Read More...