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In Brooklyn you can buy solar power from your neighbor's roof
In Brooklyn, you can buy solar power right off your neighbor's roof. A startup is revolutionizing the way homeowners buy and sell electricity. They are making it possible to auction rooftop solar power directly to your neighbors, creating a market for home-grown clean energy. Here’s why this Read More...
You can reshape your brain… and your experiences
The way you think substantially determines the way you feel. Changing the way you think can change your experiences. Scientists use the term “neuroplasticity” for the idea that you can alter your brain in a physical and mental way by changing its stimuli. Meditation and exercise are, for Read More...
Russian internet giant Yandex shows off its self-driving car
When Russia's Yandex revealed that it, too, was working on self-driving cars, it was hard not to be a bit skeptical. Wouldn't it be well behind American counterparts with a year-long head start, like Waymo? Clearly, it's making up for lost time: Yandex (or specifically, its on-demand service Read More...
This machine sucks CO2 out of the air to save us from climate change
Sitting on top of a waste incineration facility near Zurich, a new carbon capture plant is now sucking CO2 out of the air to sell to its first customer. The plant, which opened on May 31, is the first commercial enterprise of its kind. By midcentury, the startup behind it–Climeworks–believes we Read More...
How investing in agriculture can help sow the seeds of peace
Last week I shook hands with a small boy with a big smile who lives in a pocket of South Sudan that is gripped by famine. I heard stories of families struggling to cope, and witnessed the incredible work humanitarian teams are carrying out, with the support of the European Union and other partners, Read More...
MindCotine uses VR to help you kick the smoking habit
MindCotine wants you to kick the smoking habit, and it is enlisting virtual reality to help. The Redwood City, CA. based company has created a VR app that combines mindfulness practices, psychological therapies, and community engagement to fight nicotine addiction. The company has launched its Read More...
For a more creative brain, take breaks
A growing body of evidence shows that taking regular breaks from mental tasks improves creativity and that skipping breaks can lead to stress, exhaustion, and creative block. The ideas you have while commuting, or in the shower are not coincidental. They're a result of you taking a step back, Read More...
Amazon rainforest may be more resilient to deforestation than previously thought
The Amazon forest stores about half of the global tropical forest carbon and accounts for about a quarter of carbon absorption from the atmosphere by global forests each year. As a result, large losses of Amazonian forest cover could make global climate change worse. In the past, researchers have Read More...
A Himalayan answer to climate change, water shortage and glacial flooding
The impact of climate change on glaciers has been well documented. From Alaska to Europe, Antarctica to Siberia, glaciers are in recession the world over. Forty-six gigatons of ice from Alaskan glaciers was lost on average for each year from 2003 to 2010, according to Nasa, while those in Asia are Read More...
US military veterans are finding peace protecting rhinos in South Africa
In northern South Africa, US military veterans are fighting a new battle: The battle against illegal wildlife trade. The men have been deployed by a US-based nonprofit organization to keep rhinos and the rest of the wild game within a remote private reserve alive. Highly skilled and highly trained, Read More...