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Google spun out a new company that heats your home with geothermal energy
X, the "moonshot" division of Google's parent company Alphabet, has spun out a new geothermal heating and cooling company called Dandelion, the company announced Thursday. Dandelion comes from a previously undisclosed project at X that began two years ago. It'll be run as a separate Read More...
These Montana moms created a nonprofit that welcomes refugees to their city
After seeing the tragic photo of a drowned Syrian refugee—Aylan Kurdi, age 3— laying face down on a beach in Turkey, Mary Poole got her book club together in Montana and asked “what can we do about this?” Together, they decided to create a nonprofit to help refugees called Soft Landing. Read More...
This gem has to be one of the most beautiful treehouses in the world
Who said treehouses are just for kids? In South Africa, a duo of architects recently completed the ultimate treehouse in the suburbs of Cape Town. The “vertically arranged” treehouse strikes a perfect balance between the human-made and nature, and is perched beautifully amongst the surrounding Read More...
This machine milks the venom out of scorpions to fight malaria and cancer
Scorpion venom is used in immunosuppressants, anti-malarial medications, and cancer research. The only problem is gathering is difficult and dangerous. That’s why a team of researchers in Morocco have created a device that gently holds scorpions in place and uses small electrical shocks that Read More...
New bill allows German tenants to generate solar power on rented roofs
Supporters of solar power have won a big victory in Berlin after lawmakers passed legislation that will allow owners of tenant blocks a subsidy for generating solar power on rooftops. As many as 3.8 million rental properties in the German capital could benefit from the newly introduced subsidy. At Read More...
'I pick up plastic waste to save it from landfill. It's lonely but worth it'
For the past ten years, Andrew Mayers has picked up at least 50 pieces of litter a day, single-handedly removing 180,000 items from winding up in the ocean or landfill. Mayers feels he’s simply doing the right thing, but in the eyes of those around him, he’s seen as a weirdo. What’s up with Read More...
The 15 cities with the most trees around the world
There's a global movement encouraging cities to grow more trees and plan more parks. But which ones have the most green space today? To find out, MIT's Senseable Lab partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to create Treepedia, a site with interactive maps that show the density of greenery in Read More...
Danish meat company sees strong demand for probiotics to replace antibiotics
Food ingredients maker Chr. Hansen is seeing strong demand for probiotics for animals as farmers and restaurant chains come under growing pressure to use fewer antibiotics in the food chain, its chief executive said. Scientists warn the routine use of antibiotics in animals is contributing to the Read More...
Lyft is now completing one million rides a day
Lyft just announced it’s hit one million rides a day, a milestone Uber announced in December 2014. As of July 2016, Uber was completing an average of 5.5 million rides a day. Last week, Uber hit 5 billion total completed trips. So, one million rides a day is cool for Lyft, but it’s still Read More...
Japan's population is falling faster than it ever has before
Japan's population fell at the beginning of this year at the fastest pace since 1968, when the earliest comparable figures started getting collected. As of January 1, the number of Japanese people (excluding resident foreigners) fell by a record 308,084 from a year earlier to 125,583,658, Read More...