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Here's how to make an amazing first impression
Everyday we meet new people, but how many of them do you actually remember? Well, the answer really depends on how many people you met that stood out from the rest of the crowd. When trying to make a lasting impression, the only thing that will help you stand out is by being true to yourself. If Read More...
What California can learn from Singapore's brilliant water strategy
All it takes is a glance at Singapore’s water conservation strategy to realize the city-state understands the importance of conserving water. Singapore seems to have a better grasp on water conservation than even California, a state that has suffered six long years of drought and has Read More...
As rains soak California, farmers test how to store water underground
Six years ago, Don Cameron, the general manager of Terranova Ranch, southwest of Fresno, Calif., did something that seemed kind of crazy. He went out to a nearby river, which was running high because of recent rains, and he opened an irrigation gate. Water rushed down a canal and flooded hundreds Read More...
Your next car wants to be your best friend
Behold that bonkers styling—the fluorescent stripes on the floorboards, the avant-garde high-design shell. Toyota's Concept-i certainly looks the part of a hyper-futuristic concept car. But the real star of the show is the ghost in the machine. Its name is Yui, and it wants to be your bestie. Read More...
How robot cars learn to drive without leaving the garage
The computers that control self-driving cars are gaining valuable knowledge about the real world in some surprising ways—including browsing online maps and playing video games. Researchers at Princeton University recently developed a computer vision and mapping system that gathered useful Read More...
To solve old problems, study new species
Nature is wonderfully abundant, diverse and mysterious — but biological research today tends to focus on only seven species, including rats, chickens, fruit flies and us. We're studying an astonishingly narrow sliver of life, says biologist Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, and hoping it'll Read More...
How cattle can save the world
In Nouakchott, a town on the edge of the Sahara in the North African country of Mauritania, lives a woman named Nancy Abeiderrahmane. In 1989 she founded an organization called Tvivski (PDF) (spring in Arabic) to connects local milk producers in Mauritania with the consumers. Abeiderrahmane created Read More...
Oil and gas leases canceled on Blackfeet sacred land in Montana
Wednesday morning, as John Murray drove north from his home on the Badger-Two Medicine River to his job as the historic preservation officer for the Blackfeet Tribe, the mountains glowed red. His wife, who drove with him, commented on their beauty. Murray, 69, noted with deep satisfaction that for Read More...
A natural solution to water security
When you turn on the tap in Quito, Ecuador, the water that emerges does so after a long journey. It starts high in the Andes, in springs and streams that merge into rivers, and flows downhill into the watersheds of the Condor Reserve. There, the water filters through cloud forests and grasslands, Read More...
Three-mile-high futuristic skyscraper has a smog-eating, self-cleaning coating
What will the world look like in 2062? Manufacturing company Arconic gives us a preview with their latest campaign called “The Jetsons“. The firm’s engineers teamed up with futurists to update the world of the Jetsons with new design marvels like flying cars and three-mile-high Read More...