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This device can reconnect the brain with the muscles of paralyzed people
People who break their backs or suffer a spinal trauma are unable to stand or move even though their legs still work, because the signal which connects their brain to their muscles is disconnected. An international team of scientists may have found a way to bypass the injury and reconnect the brain Read More...
Trump cannot halt the market forces driving the clean energy revolution
The fact that Donald Trump will soon take over as president of the U.S. doesn’t mean the country will start burning more coal. Yes, the new president has made promises to revive coal industry. However, ultimately market forces will drive to the cheapest energy sources. And as of now, solar and Read More...
Donald Trump, Brexit and what's happening with democracy
Many Americans have woken up questioning how the polls could be so wrong. And wondering why a man who, according to 60 percent of the population doesn't have the qualities to be a president, nonetheless was elected. They feel like many Brits did after Brexit. At that time the Belgium author David Read More...
5 science-backed practices to build resilience in times of setbacks
One in two Americans feels frustrated after an election that sharply divided the country. So how do you deal with frustrations and setbacks. Even for the relatively self-aware and emotionally adept, struggles can take us by surprise. We all face adversity from time to time, but what’s most Read More...
Faraday Future just shared a glimpse of its first real electric car
Faraday Future released another video Wednesday of the electric car it will show at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The most recent video focuses on the car's wheels and includes a tagline that reads "who said don't reinvent the wheel?" Faraday Future released another video in late Read More...
Regenerative Agriculture Will Feed the World and Cool the Planet
"World governments spend $486 billion a year to subsidize an industrial food and farming model that the United Nations estimates, contributes 43-57 percent of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions," said Ronnie Cummins, international director of the Organic Consumers Association. "It's time to Read More...
Cloud-tracking cameras to tackle dips in solar power output
A new way to tackle the much-maligned unpredictability of solar energy is being deployed at a solar farm opening today in Western Australia – cloud-tracking cameras. The 1MW solar farm at Karratha airport, made possible by a $2.3m grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena), has Read More...
Trump's energy vision holds plenty of promise for renewables
More The election of Donald Trump as the 45th US president is not the news the global wind and solar sectors hoped to wake up to – but it’s also not cause for despair. If there’s one thing that’s long been clear when it comes to Trump and renewables, it’s that he Read More...
Could reinvention solve our shopping addiction?
Swedish retail giant H&M seems an unlikely poster child for ecological living. The High Street group, which owns brands including Monki and Cos and has more than 4,000 shops across the world, is one of the best known proponents of fast fashion. It's a cheap and reliable source of trendy clothes Read More...
Wind energy could soon power most of the U.K
Fossil fuels consumption is tumbling faster than we may have expected. Just 44 years after Dong Energy was set up to exploit Denmark’s North Sea oilfields, the company has confirmed plans to sell its oil and gas division to become a “global leader in renewables”. The company is already the Read More...