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Why real peace in Colombia matters to the U.S. and the rest of the Americas
In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel The General in His Labyrinth, the Columbian Nobel Prize laureate imagines General Simon Bolivar musing as he tries to liberate South America in the 19th century: “I go to seek a great perhaps.” This moody sentiment has distinct echoes in Colombia Read More...
Regular meditation more beneficial than vacation
As mindfulness meditation and yoga have become mainstream and more extensively studied, growing evidence suggests multiple psychological and physical benefits of these mindfulness exercises, as well as for similar practices like tai chi and qi gong. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses analyzing Read More...
Is it still a placebo when it works and you know it's a placebo?
Placebos can't cure diseases, but research suggests that they seem to bring some people relief from subjective symptoms, such as pain, nausea, anxiety and fatigue. But there's a reason your doctor isn't giving you a sugar pill and telling you it's a new wonder drug. The thinking has been that you Read More...
Tesla motors profit surprises investors ahead of merger vote
The electric carmaker Tesla Motors said on Wednesday that it earned $22 million in the third quarter, its first profitable period since 2013, raising expectations for the success of its expansion plans. The company’s chief executive, “We were able to have our best quarter ever, and we Read More...
Europe takes the lead in building urban resilience
An EU-funded project has been helping cities face the future with confidence by tackling climate change, putting the green back into cities, and preventing urban sprawl in new and exciting ways. By the time TURAS, a five-year EU project aimed at making cities better, greener places to live, ended Read More...
Hydrogen economy hits high gear with new water splitting initiative
When it comes to the sparkling green hydrogen economy of the future, the U.S. isn’t letting any grass grow under its feet. The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory now plans to lead a collaborative effort to accelerate the development of renewable hydrogen. A Read More...
Driving change: Indigenous women grab the reins and get down to business
Leavina Reid was not in a dilemma. She knew precisely what she had to do. She couldn’t afford to have the doctor treat both of them, so she handed over her baby. Although Reid and her daughter were both ill, the GP would bulk bill for only one of them and Reid, a Weilwan woman from Read More...
Floating wave-powered buoy makes desalinating seawater cheaper and eco-friendly
Desalination plants help to solve drinking water shortages. However, they need a lot of energy and they spit concentrated brine back into marine ecosystems. That’s why two engineers have created a floating wave-powered desalination buoy that performs reverse osmosis while bobbing in the sea to Read More...
Danish energy giant plans to sell its oil assets to invest more in clean power
In a telling sign of the times, four decades after it was set up to manage Denmark’s North Sea oilfields, Dong Energy Group is considering selling its oil and gas business. The Danish company, which is the largest operator of wind farms in the U.K, says it would use the money they earn from Read More...
This giant vacuum cleaner sucks pollution out of the air
A Dutch company recently unveiled a giant vacuum that sucks pollution right out of the air. The vacuum cleans the air within a 300-meter radius and up to a seven-kilometer height, filtering out 100 percent of fine particles and 95 percent of all ultra-fine particles from ambient air. The company Read More...