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Why being optimistic is good for your health
Being hopeful and confident about the future or the successful outcome of something is actually unnatural to us human beings. Some research shows that people who are pessimistic are in fact more realistic. Evolutionarily, we were programmed to be pessimistic, to imagine the worst-case scenario, Read More...
Researchers restored a colony of microbes in the gut
Last month, Popular Science discussed the state of gut microbiome research and the often overgeneralized claims of many probiotics. As we concluded, the field is still in its infancy and one of the main challenges to creating effective prescription probiotics is that it’s extremely difficult Read More...
Meat processor Tyson Foods invests in plant-based protein maker
Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, took a 5 percent stake in plant-based protein maker Beyond Meat amid growing pressure on food companies to reduce environmental and health risks by changing the way they source protein. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Manhattan Beach, Read More...
Sweden's Uniti short-range city EV successfully navigates crowdfunding route
Urban TransportLessening range anxiety is a priority for many electric vehicle manufacturers, but others are steering into the skid with small EVs designed for short-range city driving, such as the Renault Twizy and the Microlino. Joining them is the Swedish startup Uniti, which has just hit its Read More...
An experimental farm on the river Thames is changing the way city-dwellers eat
On a jetty jutting into the River Thames, they’ve founded Farmopolis, a space to explore how this could work. The project forms the beginnings of a social, technological, and agricultural prototype for urban farming. By Johanna Derry VICE Oct 3, 2016 Excerpt: Farmopolis is a project Read More...
Paris allows anyone to plant an urban garden anywhere
Paris just passed a new law that allows anyone to plant an urban garden within the city’s limits. Upon receiving a permit, gardeners can grow plants on walls, in boxes, on rooftops, under trees, or on fences. They can cultivate greenery in front of their homes or offices. They can grow Read More...
Israel to boost solar energy production
Following a two-year freeze on any new solar energy development, the Public Utility Authority said Monday it will issue more than 1,000 megawatts of fresh quotas.The new power is being authorized to ensure that Israel achieves its goals of making 10% of the country’s electricity supply Read More...
Half of Scotland’s energy could be produced by renewables
Half of all the energy used in Scotland could be produced by renewable technology in less than 15 years, according to a new report. It painted a picture of a country that exports vast amounts of electricity to the rest of the UK by producing 40 per cent more than it needs, where half of the buses Read More...
Airbnb and Uber make up just a sliver of independent workforce
Gig work is sweeping advanced economies, but workers on digital platforms like Airbnb and Uber make up just a small share of the independent labor force. About 27 percent of America's working-age population engages in independent work, according to a McKinsey Global Institute survey, and the share Read More...
Can agroecology feed the world and save the planet?
You wouldn’t necessarily know it, but right now Africa is facing a food crisis. With Brexit, global terror attacks, the war in Syria and the seemingly endless string of sporting fixtures vying for our collective attention in 2016 so far, the fact that up to 50 million people across east and Read More...