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Oxytocin enhances spirituality, new study says
Oxytocin has been dubbed the "love hormone" for its role promoting social bonding, altruism and more. Now new research from Duke University suggests the hormone may also support spirituality. In the study, men reported a greater sense of spirituality shortly after taking oxytocin and a week later. Read More...
Tiny flat-packed off-grid homes aim to be bridge between renting and owning
The Big World Homes project aims to be a new model of affordable housing, and its modular mobile design could make it a good fit for 'pop-up' communities on unused land. Australia's Big World Homes, led by architect Alexander Symes, is taking on expensive city housing with its design for tiny Read More...
Simple steps by consumers can curb food waste
Dana Gunders, the leading expert on food waste at the Natural Resources Defense Council, is the author of "Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money by Wasting Less Food." The next time you toss out a burger, imagine taking a 90-minute shower. That’s how much water Read More...
New renewables outpacing rising electricity demand for the first time
For the first time ever, investment in new renewables was more than enough to cover rising global electricity demand in 2015. That’s according to the first World Energy Investment report, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). While fossil fuels still dominate energy supplies, Read More...
Amazon doubles down on wind energy, blows off Donald Trump
The U.S. Energy Department released a new report predicting a huge drop in the cost of wind energy by 2030, but Amazon is not waiting around for that to happen. The company is already heavily invested in wind energy and just signed on to buy 90 percent of the output from a new Read More...
Apple looking to bolster car project
Apple Inc., -0.02 % which is working to build an electric car, has held talks about investing in British sports-car maker McLaren Technology Group, according to a person familiar with the matter, but McLaren denies any talks are ongoing. The person familiar with the matter said the discussions Read More...
Jamnation builds a fair-trade jam empire from the Bayview
“Have you ever seen a Geami roll?” asks Gillian Reynolds, as she pulls out a box of what looks like ripped paper. Reynolds owns 2-year-old Jamnation, a jam company in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. The Geami roll is biodegradable packing material that she uses instead of Read More...
Investigating the power of turmeric to boost your health
More and more research shows the power of turmeric, the curry spice in Indian food, to fight inflammation. Inflammation lies at the root of all degenerative diseases from cancer and heart disease to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The BBC investigated the health claims and discovered that adding Read More...
New V-shape roof captures solar and wind energy and rain
With improved designs roofs can capture not just solar energy but also wind power as well as rain water. In a new V-shapes roof concept scientists use five different green technologies: solar photovoltaic (PV), wind turbines, rainwater harvesting/utilization, as well as roof sky lighting. The Read More...
To fight methane emissions California law enables authorities to regulate cow farts
California has approved a law to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, especially methane, from dairy farms and landfills. One of the main methane culprits is manure. Per the bill, dairy farmers have to cut methane emissions to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030. Under a cap-and-trade plan, farmers Read More...