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The 5 best ways to clear your troubled mind according to neuroscience
Troubled, over-loaded minds stand in the way of clear thinking and relaxation. Here are the top 5 ways, neuroscientists say, to clear your mind. Yes, meditation and mindfulness. But willpower works Read More...
Can meditation help pain after surgery?
Patients who have back surgery, a procedure that can cause severe pain for weeks, may have a new relief option beyond narcotics: meditation. In a study at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, a neurosurgeon has teamed up with a geriatrician who leads meditation classes to test whether the Read More...
The UK has its first food waste supermarket
The UK's first food waste supermarket has opened in Pudsey, near Leeds. Food waste campaigners from the Real Junk Food Project have opened "the warehouse", a store on the Grangefield Industrial Estate. Customers are invited to shop for food thrown out by supermarkets and other businesses. The food Read More...
3 more companies commit to 100% renewables
Apple, Bank of America and Amalgamated Bank have pledged to go 100 percent renewable, joining the RE100 group. Bank of America also announced it will be "carbon neutral" by 2020, while Apple announced new commitments to power its supply chain with renewable energy. "Apple is committed to running on Read More...
Will you need a licence to operate a self-driving car?
If you're stopped by police in your self-driving vehicle, would you need to show a driver's licence? This is not a riddle, it's a legitimate question to be debated by lawmakers when they begin to address the reality of a world where not all cars and trucks have humans at the wheel. Yes, the Read More...
This cooperative grocery store wants to break the diversity mold
At a few minutes before 8 a.m. on a weekday morning in Minneapolis, there’s a small crowd of people waiting for the front door of the Seward Community Co-op Friendship Store to slide open for the day. They stand under a sign that says, “Everyone Welcome,” and it seems true Read More...
MIT will give $1M to four startups that are combatting poverty
Chobani wants to help fledgling food businesses that share its values to get a head start in the market. Hamdi Ulukaya, Chobani's founder and CEO, launched the Chobani Food Incubator to mentor and support food entrepreneurs to challenge the status quo in the food industry, which often creates Read More...
Canada to set price on carbon to curb climate change
When it comes to climate action, Canada is among the worst rich countries in reducing carbon emissions. That may soon change though thanks to new legislation that will impose a minimum price on carbon emissions. The move will push the nation’s 10 provinces into properly regulating climate Read More...
Judge orders temporary block on Dakota pipeline construction after Native American protests
Last week, news programs were filled with awful images of law enforcement authorities clashing with Native Americans in North Dakota after construction crews destroyed sacred burial and cultural sites on private land in order to complete the construction of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline. Read More...
Denmark opened the world's first food waste supermarket
The charity behind the world’s first food waste supermarket has said that it is planning to open two more. Folkekirkens Nødhjælp, which opened the first food waste supermarket in Copenhagen in February, said that it is planning to open another in Copenhagen and a third in Arhus, the second Read More...