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Study: People can quickly overcome stress and anxiety with neurofeedback
Just one or two neurofeedback sessions can change the activity in the brain and help people overcome fear, stress, and anxiety. In this test, people were able to quiet the activity that occurred in the amygdala (the brain region that deals with processing fear and similar emotions) after receiving Read More...
New US Department of Energy charts show that we can win the climate change fight
This is the third day in a row that The Optimist Daily is reporting about the very rapid breakthroughs in the fields of renewable energy. The U.S. Department of Energy has just published this chart. In the past seven years, the costs of different clean energy technologies fell between 41 and 94 Read More...
Election fatigue: Stop reading the news and take up yoga
With the two most unpopular candidates in history competing for the U.S. presidency, it may not come as a surprise that many therapists report that their patients are complaining of difficulty sleeping, irritability, and even heart palpitations. Their advice: Stop reading the news and take up Read More...
Biochar improves crop growth and climate
The use of biochar in agriculture improves soil fertility, especially in tropical regions, and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions. A project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF studied the positive impact of the "fertiliser of the future" on ecosystems and nutrient cycles. In agriculture and in Read More...
Acupuncture can reduce hot flushes in menopausal women by half, researchers find
Women could halve the number of hot flushes they endure by turning to acupuncture, suggests new research. Hot flushes, a sudden feeling of feverish heat, are the bane of women going through the menopause. While many hot flushes last for just five minutes, as intense heat rises through the Read More...
Reykjavík: the geothermal city that aims to go carbon neutral
Reykjavík used to be marketed as a place of ‘pure energy’, run on geothermal power – and now Iceland’s capital is trying to become the world’s first carbon neutral city. Last month, Iceland became the one of the first countries to ratify the Paris climate deal with a unilateral Read More...
This New York restaurant takes a risk on meat alternatives
George Tenedios, the owner of Fresh&Co, a small New York chain of fast-casual restaurants, is constantly on the hunt for new ingredients. He’s experimented with all sorts of odd meat substitutes, from homemade tempeh to Silicon Valley darling Beyond Meat. But even he was stumped by a Read More...
Fast food chains could soon offer veggie burgers that are indistinguishable from beef
McDonalds doesn't sell veggie burgers because people don't buy them. That might have something to do with the fact that most pre-made veggie burgers taste vaguely like cardboard. But now that startups like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are coming out with plant-based burgers that Read More...
9 questions with eco architect William McDonough on the future of agriculture
We’re excited about urban farming here at Inhabitat, and we’ve been following the work of green architect William McDonough for years, through his groundbreaking Cradle to Cradle manifesto and book, to the inspiring Ford Factory renovation to the new Method Factory with sprawling Read More...
HyperSolar bumps the hydrogen race into high gear
Imagine a zero-emission fuel that can be squeezed out of polluted water using a process powered by renewable energy. We may be closer to this reality than you think. The company HyperSolar just completed the prototype phase for a new solar-powered system it says can “split” Read More...