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Lots to lose: how cities around the world are eliminating car parks
With space for roughly 20,000 cars, the parking lot that surrounds the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, is recognised as the largest car park in the world. Spread across vast expanses of asphalt and multi-storey concrete structures, these parking spots take up about half the mall’s 5.2m Read More...
Charities were there first: The new world of social enterprise
Have you heard about social enterprises? Social enterprises apply business solutions to social problems. They're incredibly hot right now. So hot, in fact, that I've just come back from the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference in San Francisco where there were over 2000 attendees. It's the Read More...
Solar in Africa launches new services by enabling refrigeration and irrigation
New ideas and declining costs are leading to a dramatic uptake of solar technology across Africa, according to a report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency. Many startups are trying to navigate the challenges of Africa’s off-grid electricity sector with mobile, flexible solar Read More...
“Food companies should shift from meat to plants to support environment and health”
A group of 40 investors managing $1.25 trillion in assets have launched a campaign to encourage 16 global food companies to change the way they source protein for their products to help to reduce environmental and health risks. The investors wrote to the food companies urging them to respond to the Read More...
Airlines support carbon emissions plan that could cost them $24 billion a year
The airline industry is pushing to support a United Nations proposal to limit pollution from international flights even though the measure may eventually cost companies $24 billion annually. The airlines are pushing nations to join the agreement, which would require companies to offset their Read More...
Having more sex brings men closer to God, says new study
Sages in Asia have taught for ages that an orgasm brings human beings for a moment to the experience of God. Now a research team has confirmed that teaching in a scientific experiment. The researchers carried out a study in which they boosted levels of oxytocin in middle-aged men and found Read More...
When you are happy you make your spouse healthier
Happiness and health go together. People who are happier are usually also healthier. When humans feel good, they’re more likely to be active and less likely to attempt to cheer themselves up with sweets and fast food. A new study goes one step further: People whose spouses are happier are Read More...
Is the mass sharing of driverless cars about to reshape our suburbs?
A few months ago I interviewed Klaus Bondam, head of the Danish cycling union and formerly Copenhagen’s mayor for roads and infrastructure, and asked him how he saw his city changing in the coming years. The answer was something of a surprise. “Look at something like car parking,” Bondam told Read More...
Uber wants to fly customers around in massive autonomous drones
Self-driving cars just aren’t enough. Uber, the ride-hailing taxi service, is apparently seriously exploring whether it can develop aircraft that could take off and land without a runway, and fly passengers autonomously to wherever they want to go. Recode reported Sunday (Sept. 25) that Read More...
Can gadgets actually make you more zen? We give 3 a try
Maybe hacking your meditation practice with high-tech programs and devices also is the ultimate irony, but can they really be time savers? A brain-trainer? I tested three systems that promised to deliver more quickly the effects of meditation. As they say about traditional meditation, you don’t Read More...