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How probiotics and prebiotics team up in your gut
Everyone knows good hosts need to feed their houseguests. If the visitors are easy to get along with and especially helpful — they take out the trash, do the dishes, rake the yard and so on — it’s wise to feed them very well so they stay as long as possible. That’s how it is Read More...
How eco-friendly communes could change the future of housing
When a massive wildfire destroyed more than a thousand homes last year in the bone-dry hills of drought-stricken Lake County, California, about two hours north of San Francisco, Magdalena Valderrama Hurwitz and her husband Eliot were among those made homeless. Eager to transform their tragedy into Read More...
Sri Lanka prime minister: Mangroves curb climate threat
Sri Lanka's prime minister has said mangroves' ability to swiftly absorb carbon make the forests vital in the fight against climate change. His comments come on a day marking the first anniversary of a project to protect all of nation's mangroves. As well as storing carbon, the forests provide Read More...
The movement to free hens from cages is going global
Animal-rights groups have successfully pushed large food companies in the U.S to source their eggs from cage-free hens in recent years, and now one of the world’s largest food suppliers is pledging to do the same. Paris-based Sodexo announced they will switch to cage-free eggs in all their Read More...
China's hits coal peak and that’s a turning point in climate change battle
China’s coal consumption peaked in 2014, much earlier than expected, and has since then continued to drop. In a new paper, economists argue that this can be seen as a permanent trend, not a blip, due to major shifts in the Chinese economy and a crackdown on climate on pollution. China has its own Read More...
Solving the world’s problems with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) gets a lot of bad press, but computing may very well solve many of the planet’s ills. Companies and researchers are collecting unimaginable amounts of data through Google searches, Facebook posts, etc. AI is how we’ll learn from that data, and—in fact—it’s the Read More...
D.C. will get 50 percent of electricity from renewables by 2032
The nation’s capital will get half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2032, officials announced Monday. The new, 50 percent renewable portfolio standard will require the District’s utilities to increase electricity from sources such as wind and solar from the current goal of Read More...
Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future
Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future Move over kale. An international team of scientists has just sequenced a protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches. The reason? It’s more than four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and, the researchers think it Read More...
Audi is trying to beat Tesla at its own game
Audi's ramping up its electric car plans and hopes to have three models by 2020. It'll also form a new subsidiary to work on autonomous cars. The company's chief executive Rupert Stadler told Reuters that Audi's renewed push for electric cars is a direct result of the emissions scandal that Read More...
Europe's first regulated bitcoin product launches in Gibraltar
LONDON Europe's first regulated bitcoin product - an asset-backed exchange-traded instrument that will invest exclusively in the digital currency - begins trading this week on the Gibraltar Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse. The Web-based currency can be used to send money instantly Read More...