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Tesla’s Model 3 already has 325,000 prospective owners
Orders keep rolling in for the forthcoming Model 3 from The extraordinary response to the vehicle, which will not even be built until late next year, underscored the demand among consumers for a mass-market electric car that carries Tesla’s luxury-brand cachet. Tesla said in a blog post that Read More...
Meditation apps that’ll keep you from losing your mind
Taxes are due, students are prepping for finals, and the sunny days of summer are still a dream away. Your days are filled with stress! There’s gotta be an app for that. Good news: We’ve found some apps to help you unwind. Load up your devices with these tools for mediation, mindfulness, and Read More...
Google self-driving cars head to Arizona to test desert road conditions
Google continues to tap new testing locations for its self-driving cars, with the metropolitan area of Phoenix, Arizona picked as the next spot, reports Reuters. Jennifer Haroon, head of business operations for Google's autonomous vehicles said that Arizona was attractive not just as a Read More...
Drought-stricken California looks to Australia for tips on recycling water
As hopes that a much-hyped “Godzilla” El Niño event will banish California’s record drought fade, the state is starting to look for clues from overseas on how to conserve each increasingly precious drop that does fall on its parched land. The water capture efforts of Read More...
World Bank to spend 28% of investments on climate change projects
The World Bank has made a “fundamental shift” in its role of alleviating global poverty, by refocusing its financing efforts towards tackling climate change, the group said on Thursday. The world’s biggest provider of public finance to developing countries said it would spend 28% of its Read More...
Can Bitcoin be used for good?
Something strange is happening to Bitcoin. Once viewed as a way to do business in the darkest corners of the web, the digital currency has rather suddenly become a favorite talking point among humanitarians and international development enthusiasts. Bitcoin isn’t just for illicit transactions Read More...
How collective energy is helping communities go 100% renewable
The dynamic between utilities and customers is changing. Instead of residents reaching individual agreements with utilities, they’re now ganging together into buying groups where customer purchase power together from utilities that promise 100 percent renewable energy. Six states in the U.S. Read More...
Growing bricks from scratch to reduce carbon emissions
So, bricks. How much time have you ever spent thinking about bricks? Unless you’ve built your own house, I’m guessing the subject has hardly ever crossed your mind. This means that you’d probably be somewhat surprised to find out that bricks are used in over 80 percent of global construction. Read More...
San Francisco becomes first US city to mandate fully paid parental leave
The US may be the leader of the western world, it’s the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee paid maternity or parental leave to workers. Now San Francisco has become the first US municipality to mandate that employers offer fully paid parental leave, and activists hope the Read More...
A fleet of trucks just drove themselves across Europe
While self-driving cars from Google or Ford get most of the credit for capturing the public imagination, commercial uses for autonomous or nearly autonomous vehicles have quietly been putting the concept to work in a business setting. This week, about a dozen trucks from major manufacturers like Read More...