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Can robots reestablish trust in traditional party politics?
Millions around the world have lost their trust in traditional politics. Populist politicians are benefitting from the protest votes. Can politics be saved by technology? One alternative is to design policy-making systems—robots—in such a way that policy-makers are sheltered from undue outside Read More...
10 easy steps for breathing calm into your anxious brain
A perpetual state of moderate stress has become an all too common side effect of modern life. With all the constant deadlines, phone alerts and other stresses introduced into daily life by technology, calming your worried mind can be a troublesome task. We cannot simply reset our minds back to a Read More...
The enormous carbon footprint of food that we never even eat
Discussions about how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions frequently center on clean energy, more efficient transportation and sustainable agriculture. But research suggests that if we really want to pay attention to our carbon footprints, we should also be focusing on another, less-talked-about Read More...
New study shows desert mangroves are major source of carbon storage
Researchers found that short, stunted mangroves living along the coastal desert of Baja California store up to five times more carbon below ground than their lush, tropical counterparts. The new study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego estimates that coastal Read More...
France plans a palm oil tax to protect animals and rainforest in Indonesia
By the time you finish reading this article, browse the internet, scroll through Facebook, and grab a snack, up to 300 football fields of forest across Indonesia will have been cleared to make room for palm plantations. Palm oil is a popular, cheap oil that is used in around 50 percent of consumer Read More...
Bangladesh: The case for renewable energy
Goldman Sachs, one of the largest investment banks in the world, has identified Bangladesh as one of the 'Next Eleven' emerging economies, which means that Bangladesh has the potential to become one of the largest and most influential world economies this century. Although the country was rocked Read More...
From fine wine to lotteries: Blockchain tech takes off
Imagine a world where you can vote in an election with your phone, where you buy a house in a matter of hours, or where cash simply doesn't exist. These are some of the scenarios being mooted by an increasingly excited blockchain community. The technology that underpins the cryptocurrency Bitcoin Read More...
Bison to return to Montana after 140 years in the Canadian wilderness
Millions of bison once thundered across North America. These massive animals, characterized by their long, shaggy brown coats, today are making a comeback in a few scattered places in the United States. In the latest ‘resettlement” descendants of a bison herd captured and sent to Canada more Read More...
Carbon farming: Growing solutions for climate change
The more carbon soil withholds, the more fertile that land becomes. So to increase crop yields while curbing carbon emissions, some farmers are turning to an agricultural practice called “carbon farming” to get the most out of their land. Carbon farming uses suites of crops and other practices Read More...
Vermont law forces food companies to label GMOs nationwide
Thanks to the state of Vermont, food brands in the U.S will soon have to label products that contain ingredients derived from genetically modified plants. The law will require food companies to comply with a labeling standard that warns consumers of products made from GMOs by July 1, and since Read More...