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China on track to beat climate targets as renewables soar and coal consumption drops
China has a long way to go to clean up its heavily polluted cities. But, at least, the trend is in the right direction. Figures for 2015 show that wind and solar energy surged and consumption of coal, which still provides two-thirds of China’s power, dropped. The country’s solar and wind energy Read More...
Bedtime snacks that help you sleep better
In a society where an irregular workday is the norm, many people tend to skip meals to carve out more time for work and chores. This often means those meals are replaced in the form of bedtime snacking, but eating the wrong foods can throw off your sleep and raise your chances of getting metabolic Read More...
Airbnb is changing the way tourists get to know Africa
When Godwin Ndosi first heard the word "Airbnb," he said, "Airbnb? Is that the name of a person? Now it's the way he makes his living. His introduction to the accommodations rental website came a year ago. Ndosi, a 23-year-old from Arusha, Tanzania, runs a safari business. A client had nowhere to Read More...
Manage your energy, not your time
Emma Seppälä and I have something in common: we are both recovering chore-haters. “There was a time when I couldn’t stand running errands: getting gas, taking my car for an oil change, calling the electricity company about a bill, or going grocery shopping,” she writes in her new book The Read More...
The Fuel Station of the Future will wirelessly charge your self-driving car with solar energy
Self-driving cars are on the rise, and half of all vehicles in the US will be electrified by the year 2050. To accommodate these new technologies Nissan and Foster + Partners just unveiled the Fuel Station of the Future – complete with solar panels, wireless EV chargers, and self-parking Read More...
Norway's billion-dollar bet to save Indonesia's rainforest
It is just after 8.30am on a snowy February morning when Vidar Helgesen, Norway’s climate and environment minister, steps out of his home in Oslo, dodging frozen puddles to reach his waiting ministerial car. It seems improbable on this glacial day but in less than 24 hours time, Mr Helgesen Read More...
Britain is building special new towns to tackle the obesity crisis
LONDON — Ten new "healthy towns" designed to get people to exercising more, eating healthily and live independently during old age are to be built across the country, NHS England announced on Tuesday. The towns — comprising more than 76,000 affordable homes — will include fast Read More...
Solar cells inspired by moth eyes can harvest energy indoors
Sometimes researchers draw their finest inspiration for their inventions from animals or insects, like the Namib Desert Beetle, which inspired the self-filling water bottle. British researchers have found a clever way to harvest energy while inside: by imitating moths. They’ve created a Read More...
India slaps levy on new car sales in fight against pollution and congestion
The Indian government has introduced an additional ‘green’ tax on car sales to help the country combat its notoriously high levels of air pollution and congestion. New passenger vehicles will have a sales levy of up to 4 percent. The government wants to use the money to get older highly Read More...
British survey: Older people are happier even with a chronic disease
Older people are happier people. The wellbeing of people in their 60s increases as they reach the age of 70, according to a British national survey. That is despite many people in the age group having at least one chronic disease. Participants were asked to rate how confident, cheerful, relaxed and Read More...