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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...
India is planning to be a 100 percent electric car nation by 2030
Clean energy initiatives mostly come from rich countries. Developing nations—for understandable reasons—are first focused on bringing energy, any kind of energy, to their rapidly increasing populations. From that perspective, it is especially promising for the international efforts to fight Read More...
7 ways to cultivate charisma
Those who possess charisma exude importance and interest while making the people around them feel important and special as well. It is a powerful quality to have and helps to cultivate more genuine, trusting relationships. Charisma isn’t a singular trait, but rather a strong interpersonal Read More...
What can the sea snake teach us about Viagra, boat hulls and desalination?
Let’s say you decided to live in the ocean. Can you imagine the challenges you would face? Lot’s of land animals have done exactly that, though the transition from land to sea happens gradually through vast generations of evolutionary time. Whales, seals, manatees, otters, penguins, and Read More...
Silicon valley looks to artificial intelligence for the next big thing
SAN FRANCISCO — As the oracles of Silicon Valley debate whether the latest tech boom is sliding toward bust, there is already talk about what will drive the industry’s next growth spurt. The way we use computing is changing, toward a boom (and, if history is any guide, a bubble) in collecting Read More...