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Why women entrepreneurs raise more money than men
Most Popular Created with Sketch. Mar 14, 2016 When a young college student drummed up a creatively feline approach to headphones back in 2014, she had no idea she was about to unleash a Cat Ear Headphone revolution. Wenqing Yan came to Indiegogo looking to raise $250,000 to bring her quirky Read More...
The Californian craft beer brewed from waste water
In autumn of 2014 – three years into California’s devastating drought– architect, Russ Drinker became fixated on brewing beer from recycled greywater (that is, water that’s been treated after use in sinks, showers and washing clothes). He was increasingly frustrated that the Read More...
The line between non-profit and for-profit has become increasingly blurry
As we are reminded by the release of Bernie’s Yearning, the flavor from Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen announced earlier this year, the boundaries between profits and purpose are increasingly blurred. While many have debated whether this mixing of profits and purpose is good or Read More...
Inspired by ants, tiny robots can move a 2-ton car
Ants can move mountains together. Researchers have observed that ants get great cooperative force by each using three of their six legs simultaneously. Taking this “biomimicry” example, they have programmed six micro robots, weighing just 3.5 ounces in total, to pull a car weighing 3,900 Read More...
This start-up sells cheap food as ‘hunger relief’
The U.S currently has a major food waste problem, with an astounding 40% of food grown in the country winding up in the trash. And yet despite this, nearly 50 million Americans are “food insecure” according to the USDA. To combat both these issues, one grocery store in a working class Read More...
United Airlines begins flying powered by garbage
With pressure mounting on the airline industry to reduce their carbon emissions, commercial airlines like United are turning to more environmentally-friendly alternatives to fuel their planes. This past Friday, United became the first airline in the U.S to begin full commercial deployment of Read More...
Accountants have found the value of the Earth: $134,000,000,000,000
The world would be a different place if nature had value. Imagine mining companies would have to pay the Earth for everything they would dig up. Now, environmental and sustainable business consultants want to change that by forcing corporate leaders to take stock of the economic impact of how they Read More...
15 ideas to add chia seeds, a powerful vegan protein, to your daily diet
The list of benefits for chia seeds is long. These nutrient-packed little seeds are a complete protein with three times more iron than spinach, double the amount of potassium than bananas, and a great source of fiber to help aid digestion. These may be tiny seeds, but the word “chia” itself Read More...
Researchers have a radical plan to freeze rising sea water and transport it to Antarctica
Since humans are responsible for changing the global climate, what lengths should we go to to mitigate the damage? A new study investigates one radical solution: 'geoengineering,' or reshaping the planet in a substantial way. In this case, by enlarging Antarctica's continental glacier via pumping Read More...
This type of meditation may reduce racial bias
Researchers Alexander Stell and Tom Farsides were interested in how the practice of Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM) may reduce racial prejudice; results of their study are published in the journal Motivation and Emotion. Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM) is a Buddhist concept that focuses on Read More...