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There is a 'game changer' technology on Wall Street and people keep confusing it with bitcoin
Goldman Sachs says the technology "has the potential to redefine transactions" and can change "everything." JPMorgan last month announced it was launching a trial project with the blockchain startup led by its former executive, Blythe Masters. Her company, Digital Asset Read More...
America generates more energy from wind than you may think
Solar power has been hot news lately with numbers forecasting another strong year in added solar capacity, but what you may not realize is that wind power has also become a very big deal in the U.S these days. Last year, Iowa generated 31 percent of its power from wind resources, and several states Read More...
Factory farming divestment follows success of pulling investments away from oil
After the success of campaigns to get investors to divest from fossil fuel companies (some 400 institutions have committed to pulling money from coal, oil and gas companies to tackle climate change), factory farming is the next target. Fast food chain Subway is latest to join the backlash against Read More...
Start your own company when you can’t find fair trade, organic coconut oil
Business can be a force for good. When Dr. Bronner’s soap company wanted a more ethical source for coconut oil and there were no options available, it decided to create its own. A sister company called Serendipol in Sri Lanka was born. The company supports Sri Lankan farm workers, oil Read More...
For the first time a team composed of refugees will compete in the Olympics
Athletes that want to compete in the Olympics but have become refugees are put in an unusual predicament. They can’t compete for the country they’ve fled as a result of war or persecution, but have yet to secure citizenship elsewhere. Now for the first time, a team of refugees will compete at Read More...
Here's a mindfulness meditation app that can help you overcome a tech fixation
More and more these days we’re being told that we need a digital detox to overcome our addiction to technology, but tech and mindfulness entrepreneur Rohan Gunatillake has a much more interesting idea: let’s get tech to work for us instead. He has created an app called Buddhify that uses the Read More...
High-speed video shows how water lily beetles sprint on water
Water lily beetles are little speed demons, flitting from one pad to another at half a meter (1.6 feet) per second. Now, thanks to a study conducted by Stanford bioengineering assistant professor Manu Prakash and his students, the secret to its mode of flight has been unraveled. Turns out the Read More...
Meditation slows the ageing process
Do people who meditate age more slowly? It seems unlikely on the face of it. How could sitting immobile with one’s eyes closed, perhaps focusing on the breath, possibly keep the Grim Reaper at bay? That said, the Buddha – surely the archetypal meditator – is reputed to have lived to 80, which Read More...
The supermarket selling food near its use-by date in Denmark is proving a massive hit
Denmark's first food waste supermarket has proved a huge success – with shoppers stripping the store's shelves of cut-price surplus produce. WeFood opened in the Scandinavian country’s capital Copenhagen last Monday, selling produce past its sell-by-date but Read More...
A vegan diet 'could cut the risk of developing prostate cancer'
Leading a vegan lifestyle can cut the risk of prostate cancer by 35 per cent, a new study has suggested. A vegan diet is void of all animal products and is instead based entirely on plant foods, including fruit, vegetables, nuts and grains. The US researches behind the findings used data on over Read More...