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The 'world's happiest man' says the secret to being happy takes just 15 minutes per day
If you Google “Who is the happiest man in the world?”, Matthieu Ricard pops up. Ricard, 69, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk originally from France who participated in a 12-year brain study on meditation and compassion which showed that when Ricard was meditating on compassion, his mind was unusually Read More...
Bank of America is going big on blockchain
Bank of America is trying to steal a march on the latest developments in the technology behind digital currency bitcoin by loading up on blockchain-related patents. Blockchain works like a huge, decentralized ledger for the digital currency bitcoin which records every transaction and stores this Read More...
This new set of towers in Dubai will have its own indoor rainforest
The Rosemont Hotel & Residences is a massive, double-tower complex that's currently being constructed under the direction of ZAS Architects Dubai.Part of a the new Rosemont global hotel brand, the $550 million project will consist of two towers rising over 50 stories each, adding up to over 2 Read More...
Not recycling is more immoral than watching porn, say teens in study
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. One person's morality is the next person's source of humor. We all try to make sense of the world, and as we're growing up, we realize that the way our elders made sense of the world was often quite Read More...
Steel yarn jackets absorb energy from the sun to keep you warm
ThermalTech's jackets don't look too different from a North Read More...
6 steps to turn mindless activities into mindful ones
Coloring books for adults currently top a number of bestseller lists. And they have become a staple in bookstores, grocery stores and drugstores. But, let’s be clear, coloring in a book doesn’t automatically mean that you’re being mindful. Mindfulness isn’t about what you are doing; it’s Read More...
One cow = 175M burgers? Meet 'cultured meat'
With global meat demand expected to outstrip existing livestock supply over the next few decades, according to the United Nations, cultured beef improves food security and saved animals, Post said. "Technically, any species with stem cells in muscles can be used to recreate meat. We've worked on Read More...
Renewables to surpass coal as world’s primary power source by 2030
In November, the International Energy Agency quietly dropped this bombshell projection: “Driven by continued policy support, renewables account for half of additional global generation, overtaking coal around 2030 to become the largest power source.” In this post, I’ll dive deeper Read More...
Want to be happy and successful? Science says do these 7 things
Why do we work so hard and get so little in return? Sure, we may be paid well for the work we do, and we may enjoy our coworkers and the work we do. But for most of us, we work harder and longer hours than ever before, believing that by doing so, we'll find the happiness and success we want in our Read More...
On the hunt for natural beauty products for women who actually *like* makeup
It sounds like the start of a joke: A rock star and a Harvard business school student team up and start a beauty blog. But Beauty Lies Truth is a real site started by Alexis Krauss, one half of the band Sleigh Bells, and Harvard Business School student Jessica Assaf. Their goal? To advocate for a Read More...