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This $16 water filter is bringing clean water to the developing world
More than 650 million people around the world do not have access to clean and safe water, according to the United Nations. Contaminated water hides illnesses within it, with more than 100,000 deaths related to water-borne illnesses occurring each year in India alone. Safer water is getting more and Read More...
We now know why exercise helps reduce the risk of getting cancer
It’s well-known that exercise reduces the risk of cancer and can help patients ward off tumors if they already have cancer, but now we may understand why this is. Researchers at Copenhagen University found that exercise produces adrenalin, which increases the production of natural killer cells. Read More...
Practicing mindfulness can help us have healthy glucose levels, study shows
Mindfulness is helping us having a sense of mastery over our own thoughts and feelings. That's how it could help us protect against diabetes. Researchers wanted to find out if people practicing higher degrees of mindfulness are better able to motivate themselves to exercise, resist cravings for Read More...
What communities can do to reduce food waste
Reducing food waste is one of the big food trends for 2016.Community action is critical in the fight against food waste. Here are some examples from around the world to see what communities are doing, such as creating "community fridges" for all to fill and use. Yet, laws sometimes prevent the best Read More...
Where should we stash carbon? Look down
All the while we’ve been strategizing to reduce the carbon flowing into the air, the ground beneath our feet is in dire need of it. Soil just may be the perfect carbon sink, Professor Peter Byck of Arizona State University told attendees of the GreenBiz 16 event, underway in Phoenix this week. Read More...
The future of healthcare is self-care and the future is now
As a boomer, it has become evident that the only way to remain healthy in this toxic world is to take responsibility for my own health. I confess, sometimes I enjoy over indulging in some of the sinful stuff, like too many glasses of red wine, or a mindless binge on organic chips and salsa at my Read More...
Growing food… without soil
According to a 2010 report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, the UAE is dependent on imports for 85-90 percent of its food needs. Azzato said that the company's fully computerized system, which makes use of a high-tech greenhouse, enables them to grow salads year-round, thereby lessening Read More...
The electric car revolution is now scheduled for 2022
The long-awaited, oft-delayed electric car revolution is now scheduled for 2022. That’s according to a report from research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which posits that in just six years, the biggest obstacle to the sale of EVs—they cost too much—will be obliterated and Read More...
These states are adding tons of wind energy
On Tuesday, the American Wind Energy Association posted a very interesting list of new records being set by U.S. wind energy this month. For instance, in the power grid for the state of Texas — known as ERCOT, or the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas — wind generated 14,023 Read More...
Researchers discover major new insight into killer pancreatic cancer
Most people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are told they have less than a year to live, making it one of the deadliest cancers in the world. That’s why cancer charities are finding it “incredibly exciting” that researchers have discovered major insight into the cancer that could lead to a Read More...