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UK is pledging more support for mental health
Mental illnesses often remain in the shadow of national health plans. Yet, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is looking into changing that. He is pledging extra support for the treatment an prevention of such diseases. The plans include specialist care for new mothers who may suffer from Read More...
New startup looks at minimizing impact of student loans debt
There’s over $1 trillion in student loan debt in the US shared among 40 million Americans. For many of them it will take years until they’re debt-free. Variables such as the amount loaned and interest rate have a different impact on the financial future of these young professionals. To give Read More...
Endorsing the sharing economy, Ford’s newest app focuses on mobility
It may be a rather silly image now in the days of smartphones. But there was a time when in order to listen to your own music collection, you’d have to travel around with a bunch of vinyl LPs under your arm. Apple’s iTunes revolutionized the way we listen to our favourite music on the go. Now Read More...
Here are some useful tips on how to lead a greener life
World leaders took a historical step when they agreed to keep global warming temperature rise at 1.5 degree Celsius. But we as citizens also have our share of responsibility to keep the world going. Living green doesn’t have to be about compromising, it can simply be about making slightly Read More...
Wind energy output ‘could power most Scots homes’
Wind power output hit record levels last year, generating enough energy to supply the electrical needs of 97 per cent of Scottish homes. Turbines provided 10,392,439 MWh of electricity to the National Grid, enough on average to supply 2.34 million homes, up 16 per cent compared to the previous Read More...
5 ways faking confidence leads to authentic happiness
When you know what you’re doing and where you’re going, you carry yourself more assertively and, as a result, attract better opportunities. And it seems, even when you don’t know what you’re doing, when you ethically fake it by acting overconfident, so you still achieve Read More...
Baltimore psychologist pioneers team using psychedelics as ‘sacred’ medicine
Baltimore is known to many as the heroin capital of the US. If William Richards has anything to do with it, it may also become the nation’s most psychedelic city. For the past 15 years, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine program co-founded by Richards has dosed hundreds if not Read More...
Forget Smart Meters, Here's Some Smart Grid Technology That’s Changing How We Use Energy
Talk of smart grid technology often revolves around how homeowners can reduce their utility bills by implementing smart meters on their homes. But focusing on such technology limits the understanding of how true technological innovations are transforming, and protecting, smart grids across the Read More...
The power of solitude
Reginald A. Ray studied Buddhism as a divinity student at the University of Chicago, and in 1968, when he read Chögyam Trungpa’s Born in Tibet, he realized Buddha-dharma could be more than an intellectual pursuit. He met Trungpa Rinpoche two years later, and offered to drop out of Read More...
Apple buys a startup that may help it read your facial expressions
The Emotient software could be used to make Siri more aware of the moods of her human masters. Apple wants its devices to understand the emotional states of human beings. At least its recent acquisitions and patents suggest so. The company today acquired a small firm called Emotient, whose software Read More...