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Can ‘effective altruism’ really change the world?
Let’s imagine you have some spare cash to give away and you want to do something useful with your money. Should you spend it on food for starving children or vaccinations in refugee camps? Mosquito nets or courses in financial literacy? Animal rights at home or carbon off-setting in Latin Read More...
A Stanford psychologist says these 6 things are the keys to happiness and success
If you want to be successful, you should work as hard as possible and suffer, right? Or so we're told. But that notion is completely wrong, according to psychologist Emma Seppala, science director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University. As Seppala Read More...
Daimler chief sees electric cars beating hydrogen, for now
Daimler may be hedging its bets with work on both electric and hydrogen fuel cell cars, but it sees a front runner emerging. In a chat with Euro am Sonntag, company chief Dieter Zetsche says he believes EVs are "more likely" to come out on top. Simply put, he believes the electric camp has more Read More...
Bill Clinton on his diet: 'I might not be around If I hadn’t become a vegan'
No greasy fast food, here: Even when Bill Clinton is on the road he adheres to his plant-based diet. While campaigning in Las Vegas for his wife, Hillary, the former president popped into vegan cafe Simply Pure. Clinton was in great spirits, reports Politico, chatting with patrons and owner and Read More...
Probiotics for plants could help feed the world
We know from research on the human microbiome—the trillions of microbes that live on and around us—that it affects everything from our mood to how likely we are to get cancer. Plants, it turns out, have a microbiome of their own, and just as antibiotics wreak havoc on the human microbiome, Read More...
Exercise is a boost for your brain, too
We don’t need to be told that exercising benefits our health, but did you know it benefits your brain too? If you’re keen to make your brain healthier while you exercise, a new study suggests you should opt for a not-too intense form of running. Until recently, scientists thought that humans Read More...
Business leaders can help foster mental health in the workplace
"We’ve not done enough to end the stigma of mental health. We focused a lot on physical health, and we haven’t, as a country, as a nation, focused enough on mental health." These words came earlier this week from David Cameron, UK's Prime Minister, who is now taking a proactive approach to Read More...
The huge, hidden upside to low oil prices
Oil prices keep on plummeting, and although it's nice for those of us who own gasoline-demanding cars, it tends to hinder sales of electric cars and the overall development of renewables to a certain extent. There is one major upside to these exceptionally low prices: the cost of food drops, which Read More...
The case for optimism
What do optimist have less of than pessimists? Stress, which we know is terrible for your health. Living in this modern age where tragedies and ugly election campaigns fill our screens and dominate the airwaves, it can be simple to fall into a pessimistic view of the world. But being an optimist Read More...
Can Germany's renewable energy revolution be replicated in the United States?
When one thinks about solar energy, the first image that comes to mind may be a Californian field of photovoltaic panels. But cloudy Germany, not sunny California, has the advantage when it comes to solar electricity, with a capacity of 38 gigawatts compared to a mere 11 in the Golden State as of Read More...