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The new hotel in Vienna, run by refugees
The Magdas Hotel sits in a quiet, leafy corner of Vienna. The sunny lobby is decorated with vintage bicycles and suitcases. The soundtrack is old-school R&B. Wolfram and Christiane von Pannwitz, a physician and an art restorer from Berlin, are checking in. It's Christiane's first time in Read More...
Welcome to California's hydrogen highway
The loudest thing you’ll hear from behind the wheel of a fuel-cell car driving up the Californian coast is the hum of the tyres on the concrete interstate stretching north from Los Angeles towards Silicon Valley and San Francisco. There’s no rumble of a big American engine from under Read More...
Organ donation law 'revolution' starts in Wales
Wales has become the first nation in the UK to introduce a "revolutionary" new system to increase the number of organ donors. From Tuesday, adults will be regarded as having consented to organ donation unless they have opted opt. More than one million people - 34% of the population - have Read More...
6 incredible high-tech urban farms
Farm life typically calls to mind sprawling fields of plants in neat rows, dotted with bent-over bodies and heavy diesel-guzzling equipment. The world is rapidly changing, though, and so too is the face of agriculture. As the world's population booms and many people move to cities, a new generation Read More...
Goldman Sachs wants to create its own version of bitcoin
Goldman Sachs has developed its own cryptocurrency for a settlement system for trading stocks, bonds and other assets, according to a recently published patent filing. The New York-based financial giant made a patent application last year for a new virtual currency called SETLCoin, which makes it Read More...
Converting carbon dioxide into alternative fuels with underwater solar cells
Stanford engineers are looking beneath the waves for a way to turn greenhouse gas emissions into something useful. The engineers have built energy-efficient, corrosion-protected underwater solar cells that produce energy to create a chemical reaction that converts greenhouse gases into “solar Read More...
Luxury section finally discovers sustainability
It was rather slow in coming. But finally, some of the major brands in luxury fashion are taking sustainability seriously. The changing mindset is reflected in growing investments in sustainable measures such as cleaner fabrics, animal rights and better manifacturing conditions. The change is Read More...
Spending money on others could benefit your health
Research has already proven that donating time as a volunteer can improve physical health, but now new research suggests spending money on others can benefit your health as well. Researchers at the University of British Columbia conducted an experiment in which two groups of adults aged 65 and Read More...
Nine ways to improve nutrition and tackle climate change
Focus on sustainable diets. Empower women. Fix our broken food systems. Get better at producing and sharing food. The Guardian asked a panel of experts one of the most urgent question of our times—how to deal with the threats that climate change poses to nutrition and food security. Here are the Read More...
2 daily morning exercises to become more productive
The key to having a productive day is establishing the right mind-set in the morning. Get off on the wrong foot, and you may not get so much done throughout the day. Here are 2 simple daily morning exercises that will help boost your Read More...