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What are the health benefits of renewable energy choices?
This video breaks down the science behind our paper on the health benefits of a low carbon energy policy, and explores how renewable energy is good for our health. Generating electricity from low-carbon energy sources and cutting energy demand reduces the need for fossil fuel power generation, Read More...
World Bank-backed Project To Study Wind Energy Potential In African Countries
A global program backed by the World Bank aimed at studying and determining renewable energy potential across the world will now focus on three African countries. Under the Energy Sector Management Assessment Program (ESMAP), DNV GL is working to determine wind energy potential in Zambia, Tanzania, Read More...
Toyota bets the future car will be fuelled by hydrogen
Toyota showed off a special version of its new Mirai saloon this week to celebrate Back to the Future day. The Japanese carmaker’s take on the time-travelling DeLorean from the popular movie series has the trademark gull-wing doors and the same, bare-metal bodywork seen in the Hollywood film. Read More...
AmEx just made its first bitcoin investment
Credit card companies and banks are getting serious—or at least more curious—about the potential of bitcoin, making an increasing number of investments in startups involved with the digital currency. American Express late last week confirmed it participated in a $12 million Series A Read More...
Oil industry reports massive job losses, and renewables see record job hiring
While the oil and gas industry is experiencing the biggest round of job losses in almost 20 years, renewables account for a record job hiring. Employment in solar, wind and hydro energy jumped 18 percent last year to 7.7 million jobs globally, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. Read More...
Think before you eat. Why mindfulness can help you lose weight
Hunters and gatherers had no need to worry about obesity. The theory is that they would eat as much as they could since they couldn't be sure when the next supper was. This is a problem in our times, because there is plenty of food now, but our brains are not used to the situation yet. They keep Read More...
Venture capitalists are starting to invest in nuclear fusion
If we could get close enough to the sun to see what happens inside its core, we'd see atoms of hydrogen joining together—we call it "fusing"—to make atoms of helium, releasing huge amounts of energy in the process. How we would love to be able to copy this process of fusion, to create an Read More...
Eye-scanning ATMs could secure your money better
A new technology could eliminate the sometimes nervy process of withdrawing money from the ATM. Citigroup has begun testing its own kind of money machine that has no screen or PIN pad, and that allows customers to withdraw money by scanning their eyes. First, customers would use the bank’s mobile Read More...
Reconnect with yourself by completing these sentences
Life isn’t easy to enjoy and can feel unfulfilling if you aren’t in touch with yourself. And even if you do want to reconnect with yourself, where do you begin doing so? Sometimes the best way to begin is to ask some questions of yourself, so to help you reconnect, here’s a variety of Read More...
How to approach life mindfully, according to Sherlock Holmes
Peter Bevelin’s first book, Seeking Wisdom from Darwin to Munger, is a one of the best books you’ve never heard of. He’s just released another book, A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes (Kindle), aimed at those who want to improve their thinking. I’m a big fan of Sherlock Holmes, and Peter is Read More...