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3 Nature-Inspired Designs To Make Our Food Systems More Sustainable
Nature's been doing it right since the beginning of time. We're starting to learn how to copy it. Long before Silicon Valley, startup accelerators, and skunkworks, nature was churning out one innovation after another. Despite all the ingenuity of humans, natural systems still provide templates for Read More...
One glass of wine a day will be beneficial for people with diabetes
Here’s a treatment that people living with type 2 diabetes will actually enjoy: wine. A new study suggests that a glass of wine every day can improve cardiac health, help manage cholesterol and foster better sleep. A glass a day (just one!) with dinner can help improve glucose control, making Read More...
Increase your mind power with these 7 techniques
Open your mind and realize all the possibilities that disclosed to you. There is no end to the debate about intelligence, cognition, and mental capacity. Educators, psychologists, and neuroscientists all define these terms differently, and discuss what truly makes a “smart” or “intelligent” Read More...
8 morning rituals of the most successful people
The day begins with the morning, and how well you utilize your morning decides how well you utilize your day. The morning habits of successful people vary from one person to another, but a few common and helpful habits emerge: They:1. Wake up early.2. Decide and review what to do for the day.3. Read More...
How the UN can help women make more peace
Ed note. This is an op-ed by the executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, We have recently celebrated the peace deal struck between the Government in Colombia and the main guerrilla group. The deal reached on justice issues represents the clearest sign yet of a possible end to Read More...
An MIT scientist has invented a way to turn pollution into printer ink
Anirudh Sharma doesn't just want to pull harmful carbon from the air. He wants to offer a cheaper alternative to the exorbitant costs of ordinary printer ink. Sharma recently invented "Kaala," a device that can gobble up harmful pollutants and instantly repurpose them, with a little help from Read More...
From toys to turbines: Lego branches out into wind energy
Danish toy manufacturer Lego has inaugurated a wind farm off the coast of Germany. In an interview with DW, Lego’s CEO talks about the company’s efforts to run off 100 percent renewable energy – and otherwise go green. On Friday (09.10.2015), the Lego Group – together with Read More...
India to promote use of solar energy
Hundreds of villages in rural India are using clean energy powered by the sun. This month, 61 households in the village of Baripatha in eastern India were given two solar lamps. Villagers had been using kerosene lamps at night. Kerosene produces pollution and can lead to fires. The Indian Read More...
Could Tesla's Model X drive us towards electric cars for all?
The launch of Tesla's long-awaited Model X electric car has received the sort of adulation that we've come to expect of new products from Apple. The Model X is a SUV with gull-wing doors – as made famous by the DeLorean from the film "Back to the Future" – giving it the appearance of a Read More...
This is how a new crop of companies are trying to reinvent banking
Financial technology, better known as fintech, has exploded over the last 5 years. The rate of investment is growing by 45% annually and $13.7 billion was ploughed into startups in the space in the last year alone, according to CB Insights. As investment booms, finance and banking are being Read More...