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This 3-wheeled, super-efficient car just got a $33 million boost from crowd investors
The Elio is an interesting, affordable vehicle that has attracted legions of enthusiastic supporters before its release. A few years ago, it's hard to imagine a vehicle like the Elio would have gotten on the road, let alone attract so much interest from customers and investors. The three-wheeled Read More...
How modern agriculture can save the gorillas of Virunga
Intensifying agriculture and urbanization is the best way to save what wild places remain For the villager, who asks to be identified only as Bernadette, life is a running battle. On tiny plots of corn, millet and sweet potatoes next to Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Read More...
First self-driving 'pod' unleashed on Britain's roads
The first of three "pod" vehicles has been unveiled in Milton Keynes, as part of a project to trial driverless vehicles in pedestrianised areas. The electric-powered LUTZ Pathfinder pod was presented to commuters and other members of the public outside Milton Keynes Central train station on Read More...
In Boston, a mobile food truck serves food deserts
Low-income communities can’t derive a lot of benefits from nutrition education if there aren’t any grocery stores in the area selling healthy food. But starting and running a supermarket is a capital intensive, low-margin business. The solution: mobile food markets that travel to Read More...
New greenhouse can save farmers in Middle East 90 per cent on water
A greenhouse using water evaporated from plants to cool the crops could lead to farmers using 90 per cent less of the precious resource. Unveiled on Monday by Dubai’s International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture, the system would mean enormous savings for a country in which 56 per cent of Read More...
This self-filling water bottle mimics a desert beetle
A US startup is developing a self-filling water bottle that sucks moisture from the atmosphere to create condensation, in the same way the humble Namib desert beetle does. The beetle, endemic to Africa’s Namib desert—where there is just 1.3cm of rainfall a year—has inspired a fair Read More...
Mercedes eyes driverless on-demand limousine service as potential market
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz sees business potential in offering on-demand limousine services using driverless cars, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said, in what amounts to a direct challenge to Uber. Germany's oldest carmaker is considering setting up large fleets of autonomous cars to Read More...
How vitamin D affects Alzheimer’s risk
Vitamin D is a controversial topic among doctors, mainly because studies about its health effects have been so conflicting. While vitamin D is critical for many body systems, including bones and the brain, recent studies that have tested these assumptions haven’t been reassuring. In March, Read More...
The amazing significance of what a mother-to-be eats
New research reveals the extraordinary impact that your mother's diet at the time of your conception has on the rest of your life, writes Michael Mosley. A couple of months ago, I found myself in a small village in Keneba, in The Gambia, chatting to a perky 90-year-old, Karamo Touray, surrounded by Read More...
North Sea carbon storage scheme gets support
The British government said Monday it was ready to sign off on a North Sea carbon capture and storage program for a Scottish power station. Royal Dutch Shell is proposing, with strategic assistance from British energy company SEE, to capture the carbon dioxide emitted from an Aberdeen power station Read More...