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Wind kites show potential as cheap and efficient way to generate energy from the skies
Wind turbines are great, but it's also expensive to put the machines where they generate most energy: offshore, where they can make use of the strong, consistent winds that are found over the oceans and seas. This is why several teams around the world are currently looking at replacing the turbine Read More...
Netflix and other new companies offer substantial maternity and paternity leave
Young parents in the United States often struggle with combining work and care for their newborn babies. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 currently provides employees at companies of a certain size 12 weeks of unpaid leave. But large and new companies are taking a progressive view on this, Read More...
Drones help improve the process of medical testing in remote places
Your blood can now be safely flown back and forth from the lab in medical drones, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS . Through a series of 40-minute test flights in a drone, researchers demonstrated that fragile blood samples remained safe—despite bumpy, unpredictable takeoffs Read More...
Transport giant UPS invests in renewable fuels for its fleet
The international shipping company UPS plans to buy up to 46 million gallons of renewable diesel fuel during the next three years, to be able to replace 12 percent of the fossil fuels the company currently uses. UPS plans to get these fuels from three producers, and they are made from several Read More...
A chili pepper a day keeps the doctor away?
Eating spicy food frequently is linked to a lower risk of death, according to a large Chinese study published this week in the BMJ journal. The study involved 487,375 people aged 30 to 79 across China. According to the researchers, it is possible that that spicy foods and and their active Read More...
UN member states agree on sustainable development goals, aim to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty
What if the world would manage to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty, to ensure healthy lives for all and to reduce inequality within and between states? Yes, the world would be a better place. After months of negotiations, the 193 member states of the United Nations now agreed on an agenda Read More...
Researchers successfully growing bacteria producing ethylene, most important plastic ingredient
Imagine bacteria eating sunlight, and using this "energy" to produce the natural plant gas ethylene, the most important ingredient of plastic and polyester. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are succesfully growing these bacteria. It would be a great step forward for Read More...
Mobile brain-training game improves the cognitive function of people with schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia often find studying and work difficult. The disease affects the way someone behaves, thinks, and sees the world, but next to this, it also leads to other cognitive impairments. People with schizophrenia are often forgetful and unable to concentrate. A new mobile Read More...
Sri Lanka is thinking about trying Google's balloons to get country-wide internet coverage
Google has been working on bringing Wi-Fi to hard-to-reach areas by sending giant floating balloons into the air. And the latest news is that Sri Lanka is investigating using Google's balloons to cover the country with internet access. Currently, 1 in 5 residents in Sri Lanka have internet access Read More...
Put on your silly hat, and teach your toddler important life skills
Just in case you need one more excuse to put on your silly hat: Joking around and playing pretend can teach toddlers important life skills, new research reveals. The study shows that children as young as 16 months old naturally learn the difference between joking and pretending by picking up on Read More...