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Want a bike path? Pay for it yourself
Your friends ask you to fund their marathon training, their home renovations, even their potato salad. Why not crowdfund something you'd actually use, such as a bike path or a public park? That's what a growing number of startups are helping people do, as communities with a goal look for sources Read More...
Only around 8% of conventional drugs have been proven to be effective
Most mainstream drugs don’t work. Since the US tightened up regulations for clinical medical trials in 2000, only 8 per cent of trials has returned positive results, according to researchers from Oregon State University. Although their analysis covered drugs and treatments only for heart disease, Read More...
"Socratic questioning" helps people with depression to think more positively
People who are depressed often get stuck in negative ways of thinking. A technique called "Socratic questioning" can help them to look at life more positively. The technique consists of a series of guided questions in which the therapist asks a patient to consider new perspectives on themselves Read More...
A shower head that saves 70% water and gets celebrity funding
“When Nebia woos investors, it invites them to take a shower.” Good line from The New York Times. The start-up says that its revolutionary shower head uses six gallons for an average shower compared to the usual 20 gallons. And, according to reports from users who have tested the shower, the Read More...
This Harvard professor is really, really serious about fighting corruption
What’s left of democracy if it’s something you can buy when you have the wealth of someone like, say, Donald Trump? To make citizens the central pillar of the political system in the U.S., campaign finance reform is essential. Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig has been addressing this issue for Read More...
Tourists in Amsterdam can get a free ride on the back of locals’ bike
Tourists in Amsterdam can’t stop being amazed at the sheer number of bikes. A new initiative is now inviting them to adopt a Dutch custom and hop on the luggage rack for a ride. To take part, keep your eyes out for so-called Backie drivers, whom you can recognize by their bright yellow luggage Read More...
Kids with cancer get futuristic chance at saving fertility
Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She's also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday. To battle infertility sometimes caused by cancer treatment, some children's hospitals are trying a futuristic approach: removing Read More...
The shower of the future recycles its own water and heat
Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) Design / Sustainable Product Design August 11, 2015 TreeHugger is covering the INDEX: Design to Improve Life awards at the end of August; this post covers one of the 46 finalists chosen from 1,123 entries. Pour yourself a glass of Tang and think of all the great things Read More...
Transcendental meditation is going corporate. Here's why that's a good thing.
Thanks to the continued research touting its advantages, meditation has hit the mainstream. More and more people are willing to give it a try, often despite a measure of initial skepticism. Nowhere is that more true than in the workplace, where everyone from C-suite executives to entry-level Read More...
Luxury car maker Fisker to build cars in Southern California
Fisker Automotive is back in business. The luxury car maker has signed a lease for a 550,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Moreno Valley. In this 2012 photo, reporters gather around a Fisker Karma during the Los Angeles Auto Show. Fisker Automotive is back in business. The luxury car maker Read More...