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Insects can contribute to food security
Insects are going to have a major contribution to food and feed security says Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, senior fellow at Bengaluru based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). Insects comprise at least 85% of biodiversity and play the most important roles in the Read More...
Kickstarting college: Students use crowdfunding to help pay for school
Crowdfunding campaigns for tuition, textbooks, and other college-related costs are growing in popularity. But is it a sustainable solution when a student’s financial aid package is not enough? When Abigail Covington, a recent high school graduate from Washington, D.C., got accepted into Read More...
Innovation is blooming at water-wise urban farms
As California moves through its fourth summer of drought, cutting back on water use means shorter showers, fuller dishwashers and drier lawns for most people living in urban areas. But for small farms nestled between city streets, saving water means recycling it — and finding new ways to keep Read More...
Something's Fishy In Brooklyn: Verticulture Wants To Raise Tilapia On A Rooftop Near You
Imagine you’re buying fish for dinner. You choose a tilapia that’s so fresh it was swimming around that same day – on a rooftop in your own neighborhood. And the herbs and veggies you purchase to cook with it came from that same rooftop farm, also within hours of harvest. Read More...
Japanese engineer develops world's first 'car in a bag'
Pocket-sized personal transporters could soon be seen on the streets of Tokyo. A Japanese engineer has developed a portable transporter small enough to be carried in a backpack that he says is the world's first 'car in a bag'. Twenty-six-year-old Kuniako Sato and his team at Cocoa Motors recently Read More...
Former F1 champion Villeneuve goes electric
Former Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve is coming out of retirement to compete in the Formula E championship next season. The 44-year-old became the only Canadian to land the F1 title in 1997. The winner of 11 grand prix he moved on to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hour and had a spell in Read More...
Nano-sized 'yolks' should lead to longer-lasting batteries
Those eggs you might have had for breakfast? They're not just food -- they may be the key to longer-running batteries in your devices. Scientists at MIT and Tsinghua University have developed a nanoparticle battery electrode whose egg-like design is built to last. Their invention, which houses a Read More...
More and more companies are sponsoring volunteering by their employees
Feeling that we are making progress in meaningful work is core to being higher-performing and happier, according The Progress Principle coauthor Teresa Amabile. Not surprisingly, companies and employees that take that same stance in volunteer work are able to grow faster. One way to optimize that Read More...
How Driverless Cabs Could Reduce Urban Traffic
A huge amount of urban traffic comes from cars circling for available parking. Robot fleets could change all that. Traffic jams aren’t exactly Zen. People are anxious about getting somewhere else instead of being happy about where they are. To make matters more frustrating: In many cases, the Read More...
The sharing economy beats Paris luxury hotels
The Paris region offers 50,000 Airbnb listings—nowhere in the world is more accommodation available on the home-sharing website. Airbnb offers between 380 and 400 Paris properties at over 500 euros a night. Of those, about 40 charge over 1,000 euros ($1,090). And that poses an increasing problem Read More...