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Inspired by Nature
Researchers are borrowing designs from the natural world to advance biomedicine. When biomedical engineer Jeff Karp has questions, he looks to animals for answers. In 2009, Karp gathered his team at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston to brainstorm novel ways to capture Read More...
Obama's sweeping climate plan would catapult our use of renewable energy
The Clean Power Plan, which the White House is rolling out on Monday, is the central pillar in the Obama administration's multi-pronged strategy to address manmade global warming. The suite of EPA regulations, all resting on the agency's authority under the Clean Air Act, will affect all existing Read More...
New gadget enables on-demand solar energy, without installing panels
If you want to use solar power, but can't install solar panels, the new SunPort gadget aims to make going solar easy and affordable. Although residential solar is getting cheaper and cheaper all the time, it's not for everyone, yet choosing renewable energy doesn't always have to require a huge Read More...
Study Suggests Uber Reduces DUI Deaths
You can have your own argument about Uber’s value as an industry-changing technology (just please don’t torch anyone’s car in the process). But one recent study looked at a particular effect of Uber: namely, when it started in California, did it reduce drinking and driving deaths? The Read More...
Study: Meditation Can Help Reduce Self-Critical Behavior
Perfectionism can have its benefits--motivation and setting high standards for your work-life--but it can also have negative side effects like heightened levels of stress and anxiety.Even worse, self-critical perfectionism, which is linked to psychological conditions like eating disorders and Read More...
Happiness comes from intention, not luck
We do not expect to hit life milestones—getting a promotion, raising a child, running a marathon—without a fair bit of gumption and at least a tentative game plan. But we often fail to put the same amount of effort or planning into less tangible goals—even important ones, like Read More...
The Soil Story: how to take carbon out of the atmosphere and put it back in the ground
The Soil Story, created by Kiss the Ground, is a five-minute film that shares the importance of healthy soil for a healthy planet. Learn how we can "sequester"(store) carbon from our atmosphere, where it is harmful, and pull it back into the earth, where it belongs, through regenerative Read More...
Engineers invent way for cars to harvest energy from bumps in the road
The 255 million cars on the road in the United States account for 40 percent of the country's fuel consumption. Most of that fuel is wasted. Lei Zuo, an associate professor of mechanical engineering in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, may have a partial solution: harvesting energy from the Read More...
This web game shows you why self-driving cars are better
You've probably heard that self-driving cars are safer than their human-guided equivalents (as a general rule, at least). But what if you have a hard time wrapping your head around how that concept works in practice? Never fear: developers Mark Backler and Peter Cardwell-Gardner have posted a web Read More...
National Highway Traffic Safety Admin Endorses Self-Driving Cars
Mark Rosekind, the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wants you to know the government approves of self-driving cars. The government is backing the technology needed for the emerging technology, not hoping to block it from developing, according to recent statements Read More...