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Energy storage: the missing link of solar energy adoption
With solar panels on your roof you can generate your own energy. However most of that energy you won’t use yourself. The sun shines during the day when most people are at work. Their solar systems produce energy that’s exported back to the grid. Home energy storage systems allow people to use Read More...
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal will donate all of his wealth of $32 billion to charity
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is one of the richest people in the world. He surprisingly announced last week that he will donate all of his wealth of $32 billion to charity over the coming years. The money will go to his own organization called Alwaleed Philanthropies. A statement on Read More...
A smokeless cookstove tries to counter millions of annual deaths from cooking with open fire
Throughout the developing world, people cook or heat by openly burning stuff, such as wood, animal dung or charcoal. Breathing in the smoke leads to severe health problems, with 4.3 million people dying a year, which is more than die of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Gathering wood, Read More...
This solar-powered plane just flew across the Pacific, without refueling
The Solar Impulse 2—a very innovative solar-powered airplane—has completed a historic flight from Japan to Hawaii without using one drop of fuel. The aircraft has been in the air for 118 hours, and flew more than 5100 miles. The distance covered and the time spent in the air are records for Read More...
What the Inside Out movie can teach us about sadness
There's a lot we can learn from the fantastic new Pixar movie Inside Out, set in the mind of an 11-year-old girl where five personified emotions (Joy, Anger, Fear, Sadness, and Disgust) try to guide her through life. Two internationally renowned experts on positive emotions, part of the film's team Read More...
Top multinationals pledge to halve food waste by 2025
The top food and drink companies of the world have promised to halve the food they waste by 2025. Multinationals like Unilever, Pepsico and General Mills made this promise at the global summit of the Consumer Goods Forum, a network of about 400 companies in the consumer goods industry. The Forum Read More...
Mindfulness might be a way to reduce police violence
Police violence has been generating a lot of headlines in the past few months. Recent cases of police brutality and misconducts are causing police departments across the country to debate whether they need to change procedures and training. In the midst of all this, police officers at the police Read More...
Napping during office hours boosts productivity
A growing body of evidence suggests that employers should seriously consider to install nap rooms in their offices. A new University of Michigan study finds that taking a nap may be an effective strategy to counteract impulsive behavior and to boost tolerance for frustration. The researchers Read More...
London improves cycling network, tests traffic lights that stay green until all the cyclists have crossed the road
Huge improvements have been made to London's cycling network over the last few years, with more cycle lanes and driver awareness campaigns. And while cycling becomes safer and easier, the number of London residents cycling to work has more than doubled in the last 10 years. Now that the number of Read More...
Shop more often, buy less food
We started this Daily with news about multinationals trying to reduce food waste, we end it with news about what you as a consumer could do to reduce food waste at home. Victoria Ligon, from the University of Arizona, has been looking into this question. She tracked shopping and food preparation Read More...