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For most men doing nothing is the best treatment for prostate cancer
Most men with prostate cancer are better off by avoiding treatment, a new study suggests. Most prostate cancers are low-risk that will probably not be killers, and yet almost every new diagnosis triggers surgery or radiation, which often results in erectile dysfunction or incontinence. Up to 40 Read More...
Get ready for the ultimate slow space tourism experience
Space travel doesn't need to involve a rocket. All you need is a balloon. Get ready for the first tourist operators offering to take you to the stratosphere, sooner than you think. Just like the first photos from the Earth, taken from outer space, created a consciousness to take care of our planet, Read More...
Attaching bird houses to sign posts will make the city friendlier to birds
Birds have come to avoid cities. They crash into skyscrapers or get lost because of the bright lights at night. But there's something we can do to make them feel more at ease: put up bird houses to sign posts. Nest Project, based in London, aims to help out the birds while making urbanites aware Read More...
Yeloha: Go solar on someone else’s roof
If you can turn your home into a hotel through renting it (Airbnb), you should be able to rent your energy generation capacity as well. What if you want to power your home with solar energy but your house catches mostly shade? You might work out a relationship with someone else who has solar, using Read More...
Food powder made from expired produce may help end world hunger
Taking dumpster diving to the next level. That's the idea of a group of international masters students who created FoPo Food Powder, a company that collects cheap and near-expired produce and spray dries it into a powder, extending its shelf life for two years. This is an innovative solution to Read More...
Why Japanese golf courses are turned into solar energy farms
Japan is known for its expensive, upper-crust golf clubs. But golf participation is down more than 40 percent from its high in the early 1990s. Now, the country is facing a severe over-development of golf courses. One solution: turning them into solar power plants. And so the multinational Kyocera Read More...
First plant-based culinary academy in Asia offers courses for preparing healthy and nutritious foods
With the overwhelming health and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet, there’s a growing need for education. Vegan chef Matthew Kenney is opening Asia’s first-ever plant-based culinary academy. The academy offers month-long courses. The curriculum is based on the use of whole, organic, Read More...
Diversify your diet and improve your gut health
To function optimally, our microbiome needs a diverse diet. However, modern agriculture has contributed to a loss of diversity, with about 75 percent of the world's population consuming only five animal species and 12 plant species. Of those 12, rice, maize and wheat contribute 60 percent of all Read More...
Self-driving cars won’t violate traffic rules; that’s a problem for cities
We have written before that the self-driven electric car will deeply transform transportation as we know it. But there are interesting side-effects that will not be good for everyone. Think about cities and states that depend on traffic fines for their revenue. Once the car is in charge, it’s a Read More...
Business opportunity: remove carbon from the air. Who wants to pay for it?
The problem of too much CO2 in the air is an interesting challenge for innovative businesses. There’s no more effective force to solve problems than business. So more and more startups are placing bold bets on technology designed to directly capture the greenhouse gas. Their technologies work. Read More...