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Mexican Coffee Chain Begins Accepting Bitcoin At University Coffee Shop
In response to customer requests, one of Mexico’s largest coffee shop chains has begun accepting bitcoin at a university coffee shop. The Café Punta del Cielo coffee shop at the Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP) has begun accepting bitcoin payments through Bitso, a Read More...
Fashion chain H&M offers $1m recycling prize for reusable clothing
Swedish firm Hennes & Mauritz reacts to critics of ‘throwaway culture’ by encouraging ideas for recycling fibre Monday 24 August 2015 22.38 EDT Last modified on Monday 24 August 2015 23.07 EDT Hennes & Mauritz, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, is Read More...
How a new father's brain changes
The birth of a child leaves its mark on the brain. Most investigations of these changes have focused on mothers, but scientists have recently begun looking more closely at fathers. Neural circuits that support parental behaviors appear more robust in moms a few weeks after the baby is born, whereas Read More...
Canadian scientists are tackling climate change, one air-sucking wall at a time.
Think of it as a giant, high-tech, carbon-dioxide-sucking Lego wall. …They’re a thing. We love them. We also know they’re hard to come by on the Internet. That’s why we have a team of fact-checkers double-checking everything we post, with standards that meet or exceed anyone else on the Read More...
Hankering for cheese? Still stuck on steak? Time for a little vegan support.
When you’re trying to eliminate milk and dairy from your diet to become a vegan, the usual metaphor for quitting becomes problematic, to say the least. “Cold Tofurky,” says Jane Velez-Mitchell, gently correcting a reporter’s misstep. Cold Tofurky isn’t easy. Read More...
White House aims to boost homeowner renewable energy use
The White House on Monday expanded its push for greater renewable energy adoption, announcing fresh financial incentives for solar panels, smart grid technology and other alternative energies for homeowners and builders. President Barack Obama will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada later on Monday to Read More...
Hydrogen-powered iPhone 6 lasts a week without recharging
British company Intelligent Energy is reportedly working with Apple to create a hydrogen fuel cell system that could keep an iPhone 6 charged for a whole week. A British company thought to be working closely with Apple has created a hydrogen fuel cell for an iPhone 6 that allows the device to go a Read More...
This Tesla alum’s all-electric buses could already be in your city
It has the fastest 0-20mph acceleration ever recorded in its class. It can go 200 miles on a single charge. It can recharge in as little as ten minutes. No, it’s not the latest cutting-edge electric sedan. It’s a forty-foot bus. When it tested at the Altoona Bus Research and Testing Read More...
Nike proves that cleaning up your act is smart business
In a literal sense, sustainability is about being able to maintain performance over a long period. More commonly it refers to how environmentally sound a business is. But more and more, the two are inseparable—and the apparel and footwear industries are taking notice. While they’re Read More...
Stanford Joins NYU and Duke in Offering Bitcoin Course
Stanford is joining NYU and Duke University in offering a course on bitcoin – kicking off with a free security webinar tomorrow. The college's new course, Crypto Currencies: Bitcoin and Friends, launches on 21st September. Besides Stanford students, it will be open to professionals Read More...