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5 tips for creative success
The creative process is nothing terribly glamorous. It’s about routine, painstaking time-consuming attention to detail, knowing when to give up, and the like. But that’s also what makes it so accessible. Genius has a lot less to do with creative success than the humble and patient surrender to Read More...
DNA-altering protein programs pancreatic cancer cells into healthy cells
Positive news about cancer cures are not exactly a dime a dozen. This one definitely got our attention: researchers in America have been able to program pancreatic cancer cells back into normal cells by introducing a protein that bonds with particular DNA sequences. E47 can essentially control Read More...
French government study: 100% renewable power mix is economically attractive
France has long taken pride in its low-carbon intensive energy sector, which relies on nuclear power by up to 75% and natural gas. As the aging infrastructure requires upgrading, the decision to allocate future investments leaves much room for heated debate. Now, a controversial report from ADEME Read More...
Vienna's boutique hotel offers view over refugees’ lives
The plight of thousands of people drowning in the Mediterranean in a desperate attempt to find asylum in Europe is currently on everybody’s mind. While the European Union is struggling to find the delicate balance between providing humanitarian aid to populations fleeing hell while not appearing Read More...
US judge briefly extends human rights to chimpanzees
The cause of animal rights may be moving forward. Activists were given a historic victory yesterday when a judge at the New York Supreme Court of Justice briefly decreed that chimpanzees held at Stony Brook University for research purposes are covered by a writ of habeas corpus, effectively Read More...
How home gardeners can eliminate food waste and provide for those in need
Gardeners are a happier bunch than the average population, according to Gardeners' World magazine. Explanations abound, such as connecting with nature, spending quiet time contemplating soil and plants, and growing flowers or food for the enjoyment of oneself and one’s loved ones. How about Read More...
When creative thinking wins over a repressive government
How do you fight a massive dam project that would destroy ecosystems and ruin whole communities, when you live under a brutal regime like Myanmar’s? You allow your anger to embolden you, you take little steps, and you use offline storytelling and communication tools and strategies such as art. Read More...
Lima is relying on an ancient civilization’s technology to alleviate drought
With its 9 million inhabitants, the city of Lima, Peru, is exposed to water shortages during its seven-month long dry season. Rather than building a desalination plant, the city's water utility company, Sedapal, is to invest in conservation projects to keep the rivers flowing more reliably Read More...
Pee-power toilet to improve safety for women in disaster areas
Oxfam’s technology challenge to the University of the West of England in Bristol is about to pay off. The global aid agency has been looking for a technology to turn pee into power in order to light toilets and bathrooms in refugee camps and other places, in order to improve safety for women. Read More...
Community labor creates an oasis in the Ethiopian desert
Moving mountains is not just a biblical image when political will is present and the community rallies around a common goal. Some 20 years after a severe drought and political turmoil caused a devastating famine that claimed more than a million victims in Ethiopia, a village has successfully Read More...