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How foreign experiences stimulate the brain and foster creativity
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind,” Roman philosopher Seneca famously wrote. Two thousand years later, scientists are able to prove him right. A recent study published in the Academy of Management Journal establishes a direct correlation between travel and creativity. Read More...
India’s Prime Minister launches first national air pollution index
Thirteen of the dirtiest 20 cities worldwide are in India, with New Delhi holding the undesirable title of the world’s most polluted city, according to the most recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO). Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged this much this week, and even urged his Read More...
Nobel Peace Prize female recipients collaborate to advance peace and women's rights
Only 16 women received the Nobel Peace Prize over its 110-year history. Nine of them have banded together to create Nobel Women’s Initiative, a project conceived by Jody Williams from the U.S., Shirin Ebadi from Iran, and the late Wangari Maathai from Kenya. They figured that using the power Read More...
Teaching older brains new tricks to improve vision
Contrast sensitivity is a major area of eyesight deterioration in old age. It’s a leading cause of accidents among seniors, be it stumbling on the stairs or swerving at the wheel. With just five 90-minute sessions of behavioral training designed to affect brain structure, scientists were able to Read More...
Growing a heart is becoming a possibility after medical research breakthrough
Salamanders and zebrafish have something humans can only wish for: the ability of their heart muscle cells to regenerate on demand. While those animals can regrow their injured body parts, sufferers of heart attack are left to make do with a damaged organ. Scientists in Israel and Australia Read More...
Eliminating food waste takes some fun creativity—and a lot of mindfulness
It is no mystery that about 40% of food in America gets wasted. To put things in perspective, a third of the food produced globally gets spoiled or squandered before it even reaches consumers, according to the FAO’s conservative estimates. Taking this point even further, let’s stress here that Read More...
New federal dietary guidelines take aim at meat for environmental reasons
Livestock contributes 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. It also causes land degradation, and is a remarkably ineffective way of producing calories in a world plagued by increasingly severe droughts: it takes about 2,5000 gallons of Read More...
The City of Lights intends to become the 'World Capital of Cycling'
In the days following the second particle-pollution alert for the second consecutive year, Paris announced its Plan Vélo 2015-2020. The city is to invest 150 million euros to double bike lanes from 700 to 1,400 km, providing parking spaces for an extra 10,000 bikes, and even subsidizing the Read More...
AT&T New York calls on developers to create apps for people with disabilities
This July 26, on the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, people living with disabilities in New York City will most likely have something tangible to celebrate: innovative applications created by developers at the urging of AT&T in a partnership with NYU's Assistive Read More...
Web platform Dynamo helps freelance workers organize
With 53 million Americans working as freelancers, it was only a matter of time before social-media style platforms would emerge to help organize this fluid and nimble workforce seemingly devoid of bargaining power with employers. A team of Stanford researchers took the first shot at creating one. Read More...