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Startup is building a 3D-printed car which will require far less material and energy
Cars may be running more and more on cleaner energy sources like battery power and fuel cells, but some say the manufacturing is dirtier than ever. Divergent Microfactories is trying to change that by building what it has labelled "the world's first 3D-printed supercar." Founder Kevin Czinger Read More...
American Muslims are raising money to rebuild burned churches, giving support to Christian communities
A group of American Muslims started a crowdfunding campaign to help raise money for eight African-American Christian communities in the United States. In the past weeks, in the wake of what happened in Charleston, the church buildings of these communities burned down. Three are believed to arson; Read More...
The many benefits of a camping trip
"Is that weird, taking my Louis Vuitton bag camping?" Fashionista or not—the quote is from reality tv personality and singer Jessica Simpson—camping is good for you. It has a lot of benefits. For one, there are no reality TV shows around. But besides that, there are other perks. Like this Read More...
EU parliament backs reform of carbon market
The European Union in 2005 decided to put a cap on CO2 emitted by more than 11,000 large factories, power plants and other companies. Within the cap, companies receive or buy emission allowances which they can trade with one another. Back then, it was widely considered a key tool in combatting Read More...
Scientists take a significant step towards treating some forms of deafness
We all have tiny hairs inside of our ears, and these hairs are doing important work: they convert sounds into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain. If these hairs are not doing what they need to do, deafness is the result, and this problem is behind roughly half of cases of Read More...
Plants need probiotics too—and the world becomes a better place
We should know it by now—bacteria are good for us. In fact, research increasingly shows that we need them to improve digestion and prevent degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. But just as humans can benefit from the good bacteria of probiotics, plants can benefit from Read More...
Berlin has found a way to avoid the big, expensive sewer system
We recycle newspaper, bottles and cans. So why aren't we recycling our own water? Instead, the water we use goes down the drain. But sewer systems are big, centralized systems that are expensive to maintain. So German wastewater engineer Erwin Nolde has come up with an alternative, which he's now Read More...
If you sit at a desk too much, here are 6 easy yoga poses
Sitting comes with health hazards. It's been associated with higher risks for heart attack, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. So if you're sitting at a desk all day, make sure to get out. A stroll would be nice, of course, but yoga offers all kinds of exercises that are a welcome way to also give your Read More...
Escaping poverty: Making it easier for slum-dwellers to own their land or home
Many millions of people are kept in poverty as their homes aren't registered. As they lack "property rights," they may be evicted any time. That's why banks won't serve them, and why they may be expelled from governmental social services. As Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has shown, it takes Read More...
Solar power is mostly for the rich. Here’s how Obama wants to change that.
So far, solar energy is a toy for the affluent. The George Washington University Solar Institute reported earlier this year that of the some 645,000 U.S. homes and businesses with rooftop solar panels, no more than 5 percent were households earning less than $40,000 a year. On Tuesday, the Obama Read More...