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Sleep almost doubles chances to remember something you've forgotten
We already knew that sleep boosts our memory, but a new study found that there's even more to it: sleep sharpens memories overnight. According to researchers at the British University of Exeter, sleep doubles chances of remembering previously forgotten information. The researchers asked a group of Read More...
Hillary Clinton wants half a billion solar panels for the US to combat climate change
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has announced goals to combat climate change, and they're ambitious. She pledges to install 500 million solar panels by 2021, if voted president. Her campaign team said these goals would lead to a 700% increase in the current solar capacity. She Read More...
Give it one glass of salty water, and this lamp gives you light for 8 hours
This lamp runs on water and salt. And it can bring a lot of light to the rural communities of the Philippines, often not connected to the power grid. (This is not so strange by the way, knowing that the country is spread over more than 7000 islands.) Lipa Aisa Mijeno, an entrepreneur from the Read More...
Help the bees, plant these flowers in your garden and encourage pollination
We often read stories about how our world is becoming a worse place to live for the honeybee, an important animal for the health of our planet. Bees are responsible for pollinating about one-sixth of the flowering plant species worldwide and approximately 400 different agricultural types of Read More...
A solution to the refugee crisis: Create a new country
The number of refugees in the world is growing, now at an all-time high of nearly 60 million people. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has a radical idea: Let’s create a new country for all these people. He suggests using one of the world’s less inhabited islands or a newly built island. Other Read More...
Levi's inspires us to recycle old clothing and shoes
Americans send about 24 billion pounds of unwanted clothing, shoes, and other textiles to landfills each year. That's a staggering amount of waste, considering that an estimated 95% of those textiles could be recycled, if only there were simple, easy, and widespread ways for consumers to do so. Read More...
Peppermint and cinnamon are effective wound healers and even beat “super bugs”
More and more bugs get resistant to all current antibiotics. That’s a scary perspective given the lives antibiotics have saved. A new study shows that natural treatments—like peppermint and cinnamon—can be as effective as antibiotics when it comes to cleaning bad wounds. And they can even Read More...
Turning beer into biofuel
If coffee beans can be used for green energy, why not beer? That's what New Zealand-based DB Export Brewtroleum is doing. Biofuel made of its natural beer waste is available at Gull pumps across the country. The biofuel is made by distilling the leftover yeast to create 95 percent pure ethanol. Read More...
Tips for a healthy lunch
Yes, you got it: tips for a healthy lunch, from the best expert you can wish for, Dr. Andrew Weil. The leading pioneer in alternative and complementary health comes up with 6 easy, affordable ideas for your grocery Read More...
Algae: the eco-friendly alternative for livestock feed
Corn is mostly genetically modified, needs to be highly processed and is a cause for allergies in people. Thankfully, algae could replace corn as feed for cattle and other livestock. A study published in the Journal of Animal Science shows that algae—microorganisms that can grow in a variety of Read More...