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The Vatican will shower and shave the homeless
The Vatican is nearly done with a new public restroom designed for use by the homeless. Homeless are often shunned because of their smell and appearance, the Vatican is looking to help them by providing public showers six-days a week, and free hair cuts and shaves from volunteer barbers on Mondays. Read More...
Language shows humans are intrinsically optimistic
A recent study found that no matter what language(s) you speak, the most frequent words you use are positive. The study conducted by Australian researchers looked at 10 different languages, analyzed over five million human assessments, and had participants rank the positivity of various words from Read More...
Unemployment down throughout the world
Last week we reported that the percentage of unemployed in the US is at its lowest point since the 2008 financial crisis. Now a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a group that promotes social well being for people around the world with 34 ember Read More...
Bacteria creates fuel from sunlight
Scientists from Harvard University have created a system, dubbed the ‘bionic leaf’, that splits water molecules into its base hydrogen and oxygen atoms, then uses bacteria to create a liquid fuel, called isopropanol, a versatile fuel that can be used as a propellant. The way it works it after a Read More...
Elon Musk wants to build an Internet for outer space
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is planning to build a space Internet with speeds that will rival fiber optics and connect millions without Internet connectivity. The space Internet would be a collection of satellites that orbit 750 miles from earth, much closer than the usually 22,000 Read More...
Traits found in every optimist
Yes, the languages we speak are overtly optimistic, but that doesn’t mean on a societal level we’re all optimists, though you should be. Optimists are happier, live longer, and have stronger immune systems, those points have all been scientifically proven. Even if you’re not an optimist, Read More...
Airbnb drives down cost of hotels in NYC
Behind the sharing economy is the emergence of citizen power. And corporate world cannot escape listening. Research from Credit Suisse shows that Airbnb is driving down the cost of hotel rooms in New York. Revenue per available room—a metric known as revpar in the hotel industry— is down Read More...
World’s largest fashion retailer bans cruel angora wool
The human race is cruel: Angora wool is made by ripping the fur out of live rabbits. A recent investigation by animal rights group PETA found that standards and conditions, as well as the means for producing Chinese angora wool—where 90 percent of angora is made—is cruel to animals. Now Read More...
Blood tests with a smartphone in 15 minutes
Blood tests can take weeks to get results, and the equipment to conduct the tests costs upwards of $18,000—but that all will soon be changing. Scientists from Columbia University have invented a smart phone attachment that can be powered by any headphone jack and diagnoses HIV and syphilis in 15 Read More...
Planting trees is the best way to fight climate change
Ask someone what the best way to fight climate change in the future will be and they might mention smog-eating buildings, or burying large amounts of captured greenhouse gases. A new study from Oxford University says that planting trees, and improving soil conditions are actually the best ways to Read More...