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High-tech cricket farm of the future
A recent UN report suggests that we need to eat more bugs. They’re better for the environment, and if you can get past the idea of eating them, are actually very nutritious. A new start up based in Silicon Valley, called Tiny Farms, is combining technology with cricket farming, trying to bring Read More...
Making shoes out of old couches
Think of all the couches you’ve sat on in your life, there number probably the hundreds, if not thousands. Every one of those couches is still in the world today, many taking up large amounts of real estate in a landfill. A new company is taking old couches, and repurposing the material to make Read More...
Robots taking your job isn’t a bad thing
‘Robots are taking over’—a headline for the apocalypse, but if they’re only taking over the job sector, is it so bad? Robots are far more precise than humans, and if programmed correctly, are void of human error. Many companies are designing, or have already designed, robots that do tasks Read More...
Breaking meditation’s stereotypes
The benefits of meditation really are countless. Among them is that meditation is the only proven way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. But sadly, those who meditate are often stigmatized as a subset of the population—granola-crunching hippies who are always worried about their chakra. While Read More...
Giant panda population is making a recovery
At the end of 2003 there were 1,596 giant pandas in the wild, their numbers were declining and conservation measures were put in place. Now more than 10 years after that initial count, China’s giant panda population is reported to be making significant progress. In 2013 the giant panda count Read More...
Tea prevents diabetes
Tea is often thought of as a drink for our neighbors across the pond, but new research could have you buying tea bags instead of your next espresso shot. When your body absorbs too much glucose sugar, you develop type-2 diabetes. A recent study found that drinking lack tea inhibits your body’s Read More...
Algae species protects corals in our ocean’s warmest waters
Coral is a magnificent, fragile creature that can be killed of by water warming just a few degrees. While many corals react to warming water differently, researchers have just discovered a type of algae from the Persian Gulf that protects corals from warming water. Scientists wondered why Persian Read More...
Nature reduces stress
John Muir, environmentalist and nature conservationist, once said, “The mountains are calling, and I must go”. As humans we have, most of us at least, a yearning to be in the wild, spend too much time in the city and the mountains will call you too. But a recent study found that our animalistic Read More...
China bans ivory imports—at least temporarily
Africa’s elephant population is being decimated, and the driving force is China’s thirst for carved ivory. Now after years of criticism China is finally taking action and has banned all ivory imports for the next year. Only 12-months really isn’t that long, and won’t do anything to curb Read More...
Child mortality rate is falling
The news about life-threatening diseases frequents the headlines. It’s easy to miss the bigger news: We’re all living longer and longer, and our children are dying less frequently. A recent study published in the Lancet looked at the datasets related to global disease mortality rates. Child Read More...