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Potatoes grown with salt water could spark food revolution
The idea that vegetables can only grow with fresh water is widely held belief that is proving to be wrong. A group of Dutch researchers have successfully grown potatoes using salt water as their water source. The spuds are sweeter and a little saltier than regular potatoes, but supposedly taste Read More...
Nature inspired offices boost productivity
There’s a growing trend sweeping through the offices of America’s top businesses. It’s called “biophilic design,” using nature to inspire office interiors. Studies have proven that desks with a window, more plants, or even less drab wallpaper can noticeably increase focus, and improve Read More...
Booming cities show opportunity for clean energy shift
Cities around the world are exploding in population. They’re also the largest consumers of energy and their thirst is expected to triple in the next 35 years. While some see this as an environmental death sentence, a recent study that examined growing cities, and future energy sources had a Read More...
Soft implant let paralyzed mice walk again
Scientists have successfully restored mobility to paralyzed mice with a soft implant that goes over the top of the spinal cord and the brain stem. The implants didn’t cause an immune response and could have vast implications for those with Parkinson’s or other diseases that cause Read More...
Pin point your favorite wine with the Plonk App
There are so many varieties of wine it can be hard—and also fun—deciding which is your favorite. Now an application called Plonk will help you decide where to start as a novice sommelier. The app has a wine dictionary, a run down of varieties by country, gives you food pairings, and will Read More...
New York bans Styrofoam
Single-use Styrofoam containers are horrible, they don’t biodegrade so they pile up in landfills. Now New York City has joined a few others across the US and has announced a ban on single-use Styrofoam, set to go into law July 1 this year. While some are worried about the impact this new law will Read More...
Ghana, Togo pact brings drinking water to 4 million
Water sources in Togo are scarce, and their groundwater is quickly drying up. Now an agreement of understanding has recently been signed by Ghana and Togo that will bring fresh drinking water from the Volta River in Ghana to the coastal city of Lomé, Togo. The new water source will benefit some 4 Read More...
Germany covers stretches of highway with parks
The A7 bisects the northern German city of Hamburg. The A7 is also one of the largest and longest freeways in German and keeps getting busier and louder. It’s becoming so loud that its breaching national noise pollution levels and a new idea to make the highway quieter will soon be reunifying Read More...
Mind matters when it comes to muscle strength
“If you can see it, you can do it,” an old cliché that describes envisioning your goals. A new study conducted at Ohio University has taken that saying to the next level, and found that mental visions of exercise possibly play as critical of a roll in muscle growth as actually exercising. The Read More...
Spend more time outside, even in the cold
In the cold winter months sitting cozily on the couch wrapped up in a blanket is much more appealing than going outside in the wet, cold, maybe even snowy day. But it’s important to force yourself to bundle up, and get outside even when the temperature drops to somewhere around freezing. Studies Read More...