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Sunflower solar design could be industry leader
IBM has revealed a new type of solar array that is capable of capturing more of the sun’s energy than any other design. The IBM prototype can convert 80 percent of the sun’s energy into electricity and hot water. Each array is 30-feet tall and made of concrete, thin aluminum mirrors, and a Read More...
Letting kids play helps them learn
We all remember those long days in elementary school where you just wanted to go outside and play, but were stuck inside learning all day. A new program called “Brain Breaks” has students engage in physical activity between school lessons. The program has been proven to increase academic Read More...
Acting could help autism
Children with with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have trouble with social interactions and imagination—two areas that can be improved with regular acting classes. An acting based intervention project called the SENSE Theater project helps children cope with ASD through drama classes. Children Read More...
EMDR spells healing
If you’ve experienced trauma that continues to affect your life, you’ll want to know about eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), which is making headlines for healing memories of abuse that have proved resistant to standard therapy. EMDR is an eight-stage treatment in which the Read More...
Solar panel ‘gigafactory’ breaks ground in upstate New York
A gigantic solar panel factory is being built in upstate New York, creating thousands of jobs. The factory called SolarCity will create nearly 1,500 manufacturing jobs, and will employ over 2,000 additional workers in New York to provide solar services in the coming years. SolarCity will cost Read More...
App that lets deaf people make phone calls
A new app called RogerVoice allows those hard of hearing to read what people are saying on a phone call instead of trying to hear the other person’s voice. They can then text their responses into RogerVoice instead of speaking it. What they text is then spoken to the person on the other end of Read More...
Tried and true: exercise to ward off heart failure
Now that saturated fats are good for you and cholesterol is no longer a ‘bad guy’, there is still one tried and true method to improve your heart health that medical doctors and healers of all stripes agree on: exercise. A new study from Uppsala University and the Karolinska Institute has Read More...
PayPal advances bitcoin integration
Should we take the bitcoin seriously? Well, PayPal is doing just that. A few weeks ago PayPal already said that it would accept bitcoins as payment on its Braintree platform—Braintree is an online payment system. Now PayPal has announced its customers will be able to use bitcoins to pay for Read More...
First breath test for TB
Tuberculosis (TB) kills 1.3 million people globally every year. But a breakthrough screening process might indicate that TB deaths could go down significantly within the next few years. A new TB screening process, developed by researchers at the University of New Mexico, detects an enzyme that is Read More...
Constant connections are ending absence
Absence is ending—but don’t worry, it’s not a bad thing. That’s what Michael Harris explains in his most recent book The End of Absence, published by Penguin Random House. What is absence exactly? In short it’s the time you used to have to be alone with your thoughts that is now taken up Read More...