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Ode to Kathryn DiMaria
Sixteen-year-old Kathryn DiMaria prefers motor oil and old jeans to lipgloss and high heels. For the last four years DiMaria has been working on an old car, one she’s remodeling and fixing to her own desires. Her own Pontiac Fiero is now almost done. DiMaria came up with the idea of buying car Read More...
3-D printed electric car shows future of manufacturing
The first 3-D printed electric car took around 44 hours to complete printing, two days to assemble, and is comprised of just 40 pats. Powered by a Renault Twizy drivetrain the electric car, called Strati, is capable of doing 40mph and is made of 15% carbon-reinforced ABS thermoplastic. You might Read More...
Five major palm oil producers switch to sustainable model
Five major palm oil producers announced they will switch to a more sustainable business model. The announcement comes a week after receiving a letter from Green Century Capital Management, an environmental advocacy group with assets clearing $600 billion, urging the companies to make the switch. Read More...
Efficient way to store solar energy keeps generators on all night
An Israeli solar power company says they have a new way to store solar to use during the night. Its solar fields in the Negev desert harness solar power at night by heating a liquid to 550 degrees Celsius. Then the hot liquid is used to produce steam and spin a turbine. The process is old but the Read More...
Dancing brings Israelis and Palestinians together
It’s challenging to get 10 and 11-year-old children interested in ballroom dancing. It’s even more difficult—perhaps near impossible—when those children are Jewish and Palestinian Israeli citizens. In 2013 Pierre Dulaine, world champion ballroom dancer now turned dance instructor, traveled Read More...
Clean energy sector gets capital injection
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a $68 million investment in 540 green energy projects across the country. This report comes on the heels of President Obama’s proposed new approach to combat climate change, and was announced right before the start of the UN Climate Summit in New Read More...
Coal India bets on solar
Coal India Ltd. is considering investing $1.2 billion in solar energy projects to offset carbon emissions. Coal India Ltd. is the biggest coal producer and hopes that the clean energy investment will help clean its slightly tarnished name after the Indian coal and power minister Piyush Goyal called Read More...
Brain process discovered could lessen impact of negative life events
Researchers have discovered a control mechanism for the area of the brain that processes sensory and emotional information—meaning that our way of understanding negative life events could be controlled. A key understanding of the report indicates that some brains are chemically predisposed to Read More...
Drink two glasses of water and call me in the morning
Our cells need water to transport proteins and enzymes to nerve endings. Water also acts as adhesive material between cells and transports sugars for energy. If the body becomes dehydrated, a water-rationing process kicks in. The brain is first in line to receive available water, followed by the Read More...
Under-50 mortality rate could go down by 40%
Last week, we mentioned that child mortality has gone down 50 percent since 1990. Now, new research has found that with sustained international efforts the premature death rate—defined as dying before reaching 50—could go down by 40% by 2030. Between 2000 and 2010 global premature deaths for Read More...