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Google helps build solar plant over oil field
What was once the point of extraction for crude oil will soon be the place for capturing solar energy. Google is investing $145 million in building a solar field in California that will be made up of 250,000 SunEdison solar panels. The solar arrays will provide power to 10,000 homes and create 650 Read More...
Hospitals start offering healthy foods
Hospitals are places of healing, so why is that so often the food is deplorable? Hospitals are finally catching on to the healing properties that go along with healthy diets and are now revamping their menus to provide patients with the nutrients they need. Kaiser Permanente is implementing plans Read More...
Train your brain to change unhealthy eating habits
Researchers have reported the first evidence that we can “re-wire” the reward centers in the brain that encourage addictive-like behavior to unhealthy food—shifting them to respond to low-calorie, healthy food instead. This important switch in food preferences is thought to be a critical Read More...
Fish oil reduces occurrences of seizures in people with epilepsy
Fish oils have already been proven to prevent heart disease and lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes, but researchers have recently found that fish oil could reduce the occurrence of seizures. The study was conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles and was made up of 24 Read More...
PayPal now supports bitcoin
The very name ‘cryptocurrency’ evokes images of shadowy figures sitting behind computers transferring money that for some reason can’t be done through traditional means. While bitcoins are still a fringe form of currency, PayPal has announced that it now accepts bitcoins on its Braintree Read More...
Sleeping on animal fur can reduce risk of asthma
Up until now the benefits of using fur haven’t extended far beyond keeping indigenous people warm in remote locations where resources are limited. But a recent German study found that sleeping on fur in the first few months of life reduced the likelihood of developing asthma by 79%. The cohort Read More...
Fish farms on great lakes could restore local fisheries
Despite being surrounded by 20 percent of the world’s fresh water supply, fish farms are rare in Michigan. But with a ballooning global population expected to top 9.6 billion by 2050, expanding fish farms in The Great Lakes State could feed billions and be a lucrative business. Wild fish Read More...
Green lighting can save tax dollars
The green lighting revolution is in full swing. Activists are praising environmentally friendly lighting for its energy saving benefits, and businesses are saving money by switching to green—one Las Vegas Furniture company saves $182,00 per year by switching it’s 50,000 square-foot facility to Read More...
Unusual job titles reduce employee stress
Positions like Chief Happiness Officer, or Manager of First Impressions, may be initially written off as tongue-n-cheek workplace jokes, but a recent study published in the Academy of Management Journal has found emotional benefits can go along with wacky titles. The study looked at the Midwest Read More...
Bench raises awareness about bee population decline
Bees of the world are in trouble—their habitats are being endangered by development, and their health is greatly impacted by pesticides. To raise awareness about the declining population of the world’s bees Dutch artist AnneMarie van Splunter has designed the Buzzbench, a bench that doubles as Read More...