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Cheaper glasses bring sight to the developing world
There are 700 million people that need glasses but can’t afford them, many living in the developing world. Cost can be a large barrier to overcome when trying to get a pair of glasses. A new company called ViFlex is working to create basic glasses that affordable to those on tight incomes in the Read More...
How to get the most out of life while living with less
Reprinted from the book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. Copyright 2014 by Greg McKeown. Published by Crown Business, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company. The Greeks had a word, metanoia, that refers Read More...
US life expectancy at all time high
US citizens are living longer now than any other time in history—if that’s not good news then we’re not sure what is. A new report released by the Center for Disease Control says that the average age for American’s is now 78.8 years. The average breaks down by gender—81.2 years for Read More...
Healthier way of cooking coming to the developing world
Every year 4.3 million people die prematurely from illnesses caused by indoor air pollution. One third of the global population burns solid material for heating and cooking—the byproduct of this is toxic smoke inhaled by the home’s inhabitants. GreenChar is an initiative that just launched in Read More...
Video interview with Lynne McTaggart
Lynne McTaggart is author of international bestsellers “The Field” and “The Intention Experiment,” she is also editor of the magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You. McTaggart believes that everything is interconnected, down to the smallest particles. The Intelligent Optimist asked Read More...
Inventors of low-energy LED win Nobel prize
If you remember LED lights from about 10 years ago then you know what they used to look like: Harsh, bright, and fluorescent—unsuitable to be used as a main source of light. Now LED lights produce almost the same color as incandescent bulbs—made possible by the invention of blue LEDs, the last Read More...
Alternative source for natural rubber is environmentally sustainable
Most of the rubbers we use now, like in rubber bands or car tires are made synthetically. But large vehicles, like airplanes and trucks, require tires made from a natural source, and until now that has been one type of tree that doesn’t scale or farm well. A new process to make natural rubber Read More...
Can we prevent cancer?
Cancer is a fascinating phenomenon. It borrows its disturbing intelligence from our vital functions to corrupt them and turn them against themselves. Studies have revealed how this corruption operates. Whether it’s generating inflammation or fabricating blood vessels, cancer imitates our basic Read More...
Can we prevent cancer?
Why do a third of us get cancer during our lives while the rest of us do not? The question has long attracted researchers. It’s possible that we all have the potential to play host to the tumors—but we certainly all have bodies designed to prevent them from proliferating. Why do our immune Read More...
Energy efficiency could save trillions
The benefits of energy efficiency are apparent—it saves the environment—but as it turns out, it saves us money too. A new report from the International Energy Agency says investments in energy efficiency could return upwards of $18 trillion—which is just about equal to the combined total of Read More...