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Global cooling and the need for kindness
Italian psychologist and author of The Power of Kindness, Piero Ferruci warns against the dangers of “global cooling”. As the pace of our lives increases and there’s more and more technology around us, our communication tends become less and less personal. The drive for efficiency and profit Read More...
10 reasons why we may beat the climate change challenge
Yes, we know most of the news about global warming is doom and gloom. But the tide is changing. The Guardian, normally not the most optimistic source for news, put together 10 reasons why we may beat the challenge of climate change. Some of the hopeful signs: According to an International Energy Read More...
Perovskite: paint that turns any surface into a solar panel
The sun shines everywhere. So how can we easily capture the energy the rays of sun bring wherever they hit the earth? The answer is perovskite. What? Perovskite is a mineral composed of calcium titanium oxide that scientists at the University of Sheffield have now turned into a “spray on solar Read More...
The next frontier in medicine: drugs designed by artificial intelligence
Developing new cancer drugs is expensive. Before a new cancer drug goes to trial it is developed for a year or two, and costs around $100 million. Also, 95% of cancer drugs fail in clinical trials meaning there are lots of misses before a hit. Berg, a biotech startup, wants to harness artificial Read More...
Cycling desks: exercising while you’re charging your phone
Cycling desks found at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, and in a train station in Lyon, let you exercise while you charge you digital device. The desks are called WeBikes and were conceived of by Patricia Ceysens, a Flemish government minister. The desks look like any stool and table arrangement but Read More...
A little video-gaming does children good
The new generation spends too much time online, busy parents know. However researchers have found that children who play video games for less than an hour a day are better adjusted to the challenges of their lives than children who abstain for playing video games altogether. The study, published in Read More...
Lego paleontologists
‘Boys as well as girls should be able to play with the same Legos’, that is one of the ten commandments of Lego (Yes, the company came up with that themselves). However, most Lego characters are still men, discovered the Dutch scientist Ellen Kooijman. Kooijman works in Stockholm as an isotope Read More...
Thawing arctic lakes absorb more greenhouse gases than they emit
Arctic lakes are thawing due to global warming and the currently held notion is that the loss of permafrost will release even more greenhouse gases—specifically methane—contributing further to climate change. A new study by the National Science Foundation, a government sponsored independent US Read More...
Plants in the office increase productivity
You want to increase the productivity in your organization? Put some plants in the office. Norwegian scientists discovered that plants in the office increase concentration. Another study from the University of Technology in Sydney shows that office plants reduce anger by 44 percent, anxiety by 37 Read More...
Patagonia gives design of sustainable wetsuit away
Wetsuits are horrible for the environment. They’re made of neoprene, a petroleum derivative, and the manufacturing of neoprene is extremely toxic for the environment. California clothing company Patagonia has partnered with Yulex, a company who makes plant-based biorubbers, to create a wetsuit Read More...