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A simple way to serve the planet (and yourself): Eat less meat
Here’s a simple way to serve your own health as well as the environment: Eat less meat. Or even better: Become a vegetarian. A new study in Climate Change has found that carnivores have a carbon footprint twice the size of vegetarians. The study does not mention the impact of vegetarianism on Read More...
Luminous Sea shows the ocean’s beauty that eludes so many
We know more about the moon’s surface than we do about the ocean’s floors, despite the fact that the oceans produce more than 50% of our oxygen and anywhere between 10-100% of our food, depending on where you live. Richard Salas, author and underwater photographer, began a book series in 2009 Read More...
Get used to this: Sustainable energy keeps setting new records
From Germany to the golden coasts of California, renewable energy records are being broken left and right. Global wind energy production has doubled 6 times in the past 9 years and solar power is up more than 50% in less than a decade. Fossil fuels still rule, but their future is rapidly changing. Read More...
Sleeping more slows brain aging
Some may think that sleeping less may give them more productive hours during the day. However that gain comes at a price. Researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore found that adults who get at least 7 hours of sleep at night exhibit fewer signs of brain aging compared to adults who Read More...
Water based batteries can make electric cars even cleaner
Electric cars are great for reducing air pollution and global warming, but the materials used to make the car’s batteries come from chemicals that are damaging to the environment. That’s why this invention by a team of scientists from the University of Southern California is so important: a car Read More...
New map of palm oil plantations helps save rainforests
Almost everyone consumes palm oil on a daily basis. It is an ingredient in about half the products you find at the store. Demand for palm oil is immense and rapidly increasing. In many places tropical rainforests are burnt to create illegal palm oil plantations. A new website from the Roundtable Read More...
Regular meditation leads to longer and happier lives
The benefits of meditation are many: from lowering blood pressure to boosting the immune system. Now scientists are discovering something that Eastern traditions have long claimed: that meditation might slow ageing and lengthen life. A team of scientists led by a Nobel Prize winning biochemist Read More...
Active ingredient in tomatoes improves blood vessel function
Lycopene is the most potent known dietary antioxidant, and many researchers believe it is no coincidence that lycopene-rich tomatoes are a staple of the Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a longer lifespan and reduced risk of heart attack, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and some types of Read More...
Antibiotics regain potency with help of natural fungus
Antibiotics are arguably the greatest contribution of modern medicine. However their healing power is threatened by bacteria becoming more resistant. Until recently drug companies’ answer to declining potency was to put stronger chemicals—with potentially stronger side-effects—in the Read More...
Scientists find a natural way to produce hydrogen
The clean renewable economy needs hydrogen to store energy. Electricity generated from photovoltaic panels during the day, for example, needs to be stored so that it can be used during the evening and night when the sun doesn’t shine and the panels don’t produce energy. So far the best way to Read More...