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Eating at least one piece of fruit a day cuts risk of heart attack by 40 percent
News about scientific studies often goes in one ear and out the other. But this is a study that is worth remembering. We all know that eating fruit is healthy, but a new study by Oxford University shows that eating just one or two pieces of fruit every day cuts the risk of a heart attack or stroke Read More...
Six stepts to end global water scarcity
According to the United Nations, water scarcity is among the main problems to be faced by many societies this century. Although there is plenty of water on this planet, an increasing number of regions are chronically short of clean water—and that’s a frightening thought. But like always, smart Read More...
Cleaner air saves lives in Chinese city
Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is a major center in China for energy production and metallurgical industries, and one of the world’s most air polluted cities. To combat air pollution, the Shanxi Provincial Government implemented many new environmental policies and regulations in the Read More...
Don’t burn the straw!
Minh Vu, a Vietnamese farmer, has the same problem after every harvest of her rice paddy: What to do with the stems of the rice plants after the threshing of the rice? Usually she chooses to burn them. And because that’s what most of her colleagues do as well, it means in Vietnam about 20 million Read More...
Green job openings more than double in the second quarter of 2014
While the economy is struggling and employment rates remain high, there appears to be a demand for green job. More than 12,500 green jobs were announced in the second quarter of 2014. That is more than double the number of jobs announced in the first quarter, according to a new report from Read More...
No more animal testing with human organs-on-a-chip
A small, clear plastic chip with red and blue 'veins' could end, or at least drastically decrease, drug testing on animals. The chips mimic human organs, and allow researchers to experiment with drugs. With the chip, researchers can introduce diseases and treatments, and observe how the blood and Read More...
Fat doesn’t make you fat
For decades, fat has been blamed for everything from heart disease to obesity to cancer. But new research shows that fat can be good for you. A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that after a year on their respective diets, study participants following a low-carb regimen had Read More...
Suffering is optional
Byron Katie cured herself from a severe depression with a simple, but profound insight: “I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that Read More...
Sustainable palm oil sales skyrocket
Most of the world’s oil palm trees are grown on a couple of islands in Malaysia and Indonesia – islands with the most biodiverse tropical forests found on Earth. The problem is that palm oil companies are clearing out ancient forests like these, to plant the highly lucrative oil palm trees. Read More...
Building designed to produce more energy that it takes to construct
How ecologically conscious can you get? Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta has designed a single-family residence that produces a massive surplus of energy. To achieve this, the house has large windows that minimize the need for artificial lighting and solar panels along its roof to maximize Read More...