An Empire Built on Beer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is your neighbor making you mad? Don’t worry, have a beer together like these ancient Peruvians did, and everything will be fine again.
Will Meatless Burgers Save the World?
Reading Time: 2 minutes The American diet is getting a vegan makeover. Will it help fight climate change?
Why Is Big Oil Bankrolling an ‘Environmental’ CO2 Capture Company?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chevron is part of a $65M financing deal for a CO2 capture tech firm. Is Big Oil turning over a new leaf, or is their interest more sinister?
Why We Should Maki Cows Eat Seaweed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cows that have a little seaweed in their diets burp less, which means less greenhouse emissions. And it’s good for their tummies, too.
No Blind Mice: Hope for Humans Too
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mice are able to see how they run thanks to gene therapists at UC Berkeley, and it looks promising for macular degeneration patients.
Did Cheese Lead to Chatter?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Researchers have linked the advent of food processing techniques 8000 years ago to advances in language.
Picky Brits Won’t Eat US Chicken — Should You?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The US is trying to sell chicken to Britain once they leave Europe, but they are resisting. Why?
Science Is Saving Your Morning Joe
Reading Time: 2 minutes Coffee is under threat from climate change and disease. Can scientists save it?
Monopolistic Internet Market Causing America to Fall Behind
Reading Time: 2 minutes Smart Cities wired for super-fast internet are being built in other parts of the world. Will the US compete, and retrofit its old cable systems?
3D Printers Make Practice Hearts For Surgeons
Reading Time: 2 minutes 3D printers have hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons — like creating illegal guns. Here’s a use which is nothing but good.
Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is nine times more water in the air around us than in all the oceans combined. Technology is helping us harvest it.
How Owning a Boat Can Help You Sleep
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scientists have linked being rocked all night to better sleep, even for grown-ups.
Discovered — A Previously Unknown Structure in the Human Body
Reading Time: 2 minutes Researchers have identified the body’s white-blood-cell freeway system — which could be harnessed to help cure disease.
Bye Bye Fido, Hello Robo
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is a cat or dog too much responsibility for you? Don’t worry — AI robots are replacing them.
Want to Know What Foods Are Healthy for You? Just Ask Your Poop
Reading Time: 3 minutes Breakthrough analytical methods are proving how your microbiome — all the bacteria in your body — can hold the key to health and happiness.
Fighting Algae With Algae — A Problem Solving Itself
Reading Time: 2 minutes It sounds odd, but algae is being harnessed to reduce instances of algal bloom growing in lakes and reservoirs.
Avoid Gaining Weight This Holiday — Do the Cooking
Reading Time: 2 minutes How to not pack on those pesky pie pounds? Get involved with the planning and organizing — that’s sure to slim you right down…
Music Therapy Can Rewire a Broken Brain
Reading Time: 3 minutes When the brain is damaged, patients can regain speech and movement with the aid of Neurologic Music Therapy.
Plants Are Being Engineered to Earn Their Keep
Reading Time: 2 minutes Researchers are working on transferring bioluminescence to trees and giving houseplants traits to warn owners of harm. What could possibly go wrong?
HIV — On the Rise in Eastern Europe and the Deep South
Reading Time: 2 minutes The head of the NIH claims an AIDS-free world is on the horizon. But administering drugs is the easy part — educating populations less so.