THIS MAGNET WILL JOG YOUR MEMORY We believe we’ve figured out a lot about how our brains handle memories. We’ve identified the parts of the brain that are active in making memories and the parts that store long- and short-term memories. We thought we knew that memory retention was a function of relevant neurons being…
Google recently declared that all its data centres and offices spread across the world will be switching to clean and green power. Last year, the company consumed as much energy as the entire city of San Francisco. To meet its huge energy needs, the company will now source energy from wind farms and solar panels from…
Lab-grown meat could be on your plate within the next five years. For the past few years, the barrier to getting test-tube meat into the hands of consumers has been the cost of production. In 2013, it was around $325,000 to make this stuff in a lab, but the process has been refined, and the cost…
The city plans to wean its homes off domestic natural gas by 2050, starting now. (Zoetnet/Flickr) By 2050, Amsterdam hopes to put its gas-heated days behind it. In a city where natural gas warms 90 percent of all homes and contributes 30 percent of all carbon emissions, removing all those boilers won’t be easy—but it could very…
Les énergies renouvelables connaissent un inconvénient majeur : l’intermittence de leur production. Ainsi, être capable de stocker la production relève du défi, lequel semble être relevé par un institut de recherche… Crédits : IWES Les énergies renouvelables connaissent un inconvénient majeur : l’intermittence de leur production. Ainsi, être capable de stocker la production relève du défi, lequel semble être…
La capitale des Pays-Bas a dévoilé un nouveau plan énergétique qui vise à sortir d’une dépendance au gaz naturel d’ici une trentaine d’années. Pour des raisons environnementales et géopolitiques, certaines villes ne veulent plus utiliser le gaz naturel comme source d’énergie. Pourtant, de la salle de bain à la cuisine, le gaz naturel chauffe l’eau,…
In an inspiring initiative to fight global warming and climate change, 47 of the world’s most economically disadvantaged nations have pledged to use only renewable energy in the future. The united pledges are members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), and they include Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Haiti, to name a few. At the United Nations climate conference…
Savez-vous combien de temps dure, en moyenne, une machine à laver le linge avant de devoir être jetée à la déchetterie ? Réponse : 8 ans seulement . Et encore, c’est dans le cas où certaines pièces ne viennent pas mettre tout l’ensemble en panne à cause d’une quelconque défaillance. Dans ce cas, au magasin,…
This year, on election day, California voters approved a ballot measure to make their state a whole lot greener… Proposition 67, also known as the California Plastic Bag Veto Referendum, was approved by a 52%-48% margin, making single-use plastic bags illegal in all 58 California counties. The landmark referendum comes in the wake of two key preceding decisions: San Francisco’s…
Over the past decade, innovative community gardens and vertical farms have been popping up all over the planet, as our climate steadily becomes hotter and, in many areas, drier. But a suburb in Australia has taken things back to basics, turning their streets into an open-source garden that supplies the community with free fruit, vegetables, and herbs. Last year, the street produced…