Solar Power is Now as Cheap as Buying From the Grid - in EuropeAlthough solar power’s return on investment has been debated endlessly, it now looks like the renewable energy source has finally become as cheap as buying off the grid – at least in some European countries. Renewable energy consulting firm Eclareon just released a report confirming that the price... Continue Reading →
The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our... Continue Reading →
The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.
U.S. No Longer A Democracy, Says New Princeton StudyAccording to a new Princeton study, the U.S. can no longer be strictly called a democracy, as ordinary citizens have effectively lost their say over public policy. Instead, the U.S. more precisely resembles an oligarchy, or a form of government in which the economic elite — less than 1... Continue Reading →
U.S. No Longer A Democracy, Says New Princeton Study
The new technologies that will change human civilization as we know itMost adults alive today grew up without the Internet or mobile phones, let alone smartphones and tablets with voice commands and apps for everything. These new technologies have altered our lifestyle in a way few of us could have imagined a few decades ago.... Continue Reading →
The new technologies that will change human civilization as we know it
Stem Cell Discovery Could Regrow Fingers
http://youtu.be/O_OI4TtzlDw Amazingly a man's severed finger grew back thanks to one South Florida doctor and a little pig bladder. Jockey Paul Halpern was feeding a horse when the animal managed to bite off one of his fingers. "One of the guys that worked with me reached his hand in the horse’s mouth, took the fingertip... Continue Reading →
How to Make an Edible Water “Bottle”
http://youtu.be/YLjzsfgk198 Plastic water bottles have long been recognized as a big problem for the environment, so much so that San Francisco recently banned the sale of bottled water on city property. But a new invention from a group of UK students could offer a solution. Ooho! is a spherical membrane for carrying water, which can... Continue Reading →
Solar Roadways looks to crowdfund $1M, begin manufacturing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNMFKKyFU60 When TreeHugger first covered the Solar Roadways concept, it was with a healthy dose of skepticism. Then they got a $100,000 grant from the Department of Energy, and Lloyd weighed in on whether it could really be viable. Then they built a prototype. Lloyd said nice things. Then they got a $750,000 grant to... Continue Reading →
Watch The Disney Princesses Realize All The Cool Things They Gave Up In The Name Of ‘True Love’
http://youtu.be/CtyOC6ayKoU If you've seen "Frozen," then you know Queen Elsa has no patience for the notion of "love at first sight." First, she wouldn't let her Princess Anna marry a man she had just met — who (spoiler alert!) turned out to be evil — and now she's retroactively bringing the same wisdom to the... Continue Reading →
How Much it Would Cost for the Entire Planet to Switch to Renewable Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsjheb5iNP4 What does it cost to ‘go green’ around the world? An infographic seeks to answer the question. The infographic published by QuickQuid on Visual.ly, which states that the use of non-renewable sources of fuel is not sustainable, begins by revealing the amount of fuel used every year around the world: 8,677m tonnes of oil... Continue Reading →
How America Could End Homelessness in One Year With Something We All Throw Away Every Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPxXH7rCSHQ If America really cared about solving the problem of homelessness among it’s citizenry, here’s an idea that would work. Oh- and that opening line references the fact that as far back as 2011 empty houses in America outnumbered homeless families by five times, according to Amnesty International. Anyway, let’s say the problem with homeless... Continue Reading →
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