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In today's parenting schedule life is full of so many pressures, we have the kids that are very demanding, there bills requiring our attention and there's social pressures inviting us to conform. However here is 5 ways to get up everyday and deal with the day ahead: Make a defined list of what you want [...]
The UK-based Adfree Cities network – which grew from the Adblock Bristol group – supports residents to oppose billboard planning applications, then works with them to create a new vision for freed-up space. “We don’t want to be too prescriptive,” says Nicola Round, the network’s co-founder. “We ask the community if they want empty space, community arts [...]
Self-Sustainable Power Researchers at a lab owned by the U.S. government have passed a crucial milestone on the way to their ultimate goal of achieving self-sustaining nuclear fusion. On Aug. 8, 2021, an experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules. Researchers [...]
Global student prize - Excellence in Renewables Innovation Jeremiah Thoronka has just won Global Student First Prize for Excellence in Innovation. He invented a machine which delivers electricity to homes by absorbing kinetic energy from vehicles passing over roadways. The device needs no batteries or external power infrastructure, doesn’t rely on changing weather patterns, and [...]
New Treatment option for Arthritis Today I read a study, from the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, stating there’s a new treatment available for osteoarthritis sufferers. Rather than steroid or anaesthetic injections being offered to people in pain, there’s now a radiological treatment, called cooled radio-frequency ablation (c-RFA). 23 people with [...]
This song plants trees To actually get a tree planted, you need to keep playing the song. You need a spotify or amazon music account, then search for the song name - “this song plants trees”, and each time it’s played, they plant trees from the royalties! So go on - add it to all [...]
H&M Foundation showcases ten sustainable start-ups that the company believes can change the face of the fashion industry. In a solutions oriented approach to fashion’s environmental crisis, the H&M Foundation has announced the Billion Dollar Collection which showcases ten sustainable start-ups from around the world. The chosen start-ups reflect the innovation that the company believes could [...]
500 Humpback Whales return to Seattle coast Just 25 years ago the humpback whale was considered an endangered species. 2021 has been a bumper year for female humpbacks where 21 new calves were documented in the waters of the Salish sea, near Washington & British Columbia near Vancouver, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association [...]
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