Major Food Companies Fail To Confront Drought Crisis: Report
On California’s carrot farms, sprawling fields of orange and leafy green vegetables are turning to a shriveled brown. Cattle are vanishing from Texas pastures, where grasses have given way to dirt and dust. Across the western U.S. and around the world, enduring drought and water scarcity are straining the operations of major food companies. Yet […]
MIT Researchers Create Solar-Based Solution to Help Solve Global Water Crisis
By 2025, nearly two billion people will experience absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world will survive in water-stressed conditions. More than 1.4 billion people currently live in river basins where water use is more than the minimum recharge levels, according to the UN Development Programme. In 60 percent of European cities with a […]
Blaming People for Being Gay is Like Blaming Them for Being Left-Handed
Isn’t it awful how often gay people just flat-out lie? Hundreds of thousands of them say they didn’t choose to be gay. Didn’t choose to risk being beaten by some passing yahoo. Didn’t choose to risk being cut off from their families. Didn’t choose to be in a society where strangers decide what rights they […]
William Shatner Has Plan To Fight California Drought
(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) The actor’s solution: build a water pipeline. William Shatner plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign Monday to raise $30 billion to build a water pipeline from British Columbia, Canada, to southern California. Shatner proposes naming the pipeline the Spock Waterway, after the Star Trek character played by the late Leonard […]
The US Cities Where Air Pollution Makes It ‘Dangerous To Breathe’
A new report out of the American Lung Association (ALA) notes that air pollution in certain U.S. cities is so bad that it’s “too often dangerous to breathe” for civilians. The report states there has been “encouraging progress,” yet there continues to be “evidence of troubling challenges” as well, noting that air pollution affects some […]
Sanders Raises $1.5M In Donations In Campaign’s First Day
Vermont’s independent Sen. Bernie Sanders received 35,000 donations totaling $1.5 million for his campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination in the first 24 hours following his announcement early Thursday morning. Sanders is expected to get most of his money from grassroots supporters who share his feelings on big banks and what he calls out-of-control […]
Warning For Commonly Used Chemicals
Chemical manufacturers are under fire (again) for their use of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which are chemicals commonly used to make thousands of products. The concern comes from a group of international scientists featured in the May issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Years ago, The New York Times reported, manufacturers like DuPont […]
Artificial Pancreas Lets Pregnant Woman With Diabetes Give Birth Naturally
This Tuesday, Catriona Finlayson-Wilkins, 41, of England, became the first diabetic in the world to give birth naturally after using an artificial pancreas throughout her pregnancy. Experts hope that the research from her pregnancy will help save the lives of more pregnant diabetic women and improve the health of their babies. Finlayson-Wilkins is the fourth […]
Tesla reveals new home, business batteries
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – @ParkstBrett Automaker Tesla has used cutting edge battery technology to power its electric cars, and now company founder Elon Musk wants to take that technology off-road. On Thursday night, Musk unveiled Tesla Energy: a suite of batteries designed to power residential and commercial buildings. The batteries would essentially kick in […]
7 Science-Backed Ways To Have Better Sex
Men and women, whether they’re 18 or 80, are never too old to learn new sex tips. The benefits of sex extend beyond the bedroom reducing stress, heart disease risk, and boosting immunity, but how do you get better at sex? Shaking up things between the sheets through can be easily attainable with communication and […]
