Could imagine living without the sense of touch? No more heat sensing through your fingertips, or feeling wet and dry. No more of that input at all from your body. For hundreds of thousands of people or more, this is a reality due to injury but scientists have found a way restore the sense with a computer chip.
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We waste a lot of food. It doesn’t seem like a big deal but there’s an environmental impact to that waste. Not to mention the economical impact to your budget. It’s time to start being more mindful about our food so we can all cut down on waste.
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Living in the time of COVID-19 is . . . stressful. Even if you’re not sick, the news is probably getting you down. So how about some good news about the pandemic? The Happy Arc is a site that keeps tabs on the things that are improving. Namely, how many people are recovering from this virus.
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When’s the last time you thought about Earth Day? Once you’ve exited primary school, it’s not really a day that comes up a lot. Maybe the Google doodle reminds you with a cool image or even a game but most people don’t think about it. But maybe we should take greater notice of it because places that do have better environmental outcomes than areas that don’t.
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Video conferencing has taken over the work world which is probably getting pretty boring all around. You’ve already met everyone’s pets. Why not spice things up and bring a goat to your next meeting? That’s the premise of Goat 2 Meeting, the service that brings goats to the virtual workplace.
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Whenever we talk about CO2, it’s about how there’s too much in the atmosphere which is true but we also need it. Turns out it’s an important part of our food industry and with coronavirus shutting down factories, we’re running out.
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One of the issues that is often brought up in the climate crisis discussion is the cost associated with making changes to more climate friendly technologies and practices. It’s just too much money! But as it turns out, a new study has revealed by not making these changes, the economy will lose money. Like a lot of it.
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It’s not just you, the news really is stressing us all out. This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t read or watch the news, we need the information, it is only to say that we should all be more mindful and try to stick to websites and pages that share the facts, not sensationalism.
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Bacteria is really having a moment! A new study has shown that novel bacteria in the ocean can reduce oil contamination. Which is great news because we can’t seem to stop having oil spills which, as I’m sure you are aware, are very harmful to environment.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is out there taking photos all day everyday. Of what? Space, it’s taking photos of all kinds of space and oh boy are some of them AMAZING. Even the ones that aren’t jaw dropping are still really pretty. So what did Hubble see on your birthday?
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I bet a lot of people are regretting that open floor plan now. With all the video conferences and phone calls we’ve had to take for work, people are dying for some alone space. Well even with no work, 24/7 with the family is draining. Enter the Framery, the phone booth for your home.
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We have to be careful with nonrenewable resources like minerals because once we mine them all, that’s it, there isn’t anymore. Well except for what’s on the moon. And no one up there needs them so we might as well go get them too. Or at least that seems to be the idea behind President Trump’s executive order.
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You may have heard that loss of sense of taste and smell are symptoms of covid-19 and a new study has confirmed that this is the case. The better news is that it seems to pop up with cases included in high recovery numbers.
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Plastic is a problem but it looks like bacteria might just save us from ourselves. Scientists have engineered a bacterial enzyme that can break down plastic bottles at record speed. It turns a process that would take hundreds of years into one that only takes a few hours.
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Good news for all those parents out there hunkered down with their kids worried about spending too much time with their screens: A new study has shown that screen time isn’t making your kids less social and the idea that it was is basically just moral panic, not like, reality.
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