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We spend around 22 hours per day inside, exposed to more pollutants than we would be outside. Finland-based Naava aims to boost indoor health and reconnect humans with nature with their smart green… Source: This living wall uses artificial intelligence to purify indoor air
The interesting thing about the technology business is that, most of the time, it’s not the technology that matters. What matters is how people react to it, and what new social norms they form. This is especially true in today’s era, well past the midpoint of the deployment age of smartphones and the internet. People…
Ball and Buck founder Mark Bollman built his on his property in the Berkshires Source: How to Build a Wood-Burning Sauna in 10 Steps
There’s evidence of the benefits of Montessori methods, but mostly only the white middle-class have the time or money for it Source: Montessori education could reduce the advantage gap between rich and poor, but it’s only available to the rich | Matt Beard
If you have gone to Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s internet home page since mid-December, it would be reasonable to wonder if you had stumbled into some kind of parallel universe. Source: ‘Green is good.’ Is Wall Street’s new motto sustainable?
Despite the 1,000 suspected cases that are reported to state health departments each year, cancer clusters remain hard to prove. Source: ‘Cancer clusters’ are popping up in towns across the US and the environment may be to blame
A new United Van Lines study reveals which states are drawing new residents and which are seeing the most people leave. Source: Americans Are Flocking to Idaho, Fleeing New Jersey | Best States | US News
The rising incidence of “superbugs” is driving renewed interest in phage therapy. Source: Antibiotics failed, then a Minnesota man turned to an old remedy that worked – Chicago Tribune
Alkaline soil helps stop four high-risk pathogens. Source: An Irish folk medicine can stop antibiotic resistant bacteria | Inverse
You feel fatigued, maybe a little depressed, less hungry than usual, more easily nauseated and perhaps more sensitive to pain and cold. Health care providers often treat these symptoms as little more than annoying side effects of having an infectious disease. But as it turns out, these changes may be helpful.
Three broad reasons obtaining care for kids now costs as much as buying a brand new Hyundai Elantra each year Source: Why Child Care Is So Ridiculously Expensive
Koreans believe that having “nunchi” can help you choose the right partner in life or business, shine at work, protect you against those who mean you harm and even reduce social anxiety. Source: This Korean parenting style is the best-kept secret to raising smart and successful kids
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In an era of an increasing divide between the economic haves and have nots, you’d think that the vaunted Masters in Business Administration degree would be valued more than ever. Instead, MBA enrollments are plunging and students are opting for a different path. Source: Why No One Wants To Be An MBA Anymore
Source: Study finds topsoil is key harbinger of lead exposure risks for children
Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular “engineered” stone. The material is more than 90% silica. Source: Kitchen Countertops Tied To Silicosis, Lung Damage, Deaths In Workers : Shots – Health News : NPR
Getting a STEM degree can provide an early job boost. But by the time a career blossoms, that boost is over and liberal arts learners often earn more. Source: Studying STEM Isn’t The Career Boost We Think
College towns and big coastal cities top our ranking of the metros where it’s easiest to live without a car. Source: The Best and Worst U.S. Places to Live Car-Free
If regulations allow them to, e-bikes could genuinely create a whole new category of transportation. Machines that are mild-mannered enough to poke along in the bicycle lane as cheap, efficient commuters, but that can be uncorked at the push of a button to become powerful trail blasters, or even opened enough to share the highway…
Big tech claims AI and digitization will bring a better future. But putting computers everywhere is bad for people and the planet Source: To decarbonize we must decomputerize: why we need a Luddite revolution | Technology | The Guardian
Sometimes the best things in life are actually free. We spotlight a powerful free resource for photos you can use in any of your projects. Source: Unsplash: An incredible free-to-use collection of images for your projects | ZDNet
Unless it’s covered in animal feces or chemicals, soil is a healthy snack. Source: Parents Should Let Kids Eat Dirt for Gut Health and Immune Protection | Fatherly
“It’s like using long passwords. It’s one of those things where we should be doing it, but we never get around to it.” Source: Here’s how to make a signal-blocking cell phone pouch like the ones protesters are using at the Republican National Convention — Quartz
Expensive moss walls are the latest trend to combat air pollution in major cities, but can a few square metres of plant matter really solve the problem? Source: Cities are using walls of moss to tackle air pollution from traffic | New Scientist
A brave band of scholars set out to save us from racism and sexism. What happened? Source: How Cultural Anthropologists Redefined Humanity
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