The idea behind the tiny homes the non-profit Pivot from Oklahoma builds is to ensure teens have a roof over their heads once they leave the foster care system. This non-profit advocates for at-risk youth and provides counseling to young people and families to help them create a positive outcome. […]
MIT engineers successfully developed self-cooling fabrics using polyethylene, a material that’s common in the production of plastic bags. When considering materials that are potential fabrics of the future, scientists seemed to have dismissed a widely available choice, i.e. polyethylene. Polyethylene is the stuff in plastic wraps and grocery bags and […]
This brother and sister from Toronto found an innovative method to keep their families safe during the pandemic. The founders of Vyzr Technologies, Yezin and Dina Al-Qaysi, invented a shielded 360-degree helmet with an air purification system for enhanced protection from the virus. Dina explained that she and her brother […]
Essential oils are made with different plant components, including their leaves, stems, roots, fruits, and flowers. They’re commonly used in aromatherapy and healing. They’re praised for their ability to aid in the treatment of chronic ache conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. This type of autoimmune disorder makes the immunity attack the […]
Is someone looking to start something with you?-Here are 5 good reasons to choose silence and why it’s good for you! Indeed, there are a lot of situations when it’s very hard not to respond to someone when they’ve pushed your buttons. However, in such problematic instances, there’s not much […]
For the 7th year in a row, a Chicago coffee shop owner, Pilot Pete (Peter Thomas), has been collecting and distributing coats and other necessities for the homeless in his community, especially clothes like coats that will help them survive the winters which can be quite harsh. The initiative known […]
When millions of people throughout the US got their federal stimulus checks to help them address the economic consequences of the pandemic and lockdowns, most of them used the funds to pay for food, rent, mortgage, utilities, etc. But, this man from Tampa, Florida decided to do something different. He […]
A team of researchers from the Sao Paulo State University in Brazil successfully created a food wrap using repurposed industrial waste. The goal is to lower the need for using plastic wraps which takes centuries to degrade and is contributing to pollution. The team used bacterial cellulose scraps from industrial […]
Without doubt, trees are essential for neighbourhoods’ resiliency, health, and temperature. Sadly, they’re not equally distributed everywhere. But, this new initiative wants to improve things. Namely, some US neighbourhoods that were redlined in the past, that is, racist maps marked them as risky for home loans because of the people […]
According to scientists from the Australian Medical Research, honeybee venom was found beneficial in killing aggressive cells of breast cancer in a lab study. The study was published in the Nature Precision Oncology journal. The venom of the bees and its compound melittin were used against two types of cancer […]
