By Mayukh Saha It’s that time of the year. All you can hear around is probably sniffles and coughs. Yes, it’s that special flu season. There are many terrible diseases that we human beings face, but flu can be referred to as one of the…
By Mayukh Saha To achieve joy and satisfaction at work is as good as finding the golden chalice. But sadly only a few are destined to find bliss and contentment in our work. For the rest, it is a life of drudgery which eventually takes…
By Mayukh Saha Paulo Coelho is one of the best-selling authors of our time. You may have read his fascinating novel The Alchemist. There is a distinct style in Coelho’s prose that makes him a master storyteller. Often, people confuse his books with self-help books….
By Mayukh Saha Dogs talking to people – that would be quite an interesting tale. You must have seen talking animals in cartoons and animated movies. Even a few Hollywood movies may have cast animals who talk. But imagine if talking dogs became a reality….
By Mayukh Saha A graduate from the University of Sussex has designed a material that turns fish waste into a useful packaging product that is also entirely compostable. Named MarinaTex, the substance is a bioplastic that uses fish waste to make unique sheet material that…
By Mayukh Saha Adulting is hard, man. Not many can do it to the best of their abilities. With the burden of student loans and housing debts, millennials all over the world are facing the problem of adulting – crossing from the teenage stage, they…
By Mayukh Saha After a routine check by the FDA showed traces of asbestos, Johnson & Johnson recalled one whole batch of their esteemed baby powder. Around 33000 bottles were withdrawn and the spokesperson for the company said that it was due to their overly…
By Mayukh Saha At a meeting of the Royal Geographic Society of London, Earthwatch Institute declared bees the most invaluable species on this planet, as reported by The Guardian in 2008. And along with it comes this disturbing piece of news. If bees were to…
By Mayukh Saha Most environmentalists are trying to reduce carbon emission and plant more trees to create a positive impact on Earth and its climate. However, there is another way to deal with this problem – that is by cleaning up pollutants and, in a…
By Mayukh Saha Italy has been the inventor of many things, one of them being sunglasses. But in the current world, where the plastic menace is eating up the planet, newer inventions should be more on the sustainable side. Well, Italy is adding another interesting…
By Mayukh Saha A few Peruvians have come together and started a project, Bio Plant, which promises to reduce our dependence on plastics. They have succeeded in creating biodegradable dishes using banana leaves that can minimize our reliance on plastic products. It can make a…
By Mayukh Saha Daniela Orozco recalls that homelessness in her hometown of San Fernando had not been so bad earlier. Just a high school freshman then, she remembers seeing only one homeless person on her way to school. Things worsened drastically over the following 4…
By Mayukh Saha What is the right determinant of success? Most would say intelligence. After all, we have been taught that intelligent people can find their way in life quite easily. They will race to their goal faster and more efficiently than those who have…
By Mayukh Saha Controlled fasting is considered by some as a safer and effective substitute for many medicines. It is believed to be a cure for a host of ailments as it negates the ill effects of our constant obsession with eating unhealthy foods. Will…
By Mayukh Saha This is one waste problem that could instead be turned into a boon for our energy-starved planet. We are drowning in plastic and have already produced 8.3 billion tons of plastics in just 65 years, equivalent in weight to 25,000 Empire State…
By Mayukh Saha A London-based design company has updated the classic airline food tray to be plastic-free and entirely biodegradable, using all-natural materials. They are motivated by a desire to tackle the ever-growing problem of airline waste. The tray will be made out of recycled…
By Mayukh Saha Our water and air – the two most essential things that human life depends on – have become polluted on a global scale. And our generation is privy to the devastating news that plastic has covered the polar region, a place once…
By Mayukh Saha Two Detroit locals have taken a sweet initiative to fight inner-city urban blight by taking abandoned lots and converting them into full-fledged urban bee farms. Detroit Hives, a non-profit organization, has been working towards both honey bee conservation and city refurbishment since…
By Mayukh Saha For a millennium, people have been trying to change oceanic water into potable water. But, it has never been really affordable or technologically efficient. Yet, Kenya has designed a facility specifically for that with GivePower, a nonprofit organization, heavily involved. This system…
By Mayukh Saha The latest beekeeper from the UK to come up in the headlines is Archie Cridland. He maintains an enormous colony of nearly 60,000 bees and now at just 5 years old proudly bears the tag of being Britain’s youngest certified beekeeper. This…
