The Guardian
"A dog is capable of detecting the presence of the coronavirus within 10 seconds and the entire process takes less than a minute to complete, according to Anna Hielm-Björkman of the University of Helsinki, who is overseeing the trial." … more »
Leonid Furmansky
"Microhome developments in Texas combat homelessness with community." … more »
Gravity Payments.BBC
"Dan Price of Gravity Payments said revenue has tripled since he cut his own annual salary of $1 million to $70,000, then paid all his workers $70,000 per year, minimum. Always invest in people," said Price. … more »
Daily Beast - Kotkin
"The tech industry is producing a rising din. Our bodies can’t adapt." … more »
BBC
"Nature documentaries mislead viewers into thinking that there are lots of untouched landscapes left. There aren’t." … more »
PixartPrinting
"If one thing is clear about remote work, it’s this: Many people prefer it and don’t want their bosses to take it away." … more »
Alternative Daily
"Sunnier areas are associated with fewer deaths from COVID-19, an observational study suggests. Increased exposure to the sun's rays -- specifically UVA -- could act as a simple public health intervention if further research establishes it causes a reduction in mortality rates." … more »
CoinGeek
The digital world and digital currency are an international phenomenon but its impacts could not be more local. "The e-RMB threatens the the entire global financial payment system and, particularly, the "exorbitant privilege," economic and geopolitical, of the USD being the world's reserve currency." … more »
Polestar
"Polestar’s climate-neutral car won’t use any offsets. Instead, the EV company is pioneering car production processes that are truly zero carbon." But it's not just zero carbon, it's totally climate neutral having no impacts whatsoever." … more »
Mario Cucinella Architects
"An Italian architecture firm is experimenting with a way to potentially make the process even less expensive, and better for the climate, by using a cheap and readily available building material: local soil." … more »
