Brainicane

Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol marks out children at higher risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, experts believe.

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Females are less physically active at all ages than their male counterparts, two studies suggest.

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Honda Accord Runs on Trash
We’ve got excited about waste gasification before, especially at news of the first US waste gasification facility. We’ve even got excited about

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Burj Dubai Tower, still under construction Via:TagPuan
TreeHugger has posted many times on Dubai’s sometimes “green,” sometimes wretchedly-excessive building boom (please pardon one last requiem use of the now much out-of-favor “green”). The boom is over; and a crash looms for Dubai landlords and credit holders. Falling oil prices have a lot to do […]

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: 1

Popular Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic students Peter Zummo and Matthew Naples have developed a modern version of Heineken’s Wobo (world bottle-here in TreeHugger and more detail in Inhabitat) of 45 years ago; a plastic bottle that can be filled with sand and locked together like Lego to build housing. Their struggle to patent and bring it to […]

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Image via The Christian Science Monitor.
The emergence of the “ecocity” concept has been one of the most exciting trends in city design in recent years. As the idea gained traction and exposure, a string of ambitious ecocity projects were announced – intelligently designed ecological cities that would revolutionize the way we thought about the environments […]

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Labels and standards are a touchy and confusing subject. Who sets them? What do they cover? TreeHugger readers have seen companies just calling themselves green, companies inventing their own labels (like SC Johnson), Companies going to third party labels-for-hire to certify what they think is important but may not be, (Like LG Eden and SCS) […]

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Photo: Flickr
The Good Ol’ Book is Back in Vogue
When green advocates talk about product service systems (PSS), many might be left scratching their heads (if that’s you, check out the linked Wikipedia page). Yet we’re all familiar with public libraries, a great example, and when times are harder economically, people increasingly turn to these alternatives […]

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Photo: Lotus Evora
Lotus Electric Car in the Cards
These words were recently spoken by Lotus CEO Michael Kimberley, making us think that being a supplier to Tesla Motors inspired the company to throw its hat in the ring. The concept EV is expected for the Geneva Motor Show in March. Read on for more….

Posted on January 5th, 2009 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None