TechXplore - Instant Hydrogen Production for Powering Fuel Cells, by American Institute of Physics
Since the Industrial Revolution, the environmental impacts of energy have posed a concern. Recently, this has driven researchers to search for viable options for clean and renewable energy sources.

InHabitat - Nestle's Vegan Tuna Spares Fish Lives, by Teresa Bergen. Over the last few years, veggie burgers have nearly gone mainstream. But Nestlé’s new vegan tuna — aka Sensational Vuna — will be a whole new taste sensation for vegans and non-vegans alike. The product will hit Swiss markets this year, then roll out globally.

Technology.Org - Cheaper, Lighter and More Energy-Dense: The Promise of Lithium-Sulphur Batteries, by Rex Merrifield.
Lithium-sulphur batteries, which are lighter and cheaper than today’s models, may be the next generation of power cells that we use in electric cars or mobile phones – if scientists can get them to last for longer.

Science Daily - Water Splitting Advance Holds Promise for Afforable Renewable Energy, by Washington State University.
A team has developed a less expensive water electrolysis system that works under alkaline conditions but still produces hydrogen at comparable rates to the currently used system that works under acidic conditions and requires precious metals. This advance brings down the cost of water splitting technology, offering a more viable way to store energy from solar and wind power in the form of hydrogen fuel.

The Bahai World - Technology, Values, and the Shaping of Social Reality, by Matt Weinberg.
Technological change is inherent to human progress. Technology, by definition, serves to augment human capacities and in so doing alters the environment in which we act. In a very real way, social reality and technology co-evolve or are co-constructed.

Plough Magazine - Not So Simple, by Mark Boyle.
Who hasn’t dreamed of living a more wholesome, less frenetic life? Ten years ago economist Mark Boyle tried living without money. Two years ago he foreswore modern technology as well. We asked him what he’s learned since he ditched his stupid phone and logged off antisocial media.

University of Kent - Global Diets are Converging; With Benefits and Problems, by Olivia Miller. New research has shown that diets are changing in complex ways worldwide. International food supply patterns are supporting healthier diets in parts of the world, but causing underweight and obesity elsewhere. They are also having important effects on environmental sustainability, with potentially worrying consequences.

National Review - Facial-Regognition Technology - Closer to Utopia Than Dystopia, by Robert D. Atkinson. - We’ve all heard the stories: Authorities have installed cameras operating facial-recognition technology everywhere — on street corners, in shopping malls, even in office buildings. The software behind it is biased, generating high rates of false-positive matches, particularly for minorities. And law enforcement is using those matches, even false ones, to prosecute and imprison innocent people.

The Venus Project - The plans of The Venus Project offer society a broader spectrum of choices based on the scientific possibilities directed toward a new era of peace and sustainability for all.

Aalto University - Since cooling demand is primarily driven by the sun, could it also be powered by the sun? The International Energy Agency has dubbed increased global cooling demand as one of the most critical blind spots in today’s energy debate. A new study entitled - Meeting Increased Global Cooling Demand with Photovoltaics during the 21st Century - yields critical new insight to a fundamental question: How much photovoltaics (PV) would be needed to power the world sustainably?

Forbes - New Solution Changes the Rules of Warehouse Automation, by Steve Banker.
Order Streaming Improves Capabilities of Warehouse Management Systems at Manhattan Associates.

The Catholic Register - God's Grace in Space, by the Editor.

The 50th anniversary of the first moon landing salutes a towering human achievement, but it should also be a call to contemplate our place in God’s creation.

National Review - The Miracle of Industrialization, by Marian L. Tupy.

Why the world stopped having to be poor - Our species is 300,000 years old. For the first 290,000 years, we were foragers, subsisting in a way that’s still observable among the bushmen of the Kalahari and the Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands.