October 17th, 2019 By Sergey Baranov Contributing writer for Wake Up World Sci-fi has a track record of telling us what’s next. Video phones, digital tablets, self-driving cars...
Category - Science and Technology
Wake Up World’s articles on science and technology, with particular focus on energy technologies and the ‘New Science’.
Crime: The Hidden Cost of Air Pollution
By Amelia Harris Staff Writer for Wake Up World When someone says, ‘air pollution’ the first thing that comes to mind in terms of health concerns is typically not behavior modification...
Self-Compassion Research: 4 Ways Studies Show That Being Kind to Yourself Matters
By Nikki Harper Contributing Writer for Wake Up World When you fail at something, or behave in a less than ideal way, how do you treat yourself? Most of us inwardly berate ourselves, creating...
Study Identifies Connections Between Pesticides and Declining Farmland Bird Populations
September 24th, 2019 By Amelia Harris Staff Writer for Wake Up World In recent years, bees have rightly garnered a lot of attention for their declining numbers due to pesticides and other...
Benefits of Nootropics: 7 Ways These Supplements Help Your Brain
By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Are you looking for something that boosts your brain — giving you more mental energy, motivation, memory, or focus? Then...
Device Generating Electricity At Night Can Charge Phones
By Amelia Harris Staff Writer for Wake Up World With approximately 14% of people lacking electricity worldwide, creative and affordable power solutions are needed. Dr. Aaswath Raman, Assistant...
Need Help? How to Ask the Universe in Six Simple Steps
By Nikki Harper Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Everyone needs a helping hand now and then. Maybe you’re trying to heal a relationship, maybe your career is stuck in a rut, maybe...
Dancing in the Rain: 6 Reasons We Should All Be Pluviophiles
By Nikki Harper Contributing Writer for Wake Up World As a Brit, I can vouch for the fact that small talk about the weather, and in particular moaning about the rain, is indeed a national pastime...
Bee Deaths Continue Around the World as Pesticide Use and Toxicity Increases
August 26th, 2019 By Nikki Harper Contributing Writer for Wake Up World It has been more than twenty years since the first alarming reports of declining bee numbers began to surface, and thirteen...
Promising Study Suggests that Magnetic Nano Coils Can Decompose Ocean Microplastics
By Nikki Harper Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The scale of plastic waste in our oceans is enormous. We’ve all seen and recoiled at the photos of precious marine wildlife and birds with...
Can Kind, Loving Thoughts Slow the Biological Aging Process?
By Nikki Harper Contributing Writer for Wake Up World We all know that kindness and compassion are good things, and most of us probably try to be kind and compassionate whenever possible. But what if...
Brain Hack Your Way To Happy
By Amelia Harris Staff Writer for Wake Up World What makes you happy? This seems like a simple enough question, but really it’s not. Are we talking unbridled jubilance here, or merely a...