A new company lets you do a short internship at other jobs, no matter how old you are. If you’ve always thought you should be a chef but don’t know how to find out, now

ResearchGate is not alone in its ambitions to upturn the stuffy and defensive world of scientific publishing With 2m members, science startup ResearchGate isn’t just talking big when it says it wants to start a

Neither Richard Van As or Ivan Owen have any experience with prosthetics. In fact, the two men have never even met. But they’ve designed a simple new mechanical hand that could be cheap enough to

Now a quick game of footie can mean more than just a little exercise–it can mean you’re also building a school. When the Soccket, a soccer ball that produces and stores energy during game play, was

Sure, there aren’t too many jobs these days, but ReWork still wants to make sure people aren’t toiling away at work they hate. Their job matching network is connecting passionate workers with the companies that

“Our turbines make virtually no noise.” The potential damage to bird and bat populations by large wind turbines is often used as an argument against more wind power installations, and serves as great fodder for comments here on TreeHugger when we

40% cheaper than competitors In India, where feminine hygiene products are prohibitively expensive for much of the country, women’s periods can make life especially difficult. One new startup is trying to create a network of

Sun-powered system developed by MIT students could provide electricity, heat and cooling to rural schools and clinics. In some isolated clinics in parts of Africa, the electricity needed to power lights and medical devices is

The legendary VC’s investment means factory-assembled, cruelty-free, 100% natural-feeling leather may be coming as soon as next year. After that: Get ready for your first test-tube steak. A world of animal-free animal products would be

Unique finance system aimed to give kids in impoverished areas a safe place to store their money. The Children’s Development Khazana is a unique banking system exclusively for children. Furthermore, its branches are also staffed by children,

I’m an optimist, I really am, especially when it comes to technology and its ability to transform the world. But today I can’t shake the feeling that we as a species are really screwing up.

Where Matternet is going, it doesn’t need roads. But the people there need food and medicine. And these drones can bring it to them. Nearly one billion people in rural areas live without access to