Agriculture is one of the most ecologically-intensive practices on the planet; 70% of global water usage is currently attributed to agriculture, in conjunction with the increased demands on land and energy.
With a growing human population, that is anticipated to...
Do you remember that time that Google almost bought Tesla Motors? A new book, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, due to be published May 19, shows just how close such a deal came.
We’ve...
Today is Earth Day. People celebrate by going to work in their gas-sipping car, motorcycle or truck. Others throw away garbage that shouldn't be disposed of in any landfill. Others give their money to electric car companies to make...
The global wind energy industry has been seeing robust growth, increasing capacity by 16.2% in 2014 from 318,644 MW in 2013 to 369,597 MW.
Much of the increase is accounted for by China, Germany, the US, Brazil and India, although...
Test driving a regular gas car may be significant to the life of the average driver, in case the tester wants to purchase it. However, testing an electric car may be the event of the year.
But test driving a...
Apple Inc. new Environmental Responsibility Report doesn't mince words. Unlike many governments around the world this corporation states the debate about whether climate change exists is over.
"We don't want to debate climate change. We want to stop it," the...
Fifty-five years ago, it was estimated that more than 2,000 Northern White Rhinoceros roamed the wild.
About 15 years after that estimate, Sudan the rhinoceros was born, making him about 40 years old today. By 1984, he was one of...
World’s first self-powered video camera, which can convert the incident light from its object into its input power, was invented by a computer scientist, Shree K. Nayar at Columbia University.
The scientists took advantage of the capability of a pixel photodiode...
Researchers at the University of Manchester (UoM) have taken a quantum leap in the renewable biosynthesis of propane.
The researchers at the University’s Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) collaborated with their colleagues at Imperial College London and University of Turku...
Fun fact - lotus leaves naturally repel water but not oil. Sounds simple but this design may be the answer to cleaning oil spills at sea.
Engineers at the University of Ohio have used the lotus as inspiration and flipped...
