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3D printers are getting cheaper by the minute, you can even take one home for as low as US$500. However, as with their paper counterparts, the cost of supplies is a whole different story.  Spools of plastic "ink" retail for...
It is official. Scientists just proved that EVs are much cooler that their fossil fuel-powered ancestors. OK, yes, having a Tesla definitely makes you stand out in the crowd, but this is not the "cool" I will be referring to...
The drought in California has gradually become worse over the past few years, yet companies bottling drinking water continue to unprecedently pump out and make money out of the precious limited resource. For quite some time now, the first thing that...
Yeasts are wonderful microbes.  Sure they can be annoying too if they cause you to itch in the nether regions.  But then, they are responsible for making our lives livelier on occasion through bread and beer, champagne and other...
A new project, Air Shepherd, is using drones to protect declining numbers of African elephants and rhinoceros from poachers, the pilot program an amazing 100% effective! Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), more commonly known as "drones," have been raising a lot...
We've been covering Beijing's growing air pollution problem for some time now, as the city fights to decide between coal power and its growing energy needs. The problem with coal power is that it is easy, practically just laying there,...
Do you fancy talking to your Tesla ala Knight Rider?  Well, maybe not.  But riding a fast self driving car like Johnny Cab in the latest Total Recall may be up your alley. It's surely something that Elon Musk fancies so...
I don't think that being bulletproof, and having nothing to lose, is a characteristic desired of batteries. But a revolutionary new material will soon make Lithium Sulfur batteries more reliable because titanium is removed from the base material. One of...
Global Forest Watch is a new interactive online tool, which helps monitoring and management of world's forest cover. Backed by Google, UNEP and USAid among others, the system shows data in near-real time. The importance of forest cover is incredibly high,...
A new tiny portable hydropower plant offers a super fast alternative to solar and kinetic energy powered back-up chargers. Back-up power devices have grown in popularity over the past few years, as the dependence on new smart phone and electronic...