Do you find waiting for your bus to arrive a drain on your energy? You may feel a little differently now as London and San Fransisco each unveil solar-powered bus shelters that can generate enough electricity to power your home!The London bus shelter—the first...
How did you celebrate Earth Day 2016? Around the world trees were planted, rivers and streams cleaned, and countless events were held with the united goal of ensuring our planet's health and humanity's future.Impressively, Solar Impulse 2 joined the day of...
It's the size of a desk and can power 10,000 homes! Looks like there's a new renewable energy super hero in town...the 10 kilowatt watt supercritical carbon dioxide turbine!As far back as 2012 there were rumors of a carbon dioxide run turbine on the horizon...
Dude, where's my plane? Canadian company Hempearth creates the world's first airplane made from and fueled by hemp!Different parts of the hemp plant have been used for centuries to create many different types of products including consumer textiles, medicine,...
First up on the podcast, freelance journalist Evan Howell traveled to Cape Blossom, Alaska, where the receding coastline has revealed an ancient trove of glacial ice that may have survived for 350,000 years—making it the oldest ice in the Northern Hemisphere. Now researchers just need to figure out how to date it. Next on the […]
First up on the podcast, a peek into the roiling seas of U.S. science policy. ScienceInsider Editor Jocelyn Kaiser talks about shifting leadership at the National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as a dip in funding rates by the National Institutes of Health. Staff Writer Robert F. Service […]
First up on the podcast, producer Meagan Cantwell talks to Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall about his visit to Brazil, where he observed firsthand what it takes for researchers to understand why bird populations in the Amazon and beyond are shrinking. Next on the show, Raouf Belkhir, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh School […]
Archbald, Pennsylvania, a borough of fewer than 8,000 people, may soon be home to five massive data centers that, when completed, would rank among the largest now in the world. While residents are worried that data centers will strain the electric grid and drive up power bills, officials are clearing the way for these projects, […]
Since President Trump launched the latest bombing campaign against Iran, the price of a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. has climbed by 20 percent. The spike in fuel costs has reportedly driven a surge in interest in electric cars.Read more on E360 →
In parts of Europe, the diversity of plants was greatest in the years before the Black Death, at a time when small farms and pastures existed alongside grasslands and forests, new research reveals. The findings show how, under the right conditions, farms can be a boon to nature.Read more on E360 →