West African Lion Alarmingly Close to Extinction, New Study Finds
The results of a six-year study published yesterday in PLoS One have found that the elusive West African lion must...
WakaWaka Provides Portable Solar Power to Syrian Refugees
An estimated 6.8 million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing civil war, which has claimed...
San Francisco’s Bottled Water Ban Set to be Among the Nation’s Strictest
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors are poised to approve one of the strictest bans on the sale of bottled water...
IKEA’s Solar-Powered Flat Pack Shelters Approved for Syrian Refugee Housing
Earlier this year, Scandinavian flat pack furniture masters IKEA unveiled an easily deployable solar-powered shelter...
Satellite Image Shows What Amazon Deforestation Looks Like From Space
The Amazonas State, which lies in western Brazil, is the nation's largest by area, and is almost completely covered...
MIT-Designed Copenhagen Wheel Finally Hits the Market, Turns any Bike Into a Hybrid Electric Vehicle
When MIT unveiled designs for the Copenhagen Wheel in 2009, it generated a lot of buzz. The deceptively simple,...
100 Self-Driving Cars Set to Hit Sweden’s Public Roads in 2017
Volvo just unveiled plans for the world's first large-scale trial of self-driving cars. The 'Drive Me' project...
Can Yak and Reindeer Milk Nourish a Growing World?
With the world's population projected to hit 9.6 billion by 2050, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization...
Utility Company Pays $1 Million in First Fine for Wind Farm-Related Bird Deaths
A subsidiary of North Carolina-based Duke Energy has agreed to pay the first ever criminal fines to stem from the...
17 Dead, Fukushima on Alert as Typhoon Wipha Hits Japan
A "once-in-a-decade" typhoon has hit the Japanese coast, and while its winds weakened from a peak of 130-156 mph—Category...
Low-Cost 3D-Printed Dextrus Hand Could Transform Amputees’ Lives
British inventor and robotocist Joel Gibbard has created a durable 3D-printed hand that not only boasts an impressive...
800,000 Evacuated as 140mph Cyclone Hits India’s East Coast
Indian authorities are expressing relief at what appears to be a relatively low rate of causalities after "Super...
Toyota Cuts Fuel Cell Cost by $1 Million for Next-Gen Hydrogen-Powered Car
Toyotahas just released details of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, and the company hopes it could...
Solar PV Cell Cost Has Decreased an Incredible 99% Since 1977
In June 1979 President Jimmy Carter made a huge investment by installing 32 solar panels on the White House roof....
Japan Promises to Make 2020 Olympics a High-Tech Fest of Self-Driving Cars, 5G Networks and More
When Japan was announced as the host of the 2020 Olympics last month, it brought about a new wave of concern over...
