Researchers use smart phones to track city pollution levels
Air pollution isn't fixed. It fluctuates throughout the day, depending on time and location, meaning that the health...
Could shrimp shells help make solar power affordable for everyone?
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London's School of Engineering and Materials Science have come up with...
The Keystone-style pipeline you probably didn't know about
You've heard of the Keystone XL pipeline, but you've likely never heard of a new pipeline in Wisconsin that would...
This 3D-printed tree charges smart phones with solar power
Scientists at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have created a solar tree that harvests power from...
Exxon Mobil oil refinery explodes in Los Angeles
An Exxon Mobil oil refinery exploded Wednesday in Torrance, California, injuring four workers and taking out the...
This cleverly designed bamboo bike charges mobile devices
Bambootec, a consortium from Yucatán, Mexico, has created a bamboo bicycle that turns pedaling into electricity...
Artist uses poop to paint portrait of Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is not generally thought of as a well-loved person—many, in fact, believe that he single-handedly...
Study shows mass die-offs of birds, fish and marine invertebrates increasing
A new study of mass die-offs amongst animal species shows a marked increase in deaths of birds, fish and marine...
US coastlines will be flooding 30 times a year by 2050
By 2050, huge areas of the US coast could be subject to more than 30 days of flooding each year, thanks to accelerating...
Incredible news: Tropical forests are absorbing CO2
According to a new NASA study, tropical forests are absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously thought, in...
China's ivory trade may soon make African elephants extinct
China's demand for ivory is growing and so are the number of elephants being poached to meet that demand. According...
Toxic methane is leaking from Siberia's rapidly melting permafrost
Yamal Peninsula in Sibera has a massive problem: Gigantic sinkholes have opened in its permafrost, leaking huge...
California needs 11 trillion gallons of water to recover from worst drought ever
New research from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena shows that California’s drought is so bad it will...
Australia is destroying indigenous land with fracking
The Mithaka people of Channel Country, Queensland, Australia have a serious problem: Australia wants to frack their...
Obama just banned drilling in Alaska's Bristol Bay
On Tuesday, Barack Obama passed a ban on drilling in Alaska's Bristol Bay, saying that the area is "one of America's...
Senate passes lands bills protecting over one million acres of public land
A new suite of lands bills will protect massive, sweeping areas of American wilderness, including areas in Nevada,...
Plummeting sales show Americans are basically over McDonald's
McDonald's recently reported that their same-store sales (at stores open at least 13 months) fell a whopping 4.6%...
Obama appears on Colbert Report, slams Keystone XL
Continuing his recent efforts to reach out to young Americans in non-traditional and innovative ways—including...
James Inhofe: Barbra Streisand created 'climate change hoax'
When the Republicans take control of the Senate in January, one very, very terrifyingly dense individual is going...
United Nations: 2014 will be the hottest year ever
According to new temperature data analyzed by the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization, 2014 is currently...
New 'Artificial Leaf' technology can produce clean hydrogen fuel
Researchers Peidong Yang, Bin Liu and colleagues may have found a way to mimic plants' ability to produce hydrogen...