Save the Earth IRL by playing Pokémon Go during Sustainability Week
When Pokémon was first introduced in the 1990s, people wouldn’t have expected the fanciful creatures to care...
World's whitest paint could be an A/C alternative
Engineers at Purdue University have developed a paint so white that it actually cools surfaces. They hope that...
Global Forest Watch can now see through clouds to stop deforestation
Last year, the Global Forest Watch tracking system starting allowing people to help monitor deforestation in far-flung...
This year, save the planet by geocaching
If you’re familiar with geocaching, you already know it’s one more way to get outdoors and is especially helpful...
Bitcoin uses more energy than all of Argentina
Bitcoin is a huge energy hog. And Tesla's recent announcement that it had bought $1.5 billion bitcoin...
Engineering student turns food waste into renewable energy
What if those old carrots you never got around to eating could be a renewable energy source, rather than...
Tree-planting drones aim to cool a hot planet
Professional tree planters typically plant upward of 11,000 trees per week. This sounds speedy until you compare...
Apple aims to save the environment, one wall charger at a time
If your new, boxed iPhone 12 feels a little light, that might be because it doesn’t contain a wall charger or...
You can help monitor Amazon deforestation from your couch
While many people around the world worry about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, to most of us, it’s still...
New green technology could harvest body heat as energy
Scientists have created thermocells, energy-efficient devices, that can harvest excess heat and convert it into...
