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...
Should you stop watching Netflix because it is bad for the environment?
The world’s digital obsession doesn’t come without a carbon footprint. By 2022, 60 percent of the world’s...
Elon Musk says he is building a cyborg dragon
If you're running three companies and selling hats and flamethrowers in your spare time, why wouldn't you then...
Tesla makes good on South Australia promise with world's largest Lithium ion battery
Elon Musk is a man of his word. In March the Tesla CEO tweeted a promise that he would help South Australia solve...
Solar-powered skin could help prosthetics imbue sense of touch
Engineers from the University of Glasgow have developed a synthetic skin that could help amputees regain their...
New material made from fiber-reinforced hydrogels is 5 times tougher than steel
Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have created a flexible, eco-friendly material that’s five-times...
New super-thin film acts like "air conditioner" for buildings
Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a thin, artificially structured "metamaterial" that...
Stanford researchers pioneer world's first affordable urea battery
Stanford University researchers have designed a new battery that could revolutionize renewable energy storage....
