Clean Energy Growth Failed to Increase for the First Time in Nearly 20 Years

Medicine & Technology May 11, 2019

Clean energy growth failed to increase year-over-year for the first time in nearly 20 years, a landmark report revealed this week. The finding puts the possibility of achieving the planet’s climate change goals into jeopardy, as annual growth currently stands at just a fraction what is ultimately needed.

UK's First Coal-Free Week Since 1882

May 11, 2019

For the first time in more than 130 years, the UK has gone for seven consecutive days without using coal to generate electricity.

Light-based, Brain-Like Computing Chips Invented

May 11, 2019

Scientists have succeeded in developing a piece of hardware which could pave the way for creating computers resembling the human brain.

Superionic Ice: The Hottest Ice to Be Invented By Scientists

May 10, 2019

Scientists create an extraordinary, alien form of super hot ice.

Deep Sea Nightmare Fish See in Color Despite Living in the Dark

May 10, 2019

Scientists discover nightmare fish in the deep, dark ocean can see in color.

Alexa Transcripts Lives On Even After Deleting Audio

May 09, 2019

You can delete voice recordings so Amazon can't listen to your conversations with Alexa anymore, but text records are a different story.

NASA Investigating Soft Robots to Help Explore Other Worlds

May 09, 2019

Two interns at NASA are part of a larger group working on "soft robots" that could be used for exploring worlds beyond Earth. This includes the moon, NASA's next major destination for astronauts.

San Francisco: Could Soon Be The First City to Ban Use of Facial Recognition Technology by City Agencies

May 09, 2019

San Francisco could soon become the first city in the US to ban the use of facial recognition technologies by city agencies.

Augmented Reality on Google Search: The Future of Search Engines

May 08, 2019

Google is integrating augmented reality in its search engine.

Radical Desalination Discovered May Disrupt the Water Industry

May 08, 2019

The technology could have massive implications for the future of our drinking water.

Lab-Grown Meat, Will it Benefit the Environment?

May 08, 2019

The industry of growing meat in laboratories is now growing and is getting closer to consumers.

Records Reveal Coca-Cola's Immense Power Over Health Research

May 08, 2019

The Coca-Cola Company, one of the world’s largest purveyors of sugary beverages, has spent years trying funding scientific research on fitness and public health at universities throughout the United States, Canada, and around the world yet also quietly reserving the right to veto unfavorable research findings.

World's First Ever Organ Delivery Via Drone

May 07, 2019

An unmanned aerial system (UAS) has delivered a kidney to a transplant patient in what is claimed to be the first drone operation of its kind.

North Korea's Missile Tests Spotted From Space

May 07, 2019

One of Planet Lab's Earth-observing Dove CubeSats captured this image of a North Korean short-range missile test on May 4, 2019.

NASA's Cutting Edge Carbon Mapper Arrives at International Space Station

May 07, 2019

Despite countless political setbacks, climate science technology and research continue to march forward. NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (OCO-3), an instrument that measures atmospheric carbon dioxide arrived at the International Space Station early Monday morning.