Tech giant Google has patented a smart contact lens to buttress its Google Glass product. The lenses will contain micro cameras and come with sensors embedded on the surface, all controlled by […]
Germany Fossil Fuel Production Drops, Electricity Exports Soar
As Germany chancellor Angela Merkel said last month, if Germany can succeed with its ambitious energy transition then other countries could too. “If we succeed, then she (the Energiewende) – and I’m convinced […]
Hollywood tycoons make TV series about climate change [watch the first episode]
A new 9-part documentary TV series about climate change, Years of Living Dangerously, produced by James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger has been launched Sunday. The episodes feature celebrities reporting on […]
Astronaut Chris Hadfield: We must stop people from weaponising space
Space has been militarised ever since humanity could reach it, but with treaties only banning nuclear weapons in space, and tensions simmering on the ground, a second Space Race seems inevitable. Is […]
Is this the ‘greenest’ aircraft ever?
This plane here is totally solar powered. Its wingspan is wider than a jumbo jet, but it only weighs as much as an average family car. And next year, the plan is […]
Australia pioneers renewable power
Engineers on a small Australian island are claiming to have perfected renewable energy supply for sustained periods. At times, all of King island is powered by renewable energy, meeting the needs of […]
This Ex-Astronaut Is Stalking Asteroids to Save Civilization
Scientists grow viable vaginas from girls’ own cells
Four young women born with abnormal or missing vaginas were implanted with lab-grown versions made from their own cells, the latest success in creating replacement organs that have so far included tracheas, […]
Compare the current air quality in different European cities
This application lets you see the air quality in different cities for a recent hour, for yesterday and for the past year.
Humans’ First Appearance in the Americas
Niede Guidon still remembers her astonishment when she glimpsed the paintings. Preserved amid the bromeliad-encrusted plateaus that tower over the thorn forests of northeast Brazil, the ancient rock art depicts fierce battles […]