Several Colorado communities have now joined the growing wave of municipalities taking legal action against fossil fuel companies and seeking compensation for the impacts of climate change.
A photo released on April 19, 2018 by the European Space Agency shows this colorful image of the Lagoon Nebula to celebrate the 28th anniversary space of the the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
In a notably blunt study in the journal Nature scientists report that in 2016 alone, about 30 percent of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals were lost, with the most severe damage in the isolated northern sector.
The European Parliament backed a law urging member states to halve food waste by 2030, requiring them to report food waste levels yearly from 2020 and provide incentives for collecting and redistributing unsold food.
Each of the five pods simulates the air quality in a different city. The work is to mark Earth Day on April 22 — a global movement to raise awareness of the necessity of protecting the environment.
Engineers were able to use robots to assemble a chair from IKEA, intended for human assembly. Robots with force sensors and a 3-D camera independently found grooves and coordinated actions to help each other.
Scientists believe that the enzyme could be a miraculous solution to the million tons of plastic currently polluting the planet.
The creation, and subsequent storage, of data is the most pressing issue in the world of technology right now. But new holographic technology could be about to make a huge impact to this problem.
Costa Coffee has committed to recycle up to 500 million disposable coffee cups a year by 2020.
Early coworking may have resembled workplaces populated by youthful Millennials working in tech. But coworking spaces have grown up.
The UK is the first G7 country to commit to such an analysis, which could help bring its emissions in line with Paris agreement goals.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is constructing a test track in Toulouse, France. A closed system around 1,050 feet long will comprise the first phase, and the company says it will be operational in 2018.
Two new studies have found that the system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean is exceptionally weak — and its strength, or lack thereof, could have serious ramifications for the global climate.
Portugal's electricity consumption was met fully by renewable energy for a 70-hour period beginning on March 9 and for a 69-hour period beginning on March 12.
Britain is in a strong position to be a world leader in the development of artificial intelligence. But to get there—and to keep AI safe and ethical—tech firms should follow the Committee’s newly proposed “AI Code.”
