The bottled water industry creates 2 million tons of plastic bottle waste every year.
In August, six electric barges will set sail between Belgium and the Netherlands. Electric barges have the potential to greatly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the transportation industry.
The Xinjiang Qitai 110-meter Radio Telescope ( QTT ) could help advance research on dark matter, gravitational waves, and extraterrestrial intelligence.
The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. The report ranks 180 countries on 24 performance indicators.
An international team of astronomers has produced the first detailed images of the surface of a giant star outside our solar system.
Dr David Hanson, who created the life-sized Sophia, was quoted saying that the humanoid is already being used to help research autism and other diseases.
2017 was the year of plant-based diets reaching new heights of popularity. 2018 has just as much to be excited about as far as lifestyle and food trends are concerned.
In the U.S., the first planned clinical trials of CRISPR gene editing in people are about to kick off. China already used the gene-altering tool to change the DNA of dozens of people in several clinical trials.
Researchers found that teens who spent a lot of time in front of screen devices were less happy than those who invested time in non-screen activities.
Researchers now describe the development of an inexpensive, efficient catalyst material for a type of fuel cell which turns the chemical energy of hydrogen into electricity.
UK study reports that the number of older people diagnosed with four or more diseases will double between 2015 and 2035.
Contrary to what was expected, a team of astronomers has discovered that kilonova event has been brightening ever since it first appeared.
Rather than sending misbehaving children straight to the principal's office, a Merrillville elementary school in US is teaching basic meditation techniques.
The ban will force the country’s 340 fur farms to close down by 2025.
Students who spend a class session in a natural outdoor setting are more engaged and less distracted in their regular classroom afterward than when they remain indoors, scientists found in a new study.
