" Something is going to happen in the next forty years that will change things, probably more than anything else since we left the caves "
- James Burke -

China Launches World’s Largest Carbon Market

China’s new carbon market, announced earlier this month, is expected to manage over 3 billion tons of carbon.

A Lawyer Who Tries to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change

Steve Berman, who won a $200 billion settlement from tobacco companies in the 90s has set his sights on fossil fuel companies.

The most powerful micro-scale biological solar cell ever created

The bio-solar cell could offer a sustainable, practical power source for lab-on-a-chip devices, which integrate several laboratory techniques into one system.

Shanghai flying car tower to clean the air with a vertical forest

A condominium building planned for Shanghai, features landing pads for flying cars. The futuristic concept is super green and will feature a vertical forest with 50,000 trees.

Europe's largest oil company just bought an electric utility

Royal Dutch Shell decided to buy Europe's largest electric vehicle charging network. Could it be that oil is not the energy commodity of the future?

Teaching Machines to Think Like Humans

A new type of neural network made with memristors can dramatically improve the efficiency of teaching machines to think like humans.

Researchers propose new term for the role of microbiota

University of Louisville neurology professor Robert P. Friedland have proposed a new term "mapranosis" to describe an interaction between gut microbiota and the brain.

Mysterious Filament near Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

Looking to the center of our galaxy, astronomers noted the presence of a mysterious filament extending from the supermassive black hole located there.

Scientists have created a new material called diamene

This is the thinnest film with the stiffness and hardness of diamond ever created.

Future Historians Probably Won't Understand Our Internet

Archivists are working to document our chaotic, opaque, algorithmically complex world—and in many cases, they simply can’t.

IMAX Opens its First European VR Experience Centre in UK

The company has also launched four pilot IMAX virtual reality (VR) experience centres in Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto and Shanghai.

Virgin Hyperloop Sets New Speed Record

Virgin Hyperloop One announced a new speed record of 240 miles (386 km) per hour in its latest testing protocol.

Fijian villagers prepare for climate disasters

Three villages have already been moved and another 43 are set to be shifted, the country’s attorney general said last month.