New smart home hub can control 27,000 devices

A new smart home controller has been launched on the Australian market with the claim that it offers a number of features that differentiate it from competing products, such as those from Apple and Google.

Deforestation linked to palm oil production is making Indonesia warmer

In the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia, have been replaced by cash crops like oil palm and rubber plantations. New research shows that these changes in land use increase temperatures in the region.

Spots on supergiant star drive spirals in stellar wind

A Canadian-led international team of astronomers recently discovered that spots on the surface of a supergiant star are driving huge spiral structures in its stellar wind.

Large declines seen in teen substance abuse, delinquency

More than a decade of data indicates teens have become far less likely to abuse alcohol, nicotine and illicit drugs, and they also are less likely to engage in delinquent behaviors, such as fighting and stealing, according to results of the US survey.

Allen Institute shares first open database of live human brain cells

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added the first data from human nerve cells to a publicly available database for researchers to explore and understand the building blocks of the human brain.

Brain-controlled drones are here: What’s coming in the next five years

Single unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs) directed by joysticks, radio controllers, and mobile phones are already accomplishing a variety of useful tasks. But using multiple drones requires multiple human operators, and this presents a coordination problem.

A New Theory Explains Three Dimensions Of Observable Universe

Physicists have a new scenario of the universe's expansion at the Big Bang that may explain why our universe has three large spatial dimensions.

How Technology Is Driving Us Toward Peak Globalization

Peak globalization could lead to an economy that puts people first while building a more economically and environmentally sustainable future.

Netherlands to Build Roads With Recycled Plastic From the Ocean

A Dutch organization has just announced plans to salvage plastic pollution from the ocean and use it to build highways in Rotterdam.

This company wants to turn food waste into building materials

In a report entitled The Urban Bio-Loop a company proposes to transform food waste into low-cost and eco-friendly materials.

Pollution killing more people than war and violence, says report

Pollution kills more people each year than wars, disasters and hunger, also causing huge economic damage, a study says. Almost half the total deaths occur in just two countries.

Tesla earns contract for world's first solar, wind and storage project

Tesla has won its first contract with Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine maker, to supply its Powerpack batteries for the world’s first project to combine solar power, wind power, and Tesla’s storage technology.