The Energy Observer, a catamaran powered by solar, wind, and hydrogen, will sail around the world for six years.
Elon Musk laid out how to power the entire US with solar power - and it would take just 100 square miles.
Continued high fossil fuel emissions would saddle young people with a massive, expensive cleanup problem and growing deleterious climate impacts
Individualism is thought to be on the rise in Western countries, but new research suggests that increasing individualism may actually be a global phenomenon.
The first laboratory generation of an astrophysical shock wave has been reported by scientists.
A Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended approval of a leukemia treatment that rewires a patient’s immune cells to fight cancer.
FlatScope would be implanted between the skull and cortex in order to communicate with functioning areas of the brain that can process sight and sound.
Companies around the globe are racing to be the first to officially step into the world of self-driving, fully-autonomous cars.
A Nemoi turbine can power a four-person household at wind speeds of just 10-13 miles per hour. It’s completely silent and made of 95 percent recyclable aluminum.
Colorado has just joined the ranks of American states determined to meet the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement in 2015.
At about 700 miles per hour, Hyperloop One, the full-scale hyperloop that’s just been tested successfully, should be faster than air-travel. Commercial services might be launched by 2021.
Researchers from Zurich University plan to use giant robots and 3D printers to build “the first house in the world to be designed, planned and built using predominantly digital processes.”
This new solar cell prototype is capable of converting just under half of the available energy from sunlight into electrical power.
Unwalkable cities, activity inequality, and obesity are a tricky blend.
Unabated climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in Asia and the Pacific, which could severely affect their future growth, reverse current development gains, and degrade quality of life.
