Titan has enough energy to power a colony the size of the USA

If we're going start building colonies elsewhere, then one of the essential resources we're going to need is energy. A new study says Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has it in abundance.

Anniversary of UK smoking ban 'marks a decade of success'

In the space of 10 years there are 1.9 milion fewer smokers in Britain and "big changes in public attitudes towards smoking".

40-foot shipping container farm can grow 5 acres of food with 97% less water

Shipping container farms, called TerraFarms, grow produce twice as fast as a traditional farm, all while using 97 percent less water and zero pesticides or herbicides.

The UN Passes The First-Ever Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Worldwide

Last Friday, the United Nations passed the first-ever treaty imposing a total nuclear weapons ban.

Advanced modeling techniques suggest extreme coastal sea levels to occure

The results suggest that extreme sea levels will likely occur more frequently than previously predicted, particularly in the west coast regions of the U.S. and in large parts of Europe and Australia.

Cut out sugary drinks to prevent type 2 diabetes

An international study finds thousands of cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented every year if people stopped drinking sugary drinks.

Without car sharing policies, urban traffic gets much, much worse

Cities plagued with terrible traffic problems may be overlooking a simple, low-cost solution: High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) policies.

US First Free-Roaming Genetically Engineered Insects

A field trial will take place in New York area and will become the first wild release of an insect modified using genetic engineering in the US.

First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power

Engineers have designed the first battery-free cellphone that can send and receive calls using only a few microwatts of power, which it harvests from ambient radio signals or light.

Scientists Analyze Possible Vegetation on the TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets

A new scientific model studies whether liquid water can be maintained on planets in various conditions, and could be used to confirm the presence of vegetation on faraway worlds.

Milky Way could have 100 billion brown dwarfs

Our galaxy could have 100 billion brown dwarfs or more according to a recent survey of dense star clusters

Hubble Sees Clumps of New Stars in Lensed Galaxy

Analyzing a galaxy through a gravitational lens, astronomers obtained images 10 times sharper than Hubble could see on its own.