Historic Paris Climate Pact Is Now Law

"Humanity will look back on Nov. 4, 2016, as the day that countries of the world shut the door on inevitable climate disaster," UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa and Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar said in a joint statement.

These Are the First Color Images Ever Produced By an Electron Microscope

Electron microscopes are renowned for their ability to peer down into the hidden world of the very small. A new technique that took 15 years to develop finally overcomes this optical limitation, producing the first ever multicolor electron microscope images.

Watch Leonardo DiCaprio's new documentary "Before the Flood" here

Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

The Netherlands will spend 150 million Euros to turn cow poop into biogas

The Netherlands will spend 150 million Euros on a program for farmers to turn cow poop into biogas using anaerobic digesters.

Chinese firm aiming for world record with 373 mph maglev train

On a mission to build the world’s fastest train, China is developing a new type of magnetic levitation (maglev) train they say will zoom the tracks at a top speed of 373 miles per hour.

Government in Canada To Run On Green Power By 2025

The Government in Canada is promising to run all government operations on renewable energy within a decade. The switch is to be complete by 2025.

China Just Launched Its Largest Rocket Ever

China's newest and biggest heavy-lift rocket was successfully launched today.

Ultra-fast 2-D and 3-D printing: Major advance in field of high-speed beam-scanning devices

A major technological advance in the field of high-speed beam-scanning devices has increased the speed of 2-D and 3-D printing by up to 1000 times.

Radioactive waste can possibly be immobilized in glass for millions of years

How do you handle nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millions of years, keeping it from harming people and the environment? It isn't easy, but a researcher has discovered ways to immobilize such waste.

This Pod Makes Lifelike 3-D Avatars for VR

Timmu Tõke envisions a future where a realistic 3-D avatar of himself meets up in a virtual world to interact with other avatars that look just like the people from home.

'Last Chance' to Limit Global Warming to Safe Levels, UN Scientists Warn

New study says that unless nations ramp up their carbon-reduction pledges before 2020, it will be nearly impossible to keep warming to 2 degrees.

Supercomputer comes up with profile of dark matter

In the search for the mysterious dark matter, physicists have used elaborate computer calculations to come up with an outline of the particles of this unknown form of matter.

Why the World Is Better Than Ever - and Will Get Better Still

If you read or watch the news, you'll likely think the world is falling to pieces.. But there’s another story, a story the news doesn’t often report. This story is backed by data, and it says we’re actually living in the most peaceful, abundant time in history.

" In the hands of smart and driven innovators, science and technology take things which were once scarce and make them abundant and accessible to all "
- Peter Diamandis -

New, Space-Based View of Human-Made Carbon Dioxide

Scientists have produced the first global maps of human emissions of carbon dioxide ever made solely from satellite observations, using data from NASA