Colombian architect Oscar Mendez is building a house with blocks and cuboids made of discarded plastics. Now the invention has started to benefit thousands of homeless.
According to a new electro-mobility roadmap study, Singapore could achieve its goal of 50 percent electric vehicles by 2050 with the right policies in place.
Astronomers at last have a clear glimpse of the eye of a massive celestial storm.
A man in Vietnam, Tong Phuoc Phuc, has adopted 100 children from mothers who abandoned them because they didn’t have the means to feed one more mouth.
It’s easy to think there are more things dividing us than uniting us. But we actually have much more in common with other nationalities than you’d think.
Physicists on CERN's LHCb collaboration say they've observed three new exotic particles - X(4274), X(4500) and X(4700) - and also confirmed the existence of a fourth one, X(4140).
Scientists have uncovered a chemical trail that suggests prebiotic conditions may exist on Saturn's largest moon Titan. This moon features terrain with Earthlike attributes.
Each year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution, a number that could grow in coming decades unless the energy sector steps up its efforts to slash emissions, the International Energy Agency warned.
A hyperproposed application for the Hyperloop announced today could solve a transportation conundrum that has been challenging planners for centuries: Connecting the neighboring nations of Sweden and Finland.
An extraordinarily large landslide has been discovered near Glacier Bay in southeast Alaska. Aerial photos show a snow-capped mountain with a huge chunk taken out of it and a debris field that extends for nearly seven miles.
Images offer a snapshot of rising tides and the effects on people worldwide. Here you can browse the top shots from this year's Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer Photographer of the Year awards.
The 500-meter dish will now listen out for signs of extra-terrestrial life.
Millennials are more environmentally and socially conscious than older generations, and if companies want to cash in on their rising purchasing power or retain young, talented workers, they have to step up on environmental and social responsibility.
WGBC has launched a groundbreaking project that will ensure all buildings are ‘net zero’ by 2050, in its bid to help deliver on the promise of the Paris Agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
We truly are living in the most exciting time to be alive. The truth is, driven by advances in exponential technologies, things are getting much better around the world at an accelerating rate.
