China finished the world's largest single-aperture telescope

The 500-meter dish will now listen out for signs of extra-terrestrial life.

Why millennials are driving the sustainable brand revolution

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.

World Green Building Council sets goal for all buildings to be "net zero" by 2050

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.

Why the World Is Better Than You Think in 10 Powerful Charts

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.

Smart Dust Is Coming: New Camera Is the Size of a Grain of Salt

Miniaturization is one of the most world-shaking trends of the last several decades. Computer chips now have features measured in billionths of a meter. Sensors that once weighed kilograms fit inside your smartphone. But it doesn't end there.

" Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. "
- Richard Feynman -

China's long march to the Moon began with a bang this weekend

The Asian country has embarked upon a long-term plan to colonize the Moon. The Long March 7 rocket has lifted off on Saturday from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.

Ancient Mars could have been more like Earth than we thought

The Curiosity Rover discovered manganese oxides on the red planet. The seemingly simple find actually has mind-boggling implications: ancient Mars could have been a lot more like Earth than we thought.

First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified the "first fingerprints of healing" of the Antarctic ozone layer, published today in the journal Science. September ozone hole has shrunk by 4 million square kilometers since 2000.

Fly Straight Into One of the Rarest Galaxies Hubble Has Ever Spotted

The galaxy we're zooming in is LEDA 36252. It's a tadpole galaxy 82 million lightyears away that has been steadily turning out new stars at an incredible rate for billions of years.

San Francisco Just Passed the Nation's Toughest Ban on Styrofoam

San Franciscans, bid adieu to Styrofoam. On Tuesday, the city unanimously passed an ordinance banning the sale of any product made from polystyrene. Come 2017, selling any polystyrene product will be prohibited.

Real Leather Without the Cow

Researchers have found a way to culture cells in a lab and produce leather that's biologically identical to that made from animal skin.

World's Largest Plane Will Launch Rockets into Space

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has an alternative idea about how to pave a commercial highway to space.

Lilium: the world's first electric vertical take off and landing jet

The egg-shaped plane, called Lilium, has been heralded as high up as the European Space Agency. The plane, designed by four German engineers, takes off and lands vertically, meaning it can use helipads.

Across the world minds are narrowing. We must fight back

Against signs of global intolerance - such as Brexit - the proper answers are cosmpolitanism, art and solidarity