Latest Environment Stories
The Dissection: A Home Electric Meter
New Uncrawlable Material for Household Surfaces Gives Cockroaches the Slip
Researchers Develop a Penny-Sized Nuclear Battery
World’s First All-Electric Locomotive Has Over 1,000 Batteries, Runs 24 Hours On a Single Charge
Kurtsystems “Equine Training System” Means Faster Steeds, Fewer Injuries
Scaly BMW Concept Car Collects Solar Power, Then Raises Panels to Brake
MAD Architects Use Solar Eco-Skin on Taiwanese Convention Center
The State of the Art of Electronic Noses
Comparing and Graphing Nine Environmental Threats, Researchers Find Unexpected Evils
Video: DARPA’s Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Takes Flight
General Electric Gives Gearless Wind Turbines a Big Boost
Boing! Elastic Energy-Storage Systems Could Challenge Li-ion Batteries
Are Men Or Women More Likely To Be Hit By Lightning?
Snake With Clawed Foot Found In China
Scientists Concoct a $2-Trillion-Per-Year Plan To Geoengineer The Sahara Desert
Deep-Water Wind: World’s First Floating Wind Turbine Launched
Better Tomatoes Via a Fertilizer of…Human Urine?
New Earthquake-Resistant Design Pulls Buildings Upright After Violent Quakes
Is It Ethical To Engineer Delicious Cows That Feel No Pain?
White-out at 65 miles per hour
Solar Panels Built Into Roads Could Be the Future of Energy
Warming Oceans May Cause the Earth to Tilt
Real Genius: Eight Brilliant Inventors Still in High School
Giant Free-Roving Robotic Cages Could Be the Healthy Future of Fish Farming
FYI: Do Other Animals Have Trouble With Wisdom Teeth?
Genetically Engineered Rice Plants Grow “Snorkels” To Survive Floods
Active Cloaking Could Counter Radar, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis
Solar SunFlowers Look Like Reincarnated Cell Tower Trees
Newly Discovered Carnivorous Jungle Plant Gobbles Rats Whole
How It Works: Protecting New Orleans With The World’s Largest Flood Pump
Sensors Mounted On Commercial Airliners Networked For Most Accurate Weather Forecasts Ever
In Epic Cricket Rivalry, Global Warming Could Help Ozzies Beat the English
A Bridge to Somewhere
Green Dream: Putting the Earth to Work With a Geothermal Heating System
The Future of Farming: Eight Solutions For a Hungry World
Green Dream: The Swiss cheese staircase
A Cocktail of Diesel and Gasoline Runs 20 Percent More Efficiently Than Either One Alone
New Technology Could Drill Deeper Into the Earth Than Ever Before
Swiss Boat Aims to Be First to Circumnavigate the Globe Under Solar Power
If a Mosquito Bites Me after I’ve Had a Beer, Can It Get Drunk?
German Ship Attempts First Navigation of Trans-Arctic Route, Made Possible By Warming
Disaster City: Inside the World’s Largest Search-and-Rescue Training Facility
Nanotech Could Boost Geothermal Power and Reduce Earthquake Risk
Green Dream: A Solar Power Plant in Your Backyard
One Man’s Mission to Build an Eco-Friendly, Affordable Home
GE’s Net Zero Home Project Aims For Energy Neutral Living By 2015
Bored With PCs, Bill Gates Sets His Sights On Controlling the Weather
Russian Energy Firm Presses Forward With World’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant
Video: Antares DLR-H2 Becomes the First 100% Fuel-Cell Powered Plane
Most Comprehensive Poll to Date Finds Americans Actually Love Scientists, Science
Arctic Ice Cap Coverage Isn’t Only Shrinking, It’s Getting Thinner, Too
Green Dream: A Solar-Powered Water Boiler
Researchers Predict the Weather Using Cell Towers
M/V Auriga Unveils World’s First Solar-Powered Cargo Ship
Nitrogen-Fueled Fireworks are Green, But Pricey
Clever Innovations for a Greener Future
House Passes Landmark Greenhouse Gas Bill
The First Secretary of Climate Change
Seismic Invisibility Cloak Could Hide Buildings From Earthquakes
Solar Tent Charges Your Phone, Glows So You Can Find It
Synthetic Tree Soaks Up Carbon 1000x Faster Than the Real Thing
The Plan to Build the Next Electric Grid
An Artificial Uterus Gives an Endangered Species a Shot at Survival
Solar Collectors Covering 0.3 Percent of the Sahara Could Power All of Europe