63 trillion gallons of groundwater lost in 2013 drought in Western US
A snake-like trickle of water flows underneath Lake Oroville's Enterprise Bridge. Image credits: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A new study shows...
Duke Energy Spilled At Least 5,000 Gallons Of Diesel Into The Ohio River On Monday
Between 5,000 and 8,000 gallons of diesel were spilled into the Ohio River on Monday, but officials say drinking water...
Biohackers declare initial success in biologically extending the range of human vision into the near infrared
It always baffles me how some groups manage to make stunning discoveries with incredibly low budgets. Now, a team working...
Eating less meat could be the solution to water use
Eating less meat could protect the driest areas of the world, saving much needed water. Reducing the use of animal products...
Chicago Twitter bot helps officials find dirty restaurants
I just love it when technology can help solve social problems - especially in cases where you wouldn't expect it...
Chinese coal consumption just fell for first time this century
Sources: Compiled from China National Bureau of Statistics and China National Coal Association statistical releases by RenewEconomy. We're used to...
Robot successfully hitchhikes 6000 km across Canada
Canada's most famous (and from what I can find, only) beer-cooler turned hitchhiking robot has finally completed its 6,000-kilometre journey across...
Sea plankton discovered outside space station
Sea plankton was discovered on the outside of the International Space Station. Photo by NASA from Wikimedia Commons Russian researchers...
Lab creates real, vegan cheese – no cows involved
Creating cheese without cows has now become a reality - cruelty and antibiotic free. Image via TechCrunch. A while ago,...
Today, we have finished all the natural resources for the entire year. The rest is environmental debt
The world has reached what is called 'World Overshoot Day' - the point in the year when humans have exhausted...
This bacterium shoots wires out of its body to power itself
This bacterium has a lot in common with power companies. Power companies use copper wires to channel electricity (and therefore,...
People in Beijing can pay for public transportation in recycling
People from Beijing can now use one of the city's 34 newly installed facilities which allows them to pay for...
100,000 elephants killed in Africa between 2010 and 2012, study finds
Elephant numbers are dwindling, with over 100.000 elephants being killed in Africa between 2010 and 2012. Image via AP. Most...
A component from scorpion and honeybee venom stops cancer growth
Scorpion toxins may soon be useful as anticancer drugs. Credit: Courtesy of Dipanjan Pan The difference between a poison and...
Hallucigenia revealed: the most surreal creature from the Cambrian
Artistic representation of Hallucigenia. Image via The Independent. It looks like a painting from Salvador Dali - but Hallucigenia was...
Why Australia’s biggest oil discovery in 30 years doesn’t matter
Apache claims to have found the biggest oil field in 30 years. Image credit: Apache. I was reading this morning...
Book Review: Materials for Biofuels, edited by Arthur Ragauskas
“Materials for Biofuels” By Arthur J Ragauskas World Scientific Publishing Company, 380pp | Buy on Amazon Biofuels are a hot...
Big asteroid will hit Eart in 2880 … or will it?
New research has shown that a big asteroid is well on its way to hitting Earth in 2880 - and...
AstroPicture(s) of the day: A comparison between the Mars rovers
A comparison between the Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity and Curiosity - how big the rovers are, how much their mission...
Germany gets record 31% of its energy from renewables in first half of 2014
Even though coal is still Germany's number one energy source, renewable energy is developing incredibly fast, with wind and solar...
Worm glue can help seal tissue
If you're working in a biology lab, you may want to consider firing some of your assistants and hiring some...
Workaholism – a new dangerous addiction?
A recent study conducted by Norwegian researchers found that 8.3 per cent of the Norwegian work force is addicted to...
Shark Week Lied to Scientists to Get Them to Appear in “Documentaries”
An accurate depiction of what Shark Week is all about these days. I've given up on watching TV years ago...
This man is playing the violin while having brain surgery. You’ll be amazed why
This musician played the violin while he was having a brain surgery. But why? This is by no means an...
Media Still Disproportionately Including Views of Climate Change Skeptics
If you look at most televisions, you'll find that climate change deniers get half the air time - or even...
California could go 100% renewable by 2050, Stanford study says
Solar energy could play the most important role in Californian energy. Image via The Leaf Exchange. A new study conducted...
Arctic Foxes Put Eggs in “Cold Storage” for Lean Times
Just like squirrels set aside some nuts for winter, so do arctic foxes - they hoard bird eggs and bury...
Keystone XL pipeline could produce 4 times more emissions than previously thought
President Obama said he will only allow the controversial Keystone XL pipeline's construction if it doesn't significantly increase carbon dioxide...
Mercury content of upper oceans has tripled since Industrial Revolution
Scientists have finished analyzing water samples taken from 12 oceanographic cruises from the past 8 years. Among other startling discoveries,...
Fish oil could be grown in plants
When you think about fish oil, you probably wouldn't think of the English countryside - but that's exactly where scientists...
15 years of research shows kids in Gaza are suffering from PTSD
A study conducted by researchers from Leicester University shows how an entire generation of children in Gaza is traumatized by...
Used cigarette buds could provide energy storage sollution
Scientists have found a way to transform cigarette buds into a material which stores energy cheap and efficiently. The material...
Mysterious Siberian craters attributed to methane. Permafrost methane release might have begun
The "mysterious" craters in Siberia have actually been caused by methane seeping from the melting permafrost. No rockets, no meteorites,...
Book Review: The Collapse of Western Civilization
“The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future” By Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway Columbia University Press, 104pp...
NASA confirms “Impossible” propellant-free microwave thruster works
Designs for a device called a "microwave thruster" were proposed in 2006. While the device was physically sound and followed...
New Wi-Fi has a range of 100 km (62 miles)
I remember when once upon a time, wi-fi could barely reach from one room to the other. It wasn't even...
The University of Michigan is building a fake city for self-driving cars
If fully developed, driverless cars are faster, cheaper, safer and more eco-friendly than human drivers. The only problem is, if...
An aspirin a day could dramatically reduce cancer risk, huge study concludes
The new study concludes that an aspirin a day for middle-aged people could save 130,000 lives over 20 years in Britain...
ESA’s billion-star surveyor, Gaia, ready to begin its science mission
Gaia is an unmanned space observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA) which aims to catalog approximately 1 billion astronomical...
New material allows ultra-thin, transparent solar cells
Austrlian researchers have successfully developed transparent, ultra-thin, foldable solar cells.
Sobering Aerial footage of the Mount Polley environmental disaster
The Cariboo Regional District has released troubling video of what can already be called a full-scale environmental disaster following the...
Beijing to shut down all coal-fired power plants and other coal facilities by 2020 to curb air pollution
Beijing and the surrounding area will ban coal by the end of 2020, the official Xinhua news agency said on...
Amazing time-lapse video of dormant ‘Rose of Jericho’ plants reemerging to life
Mind blowing timelapse video of a Rose of Jericho blooming back to life after being exposed to moisture for just...
Cheap self-assemling anti-cancer molecules created in minutes
Researchers have found a cheap and quick way of producing peptides in a laboratory. Producing one of the body's natural...
Scientists successfully implant new neurons into the brain
Scientists have "reprogrammed" skin cells to act as neurons and then successfully implanted them into the brain of mice. After...
GeoPictures of the Week: Stunning graphical representations of 2 Paleozoic creatures (Nautiloid and Helicoprion)
While looking for some Nautiloid representations, I came across a graphical rendering contest from earlier this year, organized by the...
Researchers find that that water penetrates upper crust layer, goes down to 6-8 km
Geologists working in New Zealand have shown, through isotopic analysis, that rainwater can infiltrate down to 6-8 km, in the...
Scientists discover why some people need less sleep than others
Scientists have figured out why a small percentage of people require less than six hours of sleep, whereas the vast...
Colorado is averaging 2 oil and gas spills per day – but residents don’t hear about it
Colorado is averaging 2 oil spills per day, but oil companies aren't obliged to inform residents - even if the...
Irony at its finest: Oil refinery threatened by rising sea levels, asks government to fix problems
Big oil companies invest big chunks of their profits (which are bigger than many countries') into climate change denial. As...