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Climate change is heating up faster than we thought.
"The Alliance to End Plastic Waste promised a $1.5 billion solution to plastic pollution. Five years later, it’s cleaned up less plastic than its members produce in two days.
Apart from pollution, pesticides, and deforestation, cars are also now found to be killing bees in large numbers.
In the future, photosynthesis could be replaced with electro-agriculture, a process that is four times more efficient and may do wonders for food security.
Nothing is more precious than our planet, and we must cool it fast. Scientists say this can be done by decorating the sky with diamonds.
The modified bacteria clings 400 times better to plastic than normal bacteria.
Nuclear batteries offer a lifespan that lithium batteries can't match. But don't expect them powering consumer devices anytime soon.
North Korea has not one but two facilities for processing weapon-grade uranium.
Artificial intelligence might not take your job, but it can use up all your water and electricity.
“A tiger is a large-hearted gentleman with boundless courage and when he is exterminated – as exterminated he will be unless public opinion rallies to his support – India will be the poorer by having lost the finest of her fauna.” So said Jim Corbett, a man whose fate was bound to that of the […]
We're neck deep in a climate emergency. This is just one of the symptoms.
Your jaw is the single most destructive force on this planet. We can make it better.
No need to disturb water bodies for sand. We can manufacture it using rocks or mining waste — China is already doing it.
Optimizing the global refrigerated supply chain can help us save a lot of food, feed millions of hungry people, and protect our climate.
The paper products emit nearly 80% less CO2 and use 15 less water than traditional paper.
How a trick used by lizards can help us make safer buildings.
Cement and clay bricks could be replaced with olivine-based alternatives.
We'll need many more such Mammoths if we're serious about climate change.
Pythons can provide large volumes of high-protein meat, and with a lower carbon footprint. So, would you like to try some?
Sand coated steel frames can help restore coral reefs destroyed by explosives.
Bats have the uncanny power to contain dangerous viruses without getting sick. However, if disturbed, the viruses in bats may jump on us.
Cultivated meat is good for the animals and environment, but is there a way to make it good for our pockets too?
When scientists tested this VIBES capsule on animals, it decreased their food intake by 40 percent and slowed their weight gain process.
A portable ultraviolet lamp can save us from the many diseases spread by two dangerous foodborne bacteria.
Scientists are using this technique in India to boost the production of moringa, a superfood that can end hunger globally.
Want to have better crops? Here's a solution.
Report calls to fairly tax the super-rich to curb climate change and inequality
Native plants in Australia are in grave danger due to a fungal disease. Here is how cryopreservation might save them.
Deepfake scams are on a rise, and AI scammers are trying their best to blur the delicate boundary between reality and fabricated reality.
Desalination systems often incur losses because of salt-clogging. Here is a device that can make desalination more efficient than ever.
Child obesity is rising across the globe, but parents do something about it. The key is acting early.
You can add an extra 24 years to your life just by adopting these lifestyle changes.
Living alone in isolation is not good for your brain, heart, immune system, and overall health. Here is how it brings you closer to death.
This cloak is not invisible but it will keep your car cool in summers and warm in winters, doesn't that sound like magic.
From "15-minute cities" to the "great replacement", concerningly large parts of the population believe in conspiracy theories.
The therapy made cats sterile with no side effects for at least two years.
A tiny 3D-printed smartphone attachment has the potential to make blood pressure checkups affordable and accessible to all.
Torpedo-shaped Icefin robot can go to insane depths beneath ice and help us understand what's making the doomsday glacier melt so fast.
A probiotic cocktail promises to save the only US coral reef barrier. But we need to act fast, if we are really serious about it.
A zirconium-based catalyst promises to break down polymers. It's probably the best plastic-degradation solution we've come across.
The satellites demonstrate a super low-cost solution for preventing space debris.
What do you think of this justification?
Concrete made of hemp could replace traditional bricks, blocks, and other building materials.
This watch is incredible, alive, and can make you emotional because it is powered by a pet-like slime mold.
In the not-too-distant future, AI pipebots could be patrolling inside our water pipes. They will ensure no drop of clean water leaks out.
Time to use environment friendly coatings on vessels instead of toxic copper paints.
The pandemic has messed up many things including the academic and social growth of school children.
Baker's yeast also has the potential to become astronomer's yeast.
Your eyes may hold the key to detecting heart disease.
Bio-engineering at its finest.
