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Is Earth unique? Kepler’s on the mission.
NASA is on the journey to launching it’s first mission to discover whether there are other Earth-size and smaller plants around other stars… and find, perhaps, more of us. Their challenge is to find...
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“Velcro” petals help bees stay put
A recent article published by in Current Biology revealed way that bees stay on the flower while collecting nectar: with a “Velcro-like surface”, according to team member Beverley Glover. The UK team...
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Organic milk: now more organic
Rules have been finally been clarified for organic milk farmers and their green, grassy pastures. Since 2000, the Organic Consumers Association has been battling for clearer guidelines – and they’ve...
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Organic batteries?
A new development of organic batteries is paving the way to a toxin-free alternative. Chemists have discovered a new way to pass the electrons between two molecules to create the earth-friendly...
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Is eating local helping the environment?
We’ve heard it over and over: eating local is good for the environment. Less travel, less toxins, supporting our farmers. It can’t get better than that… right? David Cleveland, a professor of...
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Storing solar energy for later use: here’s how
A new way to store the sun’s heat is using modified carbon nanotubes. These can store solar power indefinitely, later to be recharged by the sun. We convert the sun‘s heat to electricity, but if we...
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Panda poo might provide biofuels
Other than keeping our bodies regular and adding to the compost, we don’t think much past possible uses of human and animal poop. But new research suggests we should.At the recent 242nd National...
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Global warming causes animals to shrink
Though it isn’t certain, many of the world’s organisms seem to shrink due to global warming. A new study provides more insight. New research from Queen Mary, University of London has explored the...
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Study finds high risk earthquake locations
A new study has broken some important ground in the way we analyze the earth: how to spot high risk earthquake locations and what triggers them. Researchers at the University of Miami discovered what...
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Can’t stand the cold? Blame the summer.
If you’re getting sick of the cold weather, you can blame the hot summer that just passed. New research suggests that particularly hot summers cause really cold winters. According to researchers from...
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Greener flying machines for NASA
NASA is hitting the drawing board for revamping their current aircrafts to make better fuel-driven machines to be built by the year 2025. Teams from The Boeing Company in Huntington Beach, California,...
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Ocean temperatures threatening antarctic fish
The rise in ocean temperatures is wreaking havoc on fish that reside in the Antarctic. Because of the increase, the fish, accustomed to polar living, no longer are able to cope. A recent study by Yale...
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Plants reduce pollution more than we thought
We already know that plants are great for the environment, and now there’s more reason to add some more greenery to our cities. A new report outlining how great they really are has been published in...
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