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A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat.
From Amazon to the US Army, everybody wants one (or 150).
Deliveries of the $250k Lightyear 0 will start in November 2022.
Cement production currently accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions.
A team of scientists hopes deep-earth lithium could sustain America's vast demand for batteries. But extracting it won't be easy.
Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.
“I thought, why not direct these high-power beams, instead of into fusion plasma, down into rock and vaporize the hole?”
Really simple interventions can greatly reduce indoor temperatures during the summer, particularly in places like the Pacific Northwest.
Aptera expects to begin delivering its solar-powered car later in 2022.
The airships have a range of 4,000 nautical miles, can fly for five days, and can cruise as high as 20,000 feet at 80 mph. They take to the skies over Spain in 2026.
Photosynthesis is powerful but very inefficient. Humans can improve on this biochemical process to help the planet.
Can Detroit get its comeback right?
A "bio-battery" made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.
Fire-retardant gels and slimes combine the best attributes of water and foam.
One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
Technology will not save the world, and it is inherently neither good nor bad. But, when tech is coupled to human virtue, good will prevail.
This marks a historic moment in humanity’s relationship to the planet.
It could make enough drinking water for a family of four.
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, greenest sources of power. But could it have the sneaky side-effect of changing the weather?
Best in class: Denmark and Uruguay. Worst in class: Papua New Guinea, Venezuela, and Russia.
At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.
Only 1% of corn grown is the U.S. is the type that people eat.
An effect called the "urban heat island" means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.
The Hyperloop is physically possible, but engineering challenges will make its construction very difficult. Also, accidents would be catastrophic.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
Capturing energy from clubbers could help power homes and buildings.
Singapore is a breeding ground of truly green buildings.