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Lesson of Fukushima: No-Nukes or Pro-Nukes?
Along with all the other news surrounding the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the nuclear power industry is also in the spotlight due to problems that have arisen at some Japanese reactor facilities...
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Festo Demonstrates Artificial Bird
Animal roboticists Festo have come up with the latest in their series of robots which mimic animal locomotion and activity. We've seen a number of compelling demonstrations from them over the past...
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Oyster Mushrooms Can Break Down Diapers in Four Months
Diapers are up there with styrofoam when it comes to things that last forever in landfills. Surveys of landfills have estimated that it takes hundreds of years for them to break down and when billions...
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Climate Change May Be Super-Sizing Birds
Researchers from San Francisco State University and Point Reyes Bird Observatory believe that among the wide array of consequences and adaptations that are occurring with climate change, birds are...
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Turn the Eiffel Tower Green?
A concept to turn the Eiffel Tower into a giant green wall has been proposed as a symbolic statement of "the reconciliation of nature and mankind."The plan calls for 600,000 plants to be attached to...
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SciShow: Geoengineering
Geoengineering is the term used to describe large-scale engineering projects meant to manipulate the planetary environment (usually in order to address climate change). Two items related to this topic...
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Pollution Causing Bug-Eating Plants to Go Vegetarian
Every once in a while we hear of an unexpected consequence of pollution or climate change and this one is particularly interesting. Scientists at Loughborough University in England found that an...
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1.5 Gigawatts from a Thermal Chimney Power Tower
Solar towers are again getting some notice. According to recent news, a company called Clean Wind Energy, Inc. is trying to build a 3,000 foot (914 meters) tall tower to produce electricity. When the...
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Inequality in Trees Reflects Income Inequality
Comparisons of aerial images between lower- and higher-income neighborhoods show that income inequalities are demonstrated through the number of trees present. Higher income areas have more trees,...
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Using Electricity to Fight Fires
Fire fighting could take on an entirely new character with the rediscovery of a principle first noticed more than 200 years ago: electricity can stop flames. Scientists do not yet fully understand how...
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