All posts tagged "environment"
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1.8KMisc1000 Google Workers Ask Company To Stop Funding Climate Denial
Google employees send an open letter pleading that the company commits to zero emissions by 2030, among other measures to help fight...
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4.9KFutureWildfires Could Be Stopped in Their Tracks With This Gel
Californians have had a wild, rough year. California was plagued by wildfires in 2019, with an estimated 160,000 burned acres. The latest...
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2.9KFutureTest Tube Embryo Might Give White Rhinos A Fighting Chance
Many of us have given up on having faith in humanity after we found out that two-thirds of the world’s five rhino...
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2.8KFutureBoaty McBoatface Makes Important Climate Change Discovery During Maiden Voyage
For some reason, back in 2016, the British government allowed the public to choose the name of a £200 million high-tech...
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2.9KMiscYou Might Consider Replacing Your Houseplants With These Algae-Filled Orbs
Houseplants can really give a home its own personality but most of us don’t really have the time to care for them...
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2.0KVehiclesIndia Wants To See Commercial Vehicles Go Electric By 2026
Sales of electric vehicles have seen quite the rise in India but somehow they still only manage to account for 0.1% of...
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2.0KMiscDesigners Draw Attention To The Environmental Crisis In New Exhibition
The Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial program is hosting a new design event titled simply “Nature” simultaneously in New York and at the...
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4.7KFutureNew Environmentally Friendly Insulator Might Replace Styrofoam
Styrofoam, though it does its job well, is definitely not our friend: it’s not good for the environment at all and yet...
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4.7KFutureApple Expands Recycling Programs Thanks to Daisy the Recycling Robot and a New Lab
Apple has announced that it is quadrupling the number of locations its U.S customers can send their iPhones to be disassembled by...
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3.2KFutureMIT Robot Can Sort Recyclables By Touch
Sorting through recycling, especially as a job, is definitely not easy, or particularly pleasant and the introduction of robots into this type...
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3.7KMiscFlorida Power & Light Plans To Build The World’s Largest Solar Battery Storage System
Florida Power & Light announced that it has big plans for its Manatee Energy Storage Center; it wants to make it the...
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2.5KMiscAmazon’s New Day Feature Aims To Reduce The Company’s Carbon Footprint
Amazon has now launched a new feature, called Amazon Day, which will allow you to have all your packages delivered on the...
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1.9KMiscOcean Cleanup Launches Structure That Promises To Clear Our Oceans Of Plastic, But Will It Do Any Good?
It’s called the System 001 and it has sailed from under the Golden Gate bridge a day ago, to begin testing. If...
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4.3KVehiclesThe Great Barrier Reef Is Now Protected By a Starfish-Killer Drone
[adrotate group=”12″] It’s not a secret that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger and that, due to its size, managing...
