Nanotechnology's Giant Leap Forward

A team of scientists in Germany has managed to prop up a molecule into a position that it would not naturally assume.

Bacteria-powered solar panels could work in cloudy skies

Canadian researchers have created a bacteria-powered solar cell that works as efficiently in dim light as in bright light.

German Nuclear Fusion Experiment Sets Records

The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is close to hitting sustainable nuclear fusion (generating more energy than is initially required to start the reaction).

Rising sea levels could cost the world $14 trillion a year by 2100

A study found flooding from rising sea levels could cost $14 trillion worldwide annually by 2100, if the target of holding global temperatures below 2ºC above pre-industrial levels is missed.

'Cataclysmic' collision shaped Uranus

Results from computer simulations confirm that young Uranus was involved in a cataclysmic collision with an object twice the mass of Earth.

US state to sue oil companies over climate change impacts

Rhode Island has become the first US state to sue a group of oil companies over their role in causing dangerous climate change.

German 12-Year-old Boy Plants 1Million Trees

Felix Finkbeiner is on a mission to get children around the world to plant a million trees in every single country for his booming Trillion Tree Program.

UK's first energy positive classroom produces 1.5x the energy it uses

Known as the Active Classroom, the energy-producing classroom stands as a shining example of what is possible as the U.K. and other nations attempt to transform their energy systems in response to climate change.

Excess milk gets a second life feeding the hungry

Instead of dumping over 43 gallons of milk every year, Pennsylvania farmers in USA are teaming up with food banks to feed the hungry and turn a profit.

First-Ever Picture of a Planet Being Born

For the very first time, astronomers have captured an image of a baby planet as it carves a path through the disc of dust that surrounds its star, an orange dwarf 113.4 parsecs (370 light-years) away from Earth.

First 3D virtual online shopping

Walmart test lets customers shop a curated, virtual apartment. You can shop in VR rather than a physical store.

New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

A mysterious cataclysm in a neighboring galaxy was spotted in the sky above Hawaii last week, sending astronomers around the world scrambling to understand the source of the staggeringly brilliant flash.

Interstellar object ‘Oumuamua is a comet

Last October, researchers spotted a long, skinny object speeding through our solar system. Additional observations have now earned the object a comet label.

Netherlands to pay people to get on bikes

In the Netherlands, where a quarter of the country bikes regularly, the government still wants companies to pay employees 19 cents (US 22 cents) per kilometer for riding to work.

In 2017, We Lost 40 Football Fields Of Trees Every Minute

New data shows that over 15.8 million hectares (39 million acres) – an area the size of Bangladesh – of tree cover was lost in the tropics during 2017.