Seeds hold hidden treasures for future food

More than 70,000 of the world's most precious seeds have been sent from the UK's Millennium Seed Bank to the Middle East. The seeds will be used for food security research at a seed bank in Lebanon.

India’s Wind Energy Generation Up 35% In Q3 2017

According to data released by the Indian government, wind energy generation in the country jumped 35% in Q3 2017 compared to the preceding quarter.

World’s first circular business park in Paris

The idea behind it is to create facilities that can behave dynamically throughout their period of use and to use materials that can be used over and over again in the future.

Cheapest electricity on the planet is Mexican solar power

This record low price of electricity on earth, just beats out the 1.79¢/kWh from Saudi Arabia, and is part of a pattern marching toward 1¢/kWh bids that are coming in 2019 (or sooner).

This project turns plastic waste into 3D-printed benches

Netherlands-based studio's initiative combines 3D printing with recycling to re-design urban space.

The First Known Interstellar Asteroid Looks Incredibly Weird 

Scientists know of 750,000 or so asteroids and comets—and all of them are part of this fine solar system. That is, all of them but one. And as new research shows, it is weird.

How Technology Is Leading Us Into the Imagination Age

The imagination age is a theoretical period beyond the information age where creativity and imagination will become the primary creators of economic value.

Robot passes China's national doctor qualification test

A Chinese robot has become the world’s first machine to pass a written medical exam, making futuristic ideas about robot doctors seem closer to reality.

This Living Light is powered by a houseplant

The Living Light is an off-grid light that’s powered by a houseplant instead of an electrical socket.

Elementary School in US Keeps Unwanted Food Out of Trash

Everyone knows that kids are picky eaters – so what better way to salvage their rejected snacks than these ‘share tables’ for the hungry and homeless?

Two Teams Have Found Evidence of an Exotic New Particle

A pair of new research papers using theoretical methods have independently unearthed another new particle predicted by the laws of physics.

Rising inequality charted across millennia

Researchers have found that the arc of prehistory bends towards economic inequality. Findings have profound implications for contemporary society.

New 'supercatalyst' to recycle carbon dioxide and methane

Engineers have developed a new and cost-effective catalyst to recycle two of the main causes behind climate change -- carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).

At UN Climate Talks, Nations Depart Dramatically on the Future of Coal

Led by Britain and Canada, nations form the Power Past Coal Alliance to phase out use of the dirtiest fossil fuel — but big emitters remain absent.