The Galaxy’s Most Mysterious Star Is Dipping

Tabby's star is dipping drastically in brightness, giving astronomers an opportunity to figure out what has been causing this star's weird behavior.

A giant wind farm to power all of north Europe

Coming up: 100GW mega wind farms on synthetic islands in the middle of the North Sea.

Solar prices in India dip below coal

Based on a recent auction for 500 megawatts of capacity in Bhadla solar park in Rajasthan, India, solar power is now cheaper than electricity from coal.

18-Year-Old Kid Builds World’s Lightest Satellite

An Indian teenager makes the lightest satellite to be launched by NASA next month.

Nano-Hologram Technology Will Bring 3D Images to Phones, Tablets, and TVs

A newly-developed ultra-thin material tricks the human eye into perceiving highly detailed 3D images without the need for special glasses.

End of the road for fossil fuel vehicles by 2030, says Stanford study

Electrification and transport as a service will sweep across transportation industry, says Stanford University economist

SpaceX will help funeral startup launch people's ashes into space

US based startup Elysium Space is offering packages to memorialize the remains of your loved one by sending their ashes into space or to the surface of the moon.

Paris launches electric scooter sharing program

A company just announced plans to bring Smartscooters to Paris this summer for their first electric scooting-sharing program in France.

World's biggest wind turbines now generating power off UK coast

Thirty-two of the world’s largest wind turbines are up and generating power in new offshore wind project off the UK coast.

IBM unveils its most powerful quantum processor yet

IBM just announced the two most powerful quantum processors it has ever built, but it still needs help figuring out what to do with them.

Physicists might have just found a primordial state of matter in rare proton collisions

Physicists at CERN have reported an unexplained phenomenon in their giant ion collider device - for the first time ever, particles called 'strange hadrons' have been observed in rare proton collisions.

Amazing building made from 1.5 million plastic bottles

Built from 1.5 million recycled plastic bottles, this massive pavilion is surprisingly strong enough to withstand the forces of nature—including fires and earthquakes.

Earth's population just hit 7.5 billion people

A global population of 7.5 billion people has far-reaching repercussions – including increased greenhouse gas emissions, strained food supplies, and increased total consumption.

No escaping ocean plastic: 37 million bits of litter on one of world's remotest islands

The beaches of Henderson Island have been found to be polluted with the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet

Diesels pollute more than lab tests detect

Because of testing inefficiencies cars, trucks and buses worldwide emit 4.6 million tons more harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) than standards allow, according to a new study.