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Environment

This Pesticide Might Be Killing Off Bees

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said residues of the pesticide imidacloprid, which is sold under a variety of brand names, "potentially poses risk to hives whe...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Enemy At The Gates

With the terrorist attack at Pathankot in the news, Pakistan is once again supervillain in the Indian media. However, when it comes to portraying the evil of terrorism in W...

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Environment

Get Used To Blackouts And Higher Electric Bills As The Climate Changes

Researchers evaluated the likely impact of more frequent and more severe heat waves on 24,515 hydropower and 1,427 thermoelectric power plants around the world. They found ...

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Sustainable Development

Brain Implant That Could Reanimate Paralyzed Limbs Secures $16M In Funding

The National Science Foundation recently awarded the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington a $16 million grant for research that will h...

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Environment

NO2 Emission Rising In India, New NASA Air Quality Maps Show.

The emission of the nitrogen dioxide pollutant has gone up significantly in the South Asia region, including India, during the 2005-2014 period, severely affecting air qual...

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Environment

Earth's Deepest Lake Is 'Seriously Ill'

Stretching for 395 miles, thirty-million-year-old Baikal is the world?s deepest lake, its volume roughly equivalent to the five Great Lakes of North America combined. A UNE...

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Environment

China's 'Airpocalypse' Prompts Official Pledge to Cut Pollution

China will lower emissions from major polluting power plants by 60 percent by 2020, Chinese officials announced on Wednesday. The commitment?comes amidst ongoing climate ch...

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Health

A New Supermaterial Lets This Artificial Heart Pump Like The Real Thing

It’s been made by material science engineers from Cornell University, who say their foamy cardiovascular replica could have the potential to stand in as a replacement...

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Sustainable Development

A New Supermaterial Lets This Artificial Heart Pump Like The Real Thing

It’s been made by material science engineers from Cornell University, who say their foamy cardiovascular replica could have the potential to stand in as a replacement...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Have Already Built a Prototype Greenhouse for Mars

Last month’s announcement that NASA had discovered very strong evidence of flowing water on Mars renewed excitement over the possibility of humans living on Mars, as ...

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