Here's how to keep that old cell phone you're about to toss from becoming...
For those that simply must have Apple's latest iPhone, what will you do with your old phone? Many folks will just put it in a drawer for a bit ... and then throw it away.With all the hype about the...
View ArticleWant to be a woman entrepreneur? Here's advice from those who have made it
In recent months, there's been tremendous coverage of the fact that women are too often peripheral in the tech scene. Talking heads write articles and books about it and headlines report striking...
View ArticleThe latest news on the ozone layer shows we can solve big environmental problems
Here’s a rare thing these day: Two pieces of good news on the environment in just one week.A few days ago, we reported on how the population of blue whales in the eastern Pacific has bounced back to...
View ArticleEven the symbol of America is now at risk from climate change
A report released by the National Audubon Society estimates that about half of North America's bird species may be forced to find a new habitat over the next 65 years because of the impact of climate...
View ArticleGet ready for a manufacturing revolution, as the 'maker movement' goes...
People have always tinkered, working on projects in their garages or basements. But now the “maker movement” is mainstream. According to Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics and the author of Makers: The...
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Scientists prepare for a historic landing on a 'seething and sputtering and...
The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission launched in 2004. Ten years later, it's finally at its destination: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It's the first mission in history to rendezvous with a...
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A rare colossal squid was dissected in New Zealand — and you can watch it on...
You might be familiar with the fisherman’s tale of the kraken — an enormous squid-like monster that attacks merchant ships. There’s even a brand of rum with the creature’s namesake, not to mention a...
View ArticleA journalist returns to his hometown in Kashmir after the worst flood in a...
People living in India and Pakistan are no strangers to heavy rains. Each year, the monsoon season brings downpours. But today, the Kashmir region is dealing with one of the worst floods in a...
View ArticleYour paper brain and your Kindle brain aren't the same thing
Would you like paper or plasma? That's the question book lovers face now that e-reading has gone mainstream. And, as it turns out, our brains process digital reading very differently.Manoush Zomorodi,...
View ArticleChina is planning the world's largest carbon trading market —and could take...
A key senior Chinese official announced that the country will introduce a national carbon trading plan in 2016. If the trading program actually goes into operation, it will dwarf any similar efforts...
View ArticleShould we even call computer problems 'viruses' anymore?
We are fixated on viruses. They are in the news, in our vocabulary, in our military arsenal and in our hard drives.Ebola rages out of control in parts of Africa; in the US, Enterovirus D68 is sending...
View ArticleWhen environmental activists march in New York, look for immigrants at the...
On Sunday, people from across the country and around the world will converge at a corner of Central Park in New York City.They'll be taking part in the People’s Climate March, which organizers hope...
View Article'Bacterial nanowires' may lead to breakthroughs in semiconductors, fuel cells...
For about a decade, scientists have known about bacteria that "breathe" using rocks and minerals in place of oxygen. Now a new study reveals the surprising way they do it.The bacteria survive by...
View ArticleWith climate marches across the globe, the US walks gingerly toward a climate...
Many tens of thousands of people flooded downtown New York City today for the People's Climate March. Similar demonstrations took place around the globe — all aimed at pushing for strong, international...
View ArticleA new organic-approved weed control technique is poised for the big time
Great ideas often have very modest beginnings. But who would have guessed that a promising new weed management technology for organic farms would begin with a bucket of apricot pits?Frank Forcella, an...
View ArticleThe Rockefellers call it quits on oil, divesting themselves from fossil fuel...
John D. Rockefeller’s descendants have announced that they are divesting themselves from fossil fuel industries because of those industries’ impact on climate change. At least that’s the decision of...
View ArticleA decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is almost here
How much is Ken Winston opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline? "Let me count the ways," he says.Winston is the policy advocate for the Nebraska Sierra Club. He argues that the controversial pipeline...
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Louisiana's coastline is disappearing at the rate of a football field an hour
Dramatic erosion and sinking land along the southeastern coast of Louisiana could lead to “the largest forced migration for environmental reasons in the history of the country,” a new report...
View ArticleIn Pacific island nations, there's nowhere left to run from climate change
From around the country and across the globe, an estimated 400,000 marchers came to New York City for the People's Climate March on Sunday. The march coincided with the start of the United Nations...
View ArticleThe UN climate summit opens with a voice from an endangered nation
Before the talking began at the UN Climate Summit in New York on Tuesday, music and poetry had their moment.The opening of the summit featured Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner of the Marshall Islands reading poem...
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