Tony Robbins uses something called 'fish balls' every day to keep up a hobby,...
When Tony Robbins whacks golf balls into the Pacific off the porch of his Fiji home, he's not just living the peak luxury lifestyle, he's feeding some of the local fish.Business Insider recently...
View ArticleOctopuses are slithering out of the water onto beaches in Wales, and locals...
Curled Octopuses are washing up on the beaches in Wales.A local tour group spotted them out late Friday night, and guides said they'd never seen anything like this before.Octopuses can survive outside...
View ArticleThe EPA may ban some scientists from its independent advisory boards
Scientists who won EPA research grants under previous presidential administrations may soon be barred from serving on the agency's independent advisory panels.The move could make it easier to install...
View ArticleAn Israeli food startup wants humans to eat fruit fly larvae to save the planet
"It tastes nutty," the middle-aged Israeli entrepreneur said as he munched away at fruit fly larvae before processing the rice-size yellowish creatures into protein powder.Eran Gronich, founder and CEO...
View ArticleThe oceans are coming for the world's cities — and we aren't ready, according...
By the end of the century, experts predict that we could see between two and eight feet of sea level rise.Some cities, like Miami and New York, are already dealing with flooding at high tides and many...
View Article5 idiot-proof houseplants that can live for weeks without water
It can be tough keeping plants alive indoors, especially as the dry winter months approach. But if you can keep them thriving, indoor plants are have all sorts of benefits. Plants can regulate indoor...
View ArticleAn 87-year-old scientist may have just unlocked the secret to growing rice in...
Scientists in China have developed more than 200 new strains of high-yield, saltwater-tolerant rice.The research team hopes the crops will eventually be grown in boggy swamps and coastal areas, and...
View ArticleThe Trump administration just published a report saying 'there is no...
The Trump Administration just released a report that says there's strong evidence for 'continuing, rapid, human-caused warming of the global atmosphere and ocean.'The scientific report is required by...
View ArticlePeople are moving back to Fukushima and hunting radioactive boars
Following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, wild boars descended from the surrounding forests to inhabit the cities. With the evacuation orders on several towns about to be lifted, animal...
View ArticleThe rise of water data promises to make every piece of land and drop of water...
Historically, fights over water in California were about dams.Now the battle is shifting to data that measure water usage in detail. If you thought California’s water wars were bitter, just wait until...
View ArticleThe US is now the only country in the world not on board with the Paris...
Syria, the world's last holdout, just announced it would join the Paris agreement.The agreement set a goal to keep the average global temperature from rising by more than 2 degrees Celsius.The US is...
View ArticleMuch of the US could see a warmer-than-average winter season — here's the...
Federal forecasters are predicting an impact from La Niña on winter temperatures and precipitation.The Great Lakes and portions of the Rockies could get slammed with higher-than-usual snow totals.The...
View ArticleOne of the EPA's newest science experts thinks ‘modern air’ is too clean to...
The Environmental Protection Agency's Scientific Advisory Board makes sure the science the agency uses for key policy decisions is sound.Administrator Scott Pruitt banned some scientists from serving...
View ArticleHot rock under Antarctica may be melting some of its ice sheets from the...
Antarctica is warming faster than most places on Earth, causing surface melt.Melt water below the continent's thick ice sheets lubricates their movement toward the ocean.A new study backs up the idea...
View ArticleA heartbreaking photo of the world's last male northern white rhino went...
A photo of the last male northern white rhino in the world has gone viral on Twitter.The photo depicts Sudan lying on the ground, alongside the caption: "Want to know what extinction looks like?"Sudan...
View ArticleA prize-winning image shows a mob setting an elephant mother and calf on fire
The winners of the prestigious Sanctuary Asia magazine photo contest award have been announced.Many of the images portray the complicated and often dark relationship between humans and nature.This...
View ArticleOffice air sometimes contains higher levels of carbon dioxide — here’s what...
Some modern workplaces have gotten so efficiently air-tight and crowded that they could be making us less productive. That's partly our colleagues' fault: Adults breathe out a continuous (yet tiny)...
View ArticleThe asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs might not have killed them all if...
About 66 million years ago, a 9-kilometer-wide asteroid slammed into Earth, creating the Chicxulub crater and triggering the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.Skies filled with soot and gas,...
View ArticleThese photos of pollution in Delhi reveal why authorities are calling the...
Don't walk. Don't go to school. Don't breathe too fast. That's just some of the advice from authorities in Delhi, India this past week, when the smog became so thick that is was described by the local...
View ArticleStunning new photos show the faces of animals on the verge of extinction
Photographer Tim Flach is renowned for his photos that show the emotional — or human — side of animals.Flach's images often capture creatures' moods, expressions, and gestures in ways that make us...
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