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A beautiful phenomenon is happening in the sky — and it represents something...
People in the polar regions of the world, such as Scandinavia and Canada, sometimes get to watch majestic, rainbow-colored clouds drift across an otherwise gray winter sky.Over the past few days,...
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France plans to install 621 miles of solar-paneled roads by 2020
Following on from last year’s historic climate change deal, in which 195 nations promised to mitigate man-made greenhouse gas emissions, France has demonstrated that it is beginning to pull its...
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Scientists are scrambling to come up with ways of getting plastics out of our...
A few palm trees stand strong in the salty breeze.Located on the southern tip of the Pacific island chain of Hawaii, Kamilo Beach is an isolated stretch of black volcanic shoreline in the middle of...
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In a groundbreaking first, France has passed a law banning supermarkets from...
Every year, 1.3 billion tonnes of food are thrown away worldwide, rather than being offered to charities and food banks.That could slowly begin to change though, thanks to a landmark ruling in...
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All the water on Earth fits into a shockingly small space
Since most of the Earth's surface is literally covered with water, it's easy to assume that we have a useable surplus of the stuff. But the total amount of water we have on our planet is surprisingly...
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Tech Insider is hiring a paid intern who loves to write about science
The science team at Tech Insider is looking for paid editorial interns to join our ranks this summer.Our interns don't spend their days making coffee runs or organizing closets.Tech Insider interns are...
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Microsoft is trying the fix the internet's dirtiest secret with a radical new...
All of the information you use, transfer, and share on the internet doesn't just materialize out of thin air.Every link that you click, picture you post, video you play, and email you send has to be...
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More than 70,000 teachers in the US are bringing climate change denial into...
More than 70,000 US middle school and high school teachers are teaching their students that climate change is not a result of humans, a survey found.The first US nationwide investigation into how...
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Apple is borrowing money to fund eco-friendly projects (AAPL)
Apple is raising a special 7-year "green bond," where all the money will be used for environmentally friendly projects.Apple sells bonds quite frequently to help fund operating expenses. But this type...
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Warm ocean temperatures helped make 2015 a record year for shark attacks
Increasingly warm waters around the globe due to climate change and El Niño led to the highest number of shark attacks ever recorded in 2015, according to data released this week. The University of...
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Here's why you should stop trying to recycle your used paper towels
You may be thinking you are doing the world a service when you toss that used paper towel in the recycle, but really, you shouldn't be.There's a couple big problems with recycling these paper...
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There's a worrisome problem at the heart of the Zika-virus crisis that no one...
With public-health experts scrambling for answers to the Zika virus that's spreading rapidly throughout the Americas, a number of theories have come out trying to answer the question "Why now?"Some,...
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Gorgeous photos show a rare 'Super Bloom' is about to take over the hottest...
People are flocking to an unlikely destination this month: Death Valley.Death Valley holds the world record for the hottest recorded temperature on Earth — in 1972, its ground temperatures reached 201...
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Scientists have discovered a mysterious boiling river in the Amazon rainforest
For centuries, Peruvian locals have talked about a river in the Amazon that burns so hot it can kill.According to legend, Spanish conquistadors foolishly ventured into the rainforest in search of gold,...
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This $14-billion machine is set to usher in a new era of nuclear fusion power
The first and largest machine of its kind is currently under construction at the French scientific research center called Cadarache, which specializes in nuclear power research.It's called ITER, Latin...
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We’re recycling way too much and it isn’t benefiting the economy or the...
Criticize recycling and you may as well be using a fume-spewing chainsaw to chop down ancient redwoods, as far as most environmentalists are concerned.But recent research into the environmental costs...
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How a small island in the Indian ocean plans to offer its citizens 100%...
As the sun sets on the small Indonesian island of Sumba, Danga Beru Haba begins weaving under the glow of a single incandescent lightbulb, the only one in her home. Although she is tired from working...
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How a California town completely ran out of water
A town in Central California is mostly without water, but many of its residents remain there. Pallets of bottled water arrive by the truck load. Showers have become a luxury. People flush the toilet as...
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The second largest city in Germany just became the first in the world to move...
There’s a statistic floating around that if you collected all the single-use coffee pods sold by market leader Keurig in a year and lined them up end-to-end, you’d have enough to circle the globe 12...
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There's a good chance you’ll be driving an electric car in just 10 years
In the next decade or so, experts predict that electric car sales will surpass gas-powered car sales. That may seem hard to believe. In 2015, all of the alternative fuel cars (hybrid, electric, natural...
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