Study: wind and solar can power most of the United States | John Abraham

In order to combat climate change, we need to rapidly move from fossil fuel energy to clean, renewable energy. The two energy sources I am most interested in are wind and solar power; however, there are other sources that have great potential

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Forgotten poison: How cigarettes hurt the environment.

The growing and harvesting of tobacco poses health risks to tobacco workers and causes damage to the environment. But the production stage of cigarettes also causes widespread harm to both. It seems incredible that something as small as a cigarette butt can cause so much damage. And on its journey to its eventual demise, a cigarette butt can leave a treacherous wake. When left soaking in bodies of water like rivers, lakes and the ocean, cigarette butts produce substances called leachates, which creates what can only be called toxic sludge.

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"Game-changing" synthesized antibiotic successfully treats infections for the first time

Back in 2015, a team of scientists discovered an exciting new antibiotic called teixobactin. Now an international team of researchers has, for the first time, successfully synthesized the compound and used it to treat a bacterial infection in mice. This is an important milestone in the quest to develop a new antibiotic in the war against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

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The DIY Makers Who Build their Own Watches

How do you go about making your own mechanical watch?

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The Most Controversial Psych Study Is Repeated - Same Weird Result -

What would you do if repeatedly ordered to give a strong electric shock to a helpless stranger?

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This blind, cave-dwelling fish can climb walls

Scientists have long been trying to figure out how exactly our ancestors evolved from fish to land vertebrates some 375 million years ago. Now a tiny, eyeless fish that walks and climbs up waterfalls could offer some clues... By Kaitlyn Tiffany.

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China’s building a rain-making network three times the size of Spain

Vast system of chambers on Tibetan plateau could send enough particles into the atmosphere to allow extensive clouds to form. By Stephen Chen.

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