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What Makes the Sea Smell So Unique?
Is there anything better than the beginning of a beach vacation when you get your first sniff of the ocean? That chilled, briny, slightly...
‘Dragon Man’ Discovery of Largest-Ever Homo Sapien Skull May Be New Species Most Closely Related to Modern Man
Paleontology has a way of throwing curveballs at science more than other disciplines. For example, these days we have the fascinating case of the...
Eyes of Robins Have Magnetic Field-Detecting Protein that May Be Long-Sought Migration Sensor
Birdwatchers may compliment each other by saying "you have the eyes of a hawk," but now they might want to say "you have the...
Coffee is Now Linked to Reduced Risk of Many Ailments, Including Liver Disease, Parkinson’s, Melanoma, Even Suicide
What beats a cup of joe in the morning? Nothing after you realize the myriad beneficial health outcomes that are now associated with drinking...
Eco-Warrior Makes Toys, Mosquito Repellent, and More With Recycled Cigarette Butts – The Most Littered Item
An eco-warrior has made an impressive amount of money by making toys, keyrings, mosquito repellents, and organic compost from old cigarette butts.
26-year-old Naman Gupta...
Bees Have a New, Lifesaving ‘Vaccine’ to Make Them Immune to Pesti-Side Effects
There's been a lot of talk about vaccines these days, but not for bees. But a Cornell student has figured that since our most...
New Sustainable Roofing Material Can Naturally Keep Buildings Cool Without A/C
Turning on the air conditioning to its highest setting can bring sweet relief. But your resulting energy bill? Not so much. What if your...
Innovative Plant Recycles Polystyrene Foam and Recover Valuable Resources, Using All-Wind Power
Even though styrene occurs naturally in foods such as strawberries, cinnamon, and coffee, when it is strung together with other chemicals to create foam...
Electronic Nose Has Been Developed That ‘Sniffs Out’ Covid Infections – in Just 80 Seconds
A 3-D printed electronic nose has been developed that 'sniffs out' Covid in just seconds.
The device smells chemicals in infected individuals, opening the door...
Eating This Vegetable May Prevent a Hangover, Study Suggests
Celebrating with alcohol may leave many suffering with the dreaded hangover. But according to a study published in the Journal of Food Science, the...
5 Alternatives to Toxic Herbicides to Get Rid of Your Summer Weeds Without Killing Bees
If your lawn is anything like the one tended by this author, it's the time of year when weed killing on a wide-scale is...
World’s Largest Wind Turbine Manufacturer Says All Its Blades Will Soon be Fully Recycled
Good news was unveiled in the surging industry of wind power: The world's largest turbine manufacturer is ensuring that wind power will create as...
Long-lasting Solid-state Lithium Battery From Harvard May Solve a 40-year Problem
Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today’s lithium-ion batteries fall short of what’s needed — they’re...
Flowers Can Hear Buzzing Bees—And it Makes Their Nectar Sweeter
An evolutionary theorist has set out to prove that plants can hear their surroundings, and she was right; they can.
Her work, not yet peer-reviewed,...
Rubber Made From Dandelions is Making Tires More Sustainable – Truly a Wondrous Plant
As companies continue to search for more environmentally regenerative materials to use in manufacturing, the tire industry is beginning to revisit an old Soviet...
Scientists Discover Psychedelic-Like Drug That Doesn’t Cause Hallucinations
A new psychedelic-like 'wonder drug' could treat depression and post-traumatic stress disorder—without causing hallucinogenic 'tripping'.
Psychedelics have long shown promise for treating a host of...
India’s Richest Man Retools Factories to Provide FREE Oxygen to 1 in 10 COVID Patients Across Country
As India grapples with an unprecedented new wave of COVID-19, one of the country's major companies is working round-the-clock to get free oxygen out...
Battery Parts Can Be Recycled Without Crushing or Melting, Saving Valuable Raw Materials
Researchers in Finland have discovered that electrodes in lithium batteries containing cobalt can be reused following a special process.
In comparison to traditional recycling, which...
New Smart Farming Robot Unveiled That ‘Smokes’ Weeds With High-Powered Lasers For Healthy Weeding
Weeds compete for soil nutrients, water, space, and sunlight with the crops farmers grow to help feed people. Now a third-generation weeding robot, armed...
World’s First Laundry Detergent Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions Launched By Unilever
Unilever has partnered with LanzaTech and India Glycols to produce a laundry soap made from industrial carbon emissions—instead of from fossil-fuels.
The innovative shift in...