Solar Desalination

Many places that need to produce fresh water from sea water are at lower latitudes. Nearer the equator, sunshine is Continue reading →

Innovative Rhino Guards

Protecting a rhinoceros seems silly considering their size and their horns, but their horns are why they are being poached Continue reading →

Fewer Poor People

Defining poverty isn’t easy, but by at least one measure there has been a dramatic improvement. The share of the Continue reading →

Bangkok May Disappear

Bangkok has too many things working against it: rising sea levels, ground sinking from drained aquifers, and its own growth. Continue reading →

SETI Finds New Financial Life

Finding extraterrestrial life would change our world; but, because there’s no money in it, there’s little funding for it. A Continue reading →

One Step Closer To Cyborgs

Cyborgs are totally integrated human and machine. We’ve begun the integration with the simplest steps like artificial joints. The concept Continue reading →

Car Hacks Get Real

Hackers have, yet again, proved that they can control modern cars via the Internet – including things like the transmission Continue reading →

Revised Ocean Rise Estimates

A word frequently overlooked in climate change estimates is ‘conservative’. Scientists don’t want to be seen as alarmists, so they Continue reading →