Electricity generated in Britain is now the cleanest it's ever been.

Britain now generates twice as much electricity from wind as coal

Earth & Energy

A windy year has put the United Kingdom over the edge in terms of wind-generated power. Just seven percent of Britain's electricity was generated from coal.

Britain Now Generates Twice as Much Electricity From Wind as Coal

Only seven percent of the country's energy was generated from coal in 2017.

Autonomous cars must learn how to react to bad drivers.

To save lives, self-driving cars must become the ultimate defensive drivers

Advanced Transport

Self-driving cars need to be able to react to human drivers behaving in ways that may be out of the ordinary to ensure road safety.

To Save Lives, Self-Driving Cars Must Become the Ultimate Defensive Drivers

It won't be enough for them to drive safely.

Protecting your information is not an easy task.

It’s getting difficult, and increasingly controversial, to authenticate “real humans”

Future Society

Experts have the difficulty in balancing ease of use with security with all authentication software. This has interesting implications for the future.

It’s Getting Difficult, and Increasingly Controversial, to Authenticate “Real Humans”

The digital age is having some unintended consequences. 

We could see an eruption of clean energy.

We could power the world with volcanoes

Harnessing the geothermal energy of volcanos could allow for reliable access to renewable energy in one of the least served nations in the world.

We Could Power the World With Volcanoes

The future of energy may be the heat that lives within our planet.

Dark matter is key to understanding the composition of the universe.

We still can't identify the "mysterious substance" that's a vast majority of the cosmos

Hard Science

Scientists still do not know what dark matter is, only that it simply must exist. Decades of research have lead to more questions than answers.

We Still Can't Identify the "Mysterious Substance" That's a Vast Majority of the Cosmos

Years of research has given us more questions than answers.

We Still Can’t Identify the “Mysterious Substance” That’s a Vast Majority of the Cosmos

Air pollution literally kills thousands of people every year

Air pollution kills between 7,500 and 52,000 people in the United States alone per year. Shifting from coal to natural gas would make a huge difference.

Air Pollution Literally Kills Thousands of People Every Year

Fossil fuels harm far more than the environment.

Many aspects of your quality of life are manageable by you.

A new calculator tries to tell you how many healthy years of life you have left

Health & Medicine

A team at the Goldenson Center has developed a calculator that provides an estimate of your quality of life and healthy life expectancy.

A New Calculator Tries to Tell You How Many Healthy Years of Life You Have Left

It all comes down to the numbers.

Here's how the latest gravitational wave announcement is going to revolutionize physics

Astrophysicists' latest gravitational wave and neutron stars discovery could act like "Rosetta's Stone" for the heavier elements on the Periodic Table.

The Latest Gravitational Wave Announcement Will Revolutionize Physics

This is the "Rosetta Stone" of physics.

Here’s How the Latest Gravitational Wave Announcement is Going to Revolutionize Physics

Autonomous vehicles will ultimately allow cities to become more efficient.

Here's how driverless vehicles will utterly transform how our cities look

Autonomous cars are set to change the fundamentals of urban planning. These vehicles will ultimately allow cities to become more efficient.

Here's How Driverless Vehicles Will Utterly Transform How Our Cities Look

A number of studies are investigating the "trip generation impacts" autonomous vehicles will have.

Here’s How Driverless Vehicles Will Utterly Transform How Our Cities Look

Our brains are able to adapt at an incredible rate.

Elon Musk wants to meld the human brain with computers. Here's a realistic timeline.

Enhanced Humans

Humans have been attempting to create brain-computer interfaces since the 1960s. How close are we to creating one that works efficiently?

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