1235 Results From "renewable energy"

A new site claims to offer a guide to building an entire nuclear power plant, from the reactor vessels to the Homer Simpson-esque control panels.
Nuclear Fusion

Here’s How to Build Your Own Nuclear Power Plant

By Jon Christian

A Puerto Rican startup called Instarz plans on building a self-assembling, self-sustaining Moon habitat that can support eight astronauts for a year.
Moon

Puerto Rican Startup Plans to Launch Self-Sustaining Moon Habitat

By Dan Robitzski

The governor of Puerto Rico just signed a bill that will quickly move the island away from non-renewable energy sources within the next few decades.
Climate Change

Puerto Rico Will Stop Burning Coal Next Year

By Dan Robitzski

There is a chance that incoming stars that whip past the Earth could throw it out of orbit and move it away from the Sun, an astrophycisist argues.
Solar Power

Researcher: Passing Star Could Yeet Earth Out of Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have created tiny solar powered wings that can flap faster than butterfly wings and only need sunlight as a power source.
Solar Power

These Tiny, Solar-Powered Wings Flap Faster Than a Butterfly’s

By Victor Tangermann

Climatologist Alan Robock from Rutgers University and his team studied what an all-out nuclear war between world nations could look like.
Nuclear Fusion

Here’s Exactly How Screwed You’d Be in a Nuclear Apocalypse

By Victor Tangermann

The US Navy is looking to arm nuclear submarines with high-energy laser weapons, according to Popular Mechanics. It won't reveal why.
Nuclear Fusion

The US Navy Wants to Arm Nuclear Submarines With Laser Cannons

By Victor Tangermann

A new study reveals a bizarre link: on days that solar storms mess with the magnetic field, more gray whales beach themselves.
Solar Power

Solar Storms May Cause Whales to Crash Into Beaches

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers identified a major flaw in the U.S. government's plan to store nuclear waste: groundwater can eat away at storage containers and cause leaks.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Waste Storage Containers Break Down When Exposed to Water

By Dan Robitzski

Research teams have discovered dust grains older than our solar system in two meteorites that landed on separate parts of the Earth in 1969.
Solar Power

Materials Older Than the Solar System Found in Two Meteorites

By Kristin Houser

Swiss startup Energy Vault wants to overcome the limitations of lithium-ion batteries by storing wind and solar energy by stacking massive brick towers.
Solar Power

Here’s How to Store Wind and Solar Energy Using Just Gravity

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers wants to make use of nuclear waste by converting it into extremely long-lasting diamond batteries that could power medical devices.
Nuclear Fusion

New Technique Turns Nuclear Waste Into “Diamond Batteries”

By Dan Robitzski

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shared a dire warning that the planet is descending into conflcit and instability, but a better future is possible.
Future Society

UN Secretary-General: “A Wind of Madness Is Sweeping the Globe”

By Dan Robitzski

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry
Climate Change

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

By Dan Robitzski

A new op-ed in the New York Times says that everyone can embrace a life of high-tech luxury, as long as the world embraces communism.
Future Society

NYT Calls For “Fully Automated Luxury Communism”

By Dan Robitzski

Renewables produced more electricity in the U.S. than coal-fired plants in April, possibly signaling a tipping point in the transition to clean energy.
Science & Energy

Renewables Surpass Coal in the US for the First Time

By Kristin Houser

An astrophysicist has designed a stellar engine that could move Earth's entire solar system from one part of the Milky Way to another.
Solar Power

This “Stellar Engine” Would Move an Entire Solar System

By Kristin Houser

Russia's floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now operational and generating power for the town of Pevek.
Nuclear Fusion

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Began Generating Electricity

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have created an AI that is able to come up with a recipe for "perovskite" that could one day be used to create spray-on solar cells.
Solar Power

Scientists Are Working on Spray-On Solar Panels

By Victor Tangermann

Two scientists have invented a device that can create its own source of electricity from an extremely abundant and renewable source: falling snow.
Energy

New Device Generates Electricity From Falling Snow

By Victor Tangermann

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo