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A team of engineers have figured out how to make spray-on, rechargeable batteries that could transform any surface, anywhere, into a device for collecting and storing energy.
This year's unusually small Gulf dead zone bucks the upward trend and will give aquatic life a chance to rebound. But it's no reason to breathe easy about nutrient runoff from agriculture.
More and more of the meat you buy in the supermarket is produced in meat factories, a.k.a. CAFOs. Hold your nose and have a look, then think hard about that next hot dog.
China's environmental movement may be young, but it's starting to see real victories. So why are other countries having so much trouble enacting smart legal constraints?
The answer will not surprise you. But the amount of energy contained in our soda purchases might.
These are maybe the most attractive “green” clothes we have ever seen: They’re trendy, they make your ass look good...
The veteran science writer isn't worried about earthquakes -- he's talking about diseases that come from wild animals as we tear into the Earth's last wild places.
Science: Harder for people who aren't scientists.
Climate change brings so many uncertainties that it's hard to know how to make decisions and plan for the future. The trick is not to aim for the most efficient solution, but the most robust, resilient one.
