Around the world, countries are investing more and more into sustainable energy sources. Engineers and scientists are creating brand-new innovations, as well as making improvements to existing ones. This huge wind turbine from General Electric is making its way to the United States. It is so big, it can power a home for two days...
Researchers are finding more and more uses for medical cannabis. The latest of these is cannabis-based antibiotics that have the ability to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (1, 2) Cannabis-Based Antibiotics At the beginning of last year, separate studies at McMaster University in Canada and the University of Queensland found that cannabis-based antibiotics might just be what...
Juno, a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter, recently picked up an FM radio signal from one of Jupiter’s moons, Ganymede. (1) This is the first time this has ever happened and many people are wondering: Where could this radio signal possibly have come from? Juno Detects FM Radio Signal From Jupiter’s Moon Early this month, while Juno...
Rachel Kennedy and Liam McCrohan, a young couple aged 19 and 21, respectively, had an incredible stroke of luck when they matched all the winning numbers in one of the UK’s biggest-ever lottery games. Their story seemed like a fairy tale in the making, but unfortunately, fate dealt them a cruel blow just when they...
As we grow up, we are taught various facts that are deemed to be true. Often, information that was once widely accepted to be true is then discovered or revealed to be false many years later. As we learn more about the world, some “facts” we are taught in school turn out to be false,...
Are you a fan of the Jurassic Park films? Though in the movie the dinosaurs obviously went rogue, is there a part of you that secretly wishes we could resurrect extinct animals? Well, you’re in luck (kinda)! Scientists have made what could be the first step to that coming true, though you might be a...
If you witnessed someone being assaulted in a public space, would you do something about it? Most of us would respond yes. Unfortunately, that isn’t what happened when a man sexually assaulted and raped a woman on a train in Philadelphia. It has authorities and train officials baffled and incredibly disgusted. (1) Man Rapes Woman...
I’m not sure what part is better about a long weekend: The extra day of relaxation or the feeling of going into a workweek that’s only four days long. Several countries have done pilot projects on implementing a 4-day workweek permanently, however, Spain launched the biggest pilot of its kind. Spain Experiments With The 4-Day...
Do you remember the VW Bus? It is a car synonymous with the 60s, hippies, and really another era. For many people, this vehicle holds a lot of nostalgia. If you are one of those people, you are in luck: The VW Bus is making a sustainable comeback – only this time, it’s going electric....
In today’s news on “the internet is a strange place,” there is a petition online requesting that billionaire Jeff Bezos buy and then eat the Mona Lisa. That’s right: There are apparently people who want to see the world’s richest man eat the world’s most famous painting. The petition is only a few hundred signatures...
You may have heard the news that Bill Gates is partially funding an initiative to fight climate change in which scientists are attempting to “block the sun”. While this is true, in part, a Harvard advisory committee is requesting a slow-down of the project to ensure that it is ethical. Here’s what you need to...
It’s hard to fathom how much money one billion dollars is, let alone $180.6 billion – Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’s current net worth. Irish-American fantasy novel writer Theresa Searcaigh posted this question on her Twitter feed: If billionaires have so much money, why don’t they use it to end poverty? (1,2) Tumblr user Olivesawl responded,...
