Much of what we buy in the U.S. is not made here, and hasn’t been for decades. If 2013 is any indication this could be changing, although the next generation of American manufacturing will d... Read more
85% of sites had suffered declines in pollinator species richness of between 10 and 50% over the past 80-100 years. Maps made more than seventy years ago and records collected by amateur nat... Read more
Recently, the New York Times Green Blog described how two major Southern California fisheries (kelp and barred sand bass) had collapsed “right under the noses of management agencies.” The ma... Read more
Cleverly, the translucence of the glass can be altered where desired so that certain parts of the building’s facade can behave more like conventional windows When I first glimpsed the... Read more
An enzyme treatment which could neutralise the effects of lethal chemicals responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people across the world has been developed by experts at the... Read more
Since America’s love affair with cars really got rolling after World War II, nothing but a gasoline-burning internal combustion engine would do. Until now. The gearheads at Motor Trend have... Read more
Long-abandoned bacterial fermentation process resurrected to feed catalysis into fuel mixture A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to pr... Read more
The United States faced down authoritarian governments on the left and right. Now it may be facing an even greater challenge from within. It is hard to know exactly when it became acceptable... Read more
Turning Germany into a massive energy laboratory As it phases out nuclear power in wake of public outcry, Germany to make largest investment since World War II Spurred by a public outcry fol... Read more
A new technology is short-circuiting the decision-making process IN democracies like ours, there have always been deep bonds between the public and its wars. Citizens have historicall... Read more
Image via Wikipedia We applaud this innovative use of near real time surveillance technology by George Clooney and John Prendergast to try and help stop more killing in Sudan . . . A Message... Read more
Image via Wikipedia As impressive as today’s robots are, engineers are no further along in their use on the battlefield than the Wright brothers were at Kitty Hawk. And, much like earl... Read more