Is Solar Power Actually The Cheapest Form Of Energy?
Considering the costs of solar power over the past 20 years, the drop in price per megawatt has been astounding, but it's not the cheapest renewable.
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Starlink Satellites Fall Back To Earth Every Single Day - Here's What Happens To Them
Satellites orbiting Earth that serve to make the Starlink internet service possible will all eventually come falling back down, and here's why.
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The Speed Of Electricity Is More Complicated Than You Think - Here's Why
When thinking about how fast electricity moves, most people would say `the speed of light,` and that's not wrong, but it's not exactly right either.
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Scientists Finally Captured An Image Of The Reaction That Destroys Nuclear Fuel
Uranium is highly reactive with hydrogen, and researchers don't fully understand how it works, but now we're a lot closer to figuring it out.
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Battery-Free Sound Tags Might Actually Replace Your Smart Home Sensors
One of the biggest problems with all the smart tech populating our homes is the need for batteries or recharging, but that may be about to change.
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Study Finds A Better Way To Stop Wind Farm Bird Collisions - But It Isn't Easy
According to a scientific study, there are myriad ways to help save birds from wind turbines, but they're not quite perfect.
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The Dots In Your QLED TV Might Be The Solution To Drug Resistant Bacteria - Here's How
Superbugs, or drug-resistant bacteria, are a major problem in healthcare, but a new treatment could be coming that's based on QLED technology.
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NASA Voyager 1 Is About To Break A Huge Record — Here's When
After nearly 50 years, Voyager 1 is about to reach a milestone no spacecraft has ever hit. Once that happens, a simple data exchange will take over two days.
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This Forgotten Cold War Nuclear Base Gives Us An Unexpected Perspective On Earth's Climate
A secret Cold War drilling operation for a project meant to house nuclear weapons produced some samples that scientists are still learning from today.
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This California Wind Farm Is Having A Topsy-Turvy Effect On Local Weather
Wind farms are regarded as being better for the environment than fossil fuels, but one farm is impacting the local climate in surprising ways.
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Chinese Scientists Just Found A Way To Make Diamonds 5 Times Stronger
Diamonds are known to be the most scratch-resistant substance on Earth, but if you were to hit a diamond hard enough with a hammer, it would shatter.
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How One Scientist Made A Mini Universe To Prove We're Wrong About Time
Time is one of those things we all take for granted, but beyond clocks and the movement of the sun and stars, is there such a thing as objective time?
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Not Wind, Not Solar: Japan's Renewable Project Makes Energy From Saltwater
Finding sources of clean energy is paramount if we're to curb our fossil fuel use, and Japan has found a unique way involving neither wind nor solar.
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These 4 US Cities Will Be Deserts By 2080, Study Shows
The climate is changing, and not just in the Arctic or at the coasts. Some cities in the US are set to turn into deserts if we don't change anything.
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This Secret In Greenland's Soil Helped Scientists Win An Emmy - Here's How
The sediment sample studied in this documentary was unearthed at a Cold War-era military camp in Greenland, with a secret from 400,000 years ago.
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What Are Those Black And White Squares On Rockets For?
If you've ever watched a space launch (and you should, it's awesome) you might have wondered why there were black and white squares on the rockets.
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Owners Say These Are The 5 Biggest Problems With Starlink
Starlink has brought fast internet to places cable never reached, but it isn’t perfect. Here’s what owners say frustrates them most about the service.
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Solar Farms In The Sahara Might Have An Unexpected Effect On The Global Climate
The Sahara Desert might seem like the perfect place to build a massive solar farm, but research suggests that doing so might have broad consequences.
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The Inside Of NASA's Space Shuttle Smells Bad, But Landing Makes It Worse - Here's Why
NASA commissioned a chemist in 2008 to recreate the smell of space on Earth to help train astronauts to differentiate it from something more dangerous.
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Illegal Destruction Of 250,000 Trees For A Google Data Center Causes Outrage In Finland
The ongoing push to build new data centers for artificial intelligence hit the realities of environmental protection in Finland. Locals call it 'arrogance.'
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Astronomers May Have Just Discovered A Bizarre Moon Unlike Any We Know
Astronomers haven't seen this possible moon directly, but they have spotted signs of its gravity at work, and the object doesn't fit neatly into a category.
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Scientists Just Released A Huge Invasive Python Back Into Florida — Here's Why
Florida has spent years trying to get invasive pythons out of the Everglades. Researchers just put a 150-pound one back, and they did it on purpose.
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Astronomers Just Made A Huge Discovery About These Distant 'Mega-Earths'
These planets, called the 'Gozilla of Earths' are theorized to be up to 17 times more massive than our homeworld. But new research is questioning that data.
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Scientists Crack Solar Panels' 33% Efficiency Ceiling
Researchers have been stumped for decades by a physics theory that appeared to cap the efficiency of solar panels. But a team in Spain may have an answer.
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A New Dwarf Planet May Be Hiding Beyond Neptune
A newly spotted object beyond Neptune could join Pluto among the dwarf planets. Astronomers are still working out just how large this distant world is.
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This 13 Year Old's $25 Invention Solves A Big Limitation For Solar Panels
Solar panels face some interesting and unique challenges, and one was tackled head-on by a teenager's invention.
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NASA's Swift Satellite Is Facing An Unfortunate Fate After Rescue Mission Goes South
NASA hoped to save Swift and test a way to extend other satellites' lives in the process. The rescue craft made it to space, but couldn't finish the job.
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