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Tesla Model S has been the only real change in the automobile in the last century.

Cartoonist Waxes on Tesla Model S, Wants to Build Nikola Tesla Museum

Calling Matthew Inman a “cartoonist” isn’t really fair, but the way he waxes on about his Tesla Model S goes much deeper than simple...
Space-based solar power, JAXA suggests, could be in place by 2040.

Space-Based Solar Power in Twenty-Five Years, Says JAXA

Solar power may not be the end-all be-all covering our energy needs, but it is clean, which makes it a good investment into our...

Intense Cyclones Directly Caused by China Pollution

China is infamous for its staggering levels of air pollution. We’ve all seen the striking, and heartbreaking, photos of normal citizens strolling through parks...

Two Residential Towers Will Clean Mumbai’s Air, Just Like Trees

With urban air pollution becoming a huge problem in many major cities around the world, engineers, scientists and architects are testing and trying numerous...

Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Makes the News Again

The only reason I can assume we are having this conversation all over again as though we have never had it is because we...

This Small, Light and Portable Wind Turbine Charges Gadgets on Cloudy Days

Losing yourself in nature for days can be so incredibly refreshing that only writing about it makes me want to ditch everything, dig out...
Climate change is melting Thwaites Glacier on the West Antarctic, faster than ever.

Climate Change – West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt Won’t Stop Anytime Soon

According to a recent NASA study, climate change is showing its effects on the West Antarctic ice sheet, and it won’t stop. Watching the West...
Hybrid Carbon-Nanotube and Graphene Supercapacitor Developed

Flexible Supercapacitor Could be Woven into Cloth

Researchers collaborating between Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, Tsinghua University (TUC), China, and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), US, believe they have developed the...
Volvo Polestar performance vehicles will go hybrid with small turbodiesels and electric motors.

Volvo Polestar Focuses on Turbodiesel Hybrid Electric Vehicles

With the release of the Volvo V60 PHEV, new ground was broken in the automobile market, becoming the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid electric...
End of the line for Toyota RAV4 EV

Is This The End of The Line for Toyota RAV4 EV?

Toyota’s stance on electric vehicles seems to be clear, so the end of the Toyota RAV4 EV doesn’t really come as a shock. Instead, Toyota...