Greenpeace activists break into French nuclear plant 16/7/2013

Around 30 Greenpeace activists were arrested on Monday after breaking into an EDF nuclear power plant in southern France, saying they wanted to expose security flaws and demanding its closure. ...more

Giant panda gives birth to twins at Atlanta zoo 16/7/2013

A giant panda at the Atlanta zoo in Georgia, USA gave birth to twins on Monday, an apparent surprise to zoo officials who had been excitedly anticipating the birth of a single cub. ...more

Fukushima chief dies of cancer 16/7/2013

The nuclear engineer in charge at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant during the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl has died of cancer at the age of 58. ...more

A Mind-Blowing Dome Made by 6,500 Computer-Guided Silkworms 16/7/2013

Your eyes are not deceiving you: The Silk Pavillion — an architectural experiment constructed at MIT, was “3-D printed” using 6,500 live silkworms. ...more

Abu Dhabi launches Ramadan food wastage campaign 15/7/2013

During the holy month, households, restaurants and hotels tend to prepare more food than is consumed. Unfortunately, a large portion of this food usually ends up in landfill. ...more

This is basically the smallest baby deer ever 15/7/2013

This teeny weeny deerlet, part of an endangered species called the southern pudú, was born at Queens Zoo in New York a few months ago on the 3rd of May. ...more

Study raises new concern about earthquakes and fracking fluids 15/7/2013

Powerful earthquakes thousands of kilometers away can trigger swarms of minor quakes near wastewater-injection wells like those used in oil and gas recovery, sometimes followed months later by quakes big enough to destroy buildings. ...more

Invention of the decade saves water AND gets men to wash their hands 15/7/2013

A Latvian designer named Kaspars Jursons is trying to help solve European water shortages by redesigning the men's restroom. ...more

Cloud brightening to cool seas can protect coral reefs 15/7/2013

The seeding of marine clouds to cool sea surface temperatures could protect threatened coral reefs from being bleached by warming oceans. ...more

Abu Dhabi school sprouts green paper bag boy 12/7/2013

Eleven-year-old Abdul Muqeet, a student at Abu Dhabi Indian School, says his life mission is to save the environment. His project to create carrier bags from discarded newspapers earned him the nickname Paper Bag Boy, which in turn got him a 2011 Abu Dhabi Environment Award. ...more