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Abu Dhabi has grown into a dense urban environment with precious few green spaces. The municipality aims to rectify that, starting with a 19,000 square foot green-roofed “urban oasis.” ...more |
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When early automobiles first arrived on the scene in the late 19th century, few people could have imagined that they would one day take over the world. ...more |
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The Japanese practice of catching and killing nearly 1,000 whales a year cannot be justified as science, an expert witness told the World Court in a case Australia has brought against Japan. ...more |
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Can a soccer ball change the way we think about electricity in rural areas? ...more |
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Office workers in France who leave for the night without turning out the lights may not only be in breach of their employers' environmental policies, from Monday they are also breaking the law. ...more |
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Amid the snipers, the rubble and the misery on many Syrian streets is another ugly phenomenon: garbage. In the town of Janoub al Malaab, a district of Hama city, piles of waste give off an odour that is nearly unbearable. ...more |
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A third of the world's conifers, the biggest and longest-lived organisms on the planet, are at risk of extinction, with logging and disease the main threats, scientists said on Tuesday. ...more |
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Apple Inc said it plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy Inc for power supply to its new data center in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of having its data centers run on renewable energy. ...more |
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This time it’s no science fiction movie, it’s for real. Robots might just soon walk and look like humans. ...more |
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In Montpellier, France, the government wants local citizens to help build a smart metropolis. ...more |
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