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Two robots dancing
Robot Asks 'Do You Love Me, Now That I Can Dance?'
Project Natick Underwater Datacenter
Microsoft Sinks a Datacenter off Scotland
Iphone carbon emissions
Your iPhone is a Demonstration of the Importance of Embodied Carbon
5 Reasons Why the James Webb Space Telescope Is Such a Big Deal
Street lights at night on highway
LED Street Lighting Is Brighter, Bluer, and Increasing Environmental Risk
open pit copper mine in Spain
'Ephemeralize Everything' to Reduce Demand for Electricity and Materials
Ingredients of a battery
Scientists Develop Cheap Batteries From Earth-Abundant Materials
Coolers in Restaurant
This Outdoor Air Conditioner Runs on Liquid Nitrogen
Sky with sun
Fighting Climate Change Through Solar Geoengineering Is a Bad Idea, Scientists Warn
Hand adjusting a Google Nest smart thermostat
The 5 Best Smart Thermostats of 2022
Fairphone in use
Fairphone Demonstrates the Dramatic Impact of Making Things That Last
Apollo Fusion
Minamata Convention Bans Mercury Satellite Propellants
Woman using dehumidifier
The 7 Best Energy-Efficient Dehumidifiers of 2022
Toilet in the middle of nowhere
We Need to Get Over Our Resistance to Recycling Poop
Popcorn can be turned into insulation
Researchers Make Insulation Board Out of Popcorn
Urea fertilizer
Researchers Develop Powerful and Affordable Pee-Powered Fuel Cell
LifeLabs intro
LifeLabs Fabrics Keep You Warm or Cool With Physics
Climeworks in Iceland
Climeworks Turns On the World's Largest Carbon Capture and Storage Plant
Best Energy-Efficient Space Heaters
The 6 Best Energy-Efficient Space Heaters of 2022
Bifacial solar panels in the Atacama Desert in Chile
What Are Bifacial Solar Panels? Overview, How They Work, and Outlook
Fridge in kitchen
The 6 Best Energy-Efficient Refrigerators of 2022
A robot exploring an underwater reef with headlights. A cord hangs from the robot.
How Much of the Ocean Is Unexplored?
Best Home Battery Storage Systems
The 6 Best Home Battery Storage Systems of 2022
Camping by the water
The 9 Best Eco-friendly Camping Gadgets of 2022
Fairphone parts
Fairphones Are Perfect for Consumers Tracking Their Carbon Footprint
pile of plastic bottles
Tasty Trash? Scientists Make Vanilla Flavoring from Used Plastic
Best E-Bike Conversion Kits
The 6 Best E-Bike Conversion Kits of 2022
Close up picture of microscope in the laboratory
Nanotechnology: Environmental Pros, Cons, and Policies
Does Cloud Computing Help or Harm the Environment?
Does Cloud Computing Help or Harm the Environment?
Best of Green tech award seal
Best of Green Awards 2021: Eco Tech
Carbon Cure and Cement Truck
Two Companies Cement X-Prize for Decarbonizing Concrete
Environmental technology concept. Sustainable development goals. SDGs.
Nominate Your Favorites For Our Eco Tech Awards
Tiny Mile Robots
What's Not To Love About Tiny Robots on Our Sidewalks?
Women at work in the office, 1907
Why Did it Take a Pandemic to Change the Way We Work?
Cement factories with white plumes gas coming out of stacks
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Pros and Cons
Distant view of pollution
What Is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)?
Smoke of chimney writing CO2 in the sky
Direct Air Capture Pros and Cons
Air quality monitor outdoors
The 5 Best Air Quality Monitors of 2022
Climeworks Direct-Air Carbon Capture Plant in Iceland.
What Is Direct Air Capture?
Framework Computer open
Framework Computer is Repairable and Upgradable
hello robot
Robots Are Stealing Our Sidewalks
Hand in a garden holding a tablet with soil information display
Using Data and Citizen Science for Gardening Success
House with outdoor lights
The 8 Best Outdoor Motion Sensor Lights of 2022
Phone cases
The 7 Best Eco-Friendly Cell Phone Cases and Protectors of 2022
Elon Musk
$100M Prize for Carbon Capture Announced
Man with Portable Solar Charger Panel
The 6 Best Solar-Powered Phone Chargers of 2022
Solar Lantern
The 6 Best Solar Lanterns of 2022
Testing a drop of water on a microscope slide.
The 7 Best Water Testing Kits of 2022
Commerce Photo Composite
The 7 Best Energy-Efficient Air Conditioners of 2022
Best Solar Power Banks
The 7 Best Solar Power Banks of 2022
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What Is Eco-Friendly Technology?
World Map Projection AuthaGraph faithfully represents all oceans, continents including the neglected Antarctica.
This World Map Is Weird — But Also the Most Accurate
How to Explore National Parks With Virtual Tours
Forget Geniuses. Hard Workers Make the Best Role Models.
Illustration of Sir Isaac Newton contemplating a fallen apple
5 Brilliant Mathematicians and Their Impact on the Modern World
Two boys looking at a cellphone in a school cafeteria
Why Kids Shouldn't Take Their Cell Phones to School
What's Wrong With Batteries?
A model of James T. Kirk playing with a replica of the Starship Enterprise.
Why We Can't Stop Thinking About Warp Drive
A mosaic of the distant universe taken by Hubble.
It Took 265,000 Galaxies and One Starry-Eyed Telescope to Create This Image

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