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hands holding an open durian fruit

Scientists turn stinky durian waste into energy storage

Researchers have developed a method that turns durian into super-capacitors that can charge phones, laptops, and more.

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer in Gadgets March 5, 2020

My dead dusty printer

How to get by without a home printer or scanner

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 24, 2020

Flow and app

The latest in wearables is the Flow air pollution monitor

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 22, 2020

Home cool unit

OxiCool air conditioner uses plain old water as a refrigerant

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 15, 2020

online shopping

Why you shouldn't use your phone to shop online

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer November 21, 2019

Cubbit in hands

Cubbit stores your data with a footprint that is a fraction of the cloud's

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 5, 2019

Tesla Solar Roof

Tesla introduces Solar Roof, Version 3, and just in time

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 28, 2019

Fairphone in use

Fairphone 3, a more ethical, reliable and sustainable phone, is released

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 19, 2019

horn

Young people are growing horns, thanks to phones + tablets

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer June 21, 2019

Tap map view

Carry a water bottle? Get the Tap app

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko June 12, 2019

Neo the robot

Meet Neo, the floor-scrubbing robot

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 22, 2019

Tesla House

Is Elon Musk's SolarCity circling the drain?

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 21, 2019

biorpinter

3D printing grows up, heals wounds by printing skin

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 1, 2019

xenon thruster

Does this new rocket engine threaten to fill the atmosphere with mercury?

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 21, 2018

coal emissions photo

Are negative emissions technologies about to go mainstream?

Clean Technology

By Sami Grover November 19, 2018

Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel station

Is hydrogen back in the energy picture? Or is it all just shilling for oil companies?

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 13, 2018

Jimmy Carter with solar panels

Whatever happened to Jimmy Carter's solar panels: The sequel

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 29, 2018

orkney island view from coast out to sea

Innovative floating tidal-power turbine generates 3 GWh of energy in its first year of testing

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy October 16, 2018

tilos greece

Greek island Tilos on its way to becoming fully powered by renewable energy

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy October 10, 2018

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drawing of earth and moon

Here's why the April super Pink Moon is so special

Garbage in the streets of New York

We are about to get buried in garbage

reading cross-legged

Great travel books for tough times

young plants

Now is the best time to plant a vegetable garden

yellow aphids

8 natural & homemade insecticides: Save your garden without killing the Earth

tool bench

Man sets up camera to see who was secretly cleaning his shed at night (video)

movie marquis with coronavirus advice

Common household products that can kill the coronavirus

Portrait of physicist Albert Einstein sitting in an armchair and smoking a pipe, circa 1932.

Why Albert Einstein hated capitalism

dreaming octopus

Sleeping octopus's changing camouflage narrates her dream (video)

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