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sand tiger shark

Laser-toting robots monitor vulnerable sand tiger sharks

A new conservation effort is using underwater robots to learn more about the shark species hanging around NC shipwrecks.

By Megan Treacy in Clean Technology August 13, 2018

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

Just what we needed dept.: An air-filtering diesel bus

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 27, 2018

server setup

Low-Tech Magazine switches to a low-tech, low carbon website

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 26, 2018

solar roadway in france

Solar road in France generates half the power expected

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 24, 2018

iphone

Resist disastrous planned obsolescence by making old iPhones sexy again

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 11, 2018

nasa icesat-2

NASA launching a new ice monitoring tool that can identify changes the width of a pencil

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy August 28, 2018

Naturally green

How can people demand a "naturally green" environment and hate wind turbines?

Wind Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter August 6, 2018

female scientist

This computer program could make animal testing obsolete

Clean Technology

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko July 13, 2018

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fire

Amazonia on fire: 'The earth isn’t dying. It’s being killed.'

crabs for sale

Seafood company charged for mislabeling blue crab meat

Force of Nature

Force of Nature turns tap water into a powerful green cleaner

Unity homes model home in New Hampshire

Live better, electrically at Unity Homes

Blue whale

11 facts about blue whales, the largest animals ever on Earth

beef cattle

Cutting out meat and dairy is the best thing you can do for the planet

pasta and bean soup

There's a trick to saving money on groceries

Frog

Frogs singing in Malaysian swamp at dusk judged to be 'most beautiful sound in the world'

Red-footed Tortoise

Family cleans house, finds pet tortoise missing since 1982

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