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Cyborg bacteria equipped with tiny solar panels outperform photosynthesis

Trees aren't obsolete yet but this hybrid system can do amazing things.

Roadmap aims to supercharge 139 countries to 100% renewable energy by 2050

Going 100% renewable eliminates 4-7 million air pollution deaths each year and creates 24 million long-term, full-time jobs.

British Royal Mail to start piloting sleek electric trucks

They're sleek, red, and bring your packages on time -- now with zero emissions.

Juice company dumped orange peels in Costa Rican national park in the 90s -- it revived the forest

Orange is the new forest.

These are the cities with the worst traffic (continent by continent)

Europe's and North America's leaders are quite surprising.

Trump Administration reverses ban on plastic water bottles in America's national parks. ‘Corporate agenda is king,' say environmentalists

The latest in a long running-list of anti-environmental measures by the President and team.

Ocean exploration reveals trove of natural diversity off Cuba's shores

The reefs seem healthier... let's try to keep them that way.

How algae prepared the ground for complex life 650 million years ago

The story of the rise of the algae.

Baby dolphin killed as hundreds of selfish tourists take pictures with it

Please stop taking photos with wild animals!

Gene variant that makes plump, juicy tomatoes identified by scientists

Who doesn't love a plump tomato?

Missing link dinosaur bridges the gap between vegetarians and meat eating dinosaurs

This missing link provides a glimpse into how different dinosaurs groups split and evolved differently.

Trump Forest wants to compensate for the POTUS' climate policy by planting 100 new billion trees

Nope, it's not Trump's idea.

Fish farming could cover our demand for seafood one hundred times over, paper estimates

Something smells fishy... Oh wait, it's my lunch.

Popular pesticides are killing of bumblebees by preventing them from laying eggs

It's time to face it: our pesticides are killing off bees -- and bumblebees.

Nanotech makes solar panels literally green, hopefully making them more appealing

What's your excuse now for not using solar energy?

UN declares Somalia polio-free

Soon, we might truly eradicate polio.

Scientists find 91 new volcanoes miles beneath Antarctica's thick ice sheet

Exciting but scary news at the same time.

Pakistan just planted one billion trees to tackle deforestation and climate change

Talk about pulling your weight!

Why were there three cows on Antarctica in 1933?

It wasn't just for the milk...

Why sea levels around Finland and Sweden are dropping while the rest of the world is drowning

Earth is not a bathtub and some places actually experience a sea level drop due to climate change.

Goldfish make alcohol to survive the winter without oxygen

Go home goldfish, you're drunk.

Air pollution wrecks our DNA, makes us more susceptible to heart failure

If you're expecting, taking some time to visit some more pristine areas of the world might do wonders to your baby's health in the long run.

Newly identifed 500-million-year old ancient worm had 50 spines bulging from its head

It looked rather scary and ugly. Nevertheless, it was an important creature in life's evolutionary history.

A trapdoor spider rafted all the way from Africa to Australia

A long way for a little spider.

Using flies to find the animals that live in a tropical forest

Follow the buzz.

Two butterflies thought to be different species are actually the same one

Can you tell by looking at them?

EPA's Office of Water director resigns to protest Trump's choke-hold of the agency

Budget cuts, operational shackling, and having to deal with Pruitt would be enough to make any man resign.

The 2017 Earth Overshoot day is here almost a week earlier than last year

That's, ugh, not good.

Appetite of Amazonian cities impact wildlife up to 1,000 km away

Lots of mouths to feed.

You likely can't recognize faces when they're upside down -- and neither can the Japanese rice fish

This is the first non-mammal that behaves like us in this instance and the implications are numerous.

Thought octopuses only live in water? Watch David Attenborough explain how the only land octopus hunts

If you thought octopuses were amazing, wait 'till you see this.

At least it's not all bad news: global warming is making plants use water more efficiently

Australian researchers from CSIRO found land-based plants are absorbing 17% more CO2 than they did 30 years ago.

Toyota to start selling long-range electric car by 2022

The automaker is teasing us with news of solid-state batteries that charge in minutes.

Greenland is getting darker, increasing fears about global warming and sea level rise

It's a feedback loop on steroids.

Three new species of toad discovered in Nevada

We've just found them, but they may already be endangered.

Rush hour pollution might be much worse than we thought, new study concludes

Stuck in traffic? I've got some bad news...

These sea spiders breathe through their legs

It's amazing how nature can evolve sometimes.

Pangolin poaching is driving the species extinct, despite international trade ban

Please stop.

This shark ate a bit of steel, pushed it out through its skin and then healed back up

Sharks have officially reached Wolverine status.

Porsche announced it wants half of its cars to be electric by 2023

We're witnessing a new age of sports cars.

New study maps Europe's regional carbon footprints, helps us understand how to reduce emissions

Think global, act local.

A single 'letter' difference in their DNA made some whales huge, others sleek and predatory

That's one really dramatic typo.

India starts rolling out solar trains that might save millions of gallons of diesel

India's getting serious about their green revolution, and they're taking it step by step.

Bamboo sharks really have to put their back into eating -- literally

Specifically, they put their shoulders into it.

Give Elon 10,000 sq miles and he'll give you a fully solar-powered US

Sounds like a deal.

Only five nuclear explosions are enough to change the climate and trigger a 'nuclear autumn'

In the case of China's five-megaton bomb, a single throw is enough to destabilize the planet's climate.

Why bigger isn't necessarily faster: a look at animal speed limit

Larger animals are faster -- but only to a certain point.

Lioness mother spotted breastfeeding baby leopard -- an absolute first

Unfortunately, despite this touching moment, the odds aren't stacked in favor of the tiny leopard.

What creature plans and understands what's in store? Quoth the raven, Nevermore

They've outsmarted all primates, and even four-year-old children.

Scientists use energy-recycling to make it easier than ever to climb stairs

It's meant for people who find it difficult to climb stairs.

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