More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 Read more…
Greece was powered entirely by renewables for the first time ever last week, according to the country’s independent power transmission operator (IPTO). On Monday, IPTO said that renewables accounted for 100% of power generation in Greece for at least five hours, reaching a record high of 3,106 megawatt hours at Read more…
Look at the full moon! Tonight it may appear larger and more orange than usual, reports Space.com, “taking on a fitting appearance for the fall season and for the build-up to Halloween.” This is the result of something called the ‘moon illusion’ and the fact it is being viewed close Read more…
In 2008 California’s voters approved the first bonds for a $33 billion San Francisco-to-Los Angeles bullet train. 14 years later, the New York Times is now calling the project “a case study in how ambitious public works projects can become perilously encumbered by political compromise, unrealistic cost estimates, flawed engineering Read more…
It’s one of the largest airlines in the world. But now Futurism reports that United Airlines “is projecting it could have electric powered commercial flights by the tail end of this decade, potentially laying the groundwork for a much more environmentally friendly future for air travel.” “Initially we want to Read more…
You know how grocery stores have rolls of tear-off plastic bags in their produce sections for holding vegetables and fruit? Last week California’s governor signed a law that will force supermarkets to discontinue them before 2025, reports the Bay Area Newsgroup, replacing them with either recycled paper bags or bags Read more…
A new study suggests that a billboard-like constellation of about 50 satellites, costing $65 million all in, could shine ads to every corner of the Earth for months — and potentially make money while doing so. The study, from Russian researchers at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) Read more…