A New Zero-Waste Juicing Machine Makes Cups From Orange Peels Using A 3D Printer
Costa Rica Just Ran 300 Days On 100 Percent Renewable Electricity
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Costa Rica may be a small country, but it aims high when it comes to clean energy. Back in 2015, it generated 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources for 299 days, and back in 2016, it ran for 271 days on anything but fossil fuels. Now it appears…
This GoPro Camera Recorded Itself Being Swallowed By Lava – And Survived To Tell The Tale
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science We’ll probably never get tired of throwing things in lava. It’s something that’s almost certainly taken place since time immemorial, and although there’s no practical way to turn lava lakes or flows into insane trash incinerators, it’s certainly a lot of fun to watch people try. The latest victim of a fresh Hawaiian…
Gigantic Spider Webs Take Over A Jerusalem Forest
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Welcome to hell, arachnophobes. Although this might look like the set of Mirkwood in The Hobbit, or Aragog’s lair in Harry Potter’s the Forbidden Forest, it is actually the Soreq creek in Israel, not far from Jerusalem. As Reuters reports this week, this canopy of the forest has become the unlikely home for millions of long-jawed…
The Hole In The Ozone Layer Is The Smallest It’s Been In Almost 30 Years
By: Tom Hale/IFLScience The hole in the ozone layer – once a powerful symbol of humans’ meddling with the environment – is the smallest it’s been in almost 30 years. Is this good news about the environment for once!? Well, you’re not exactly wrong, but it’s also not quite as simple as it seems. NASA and NOAA announced…
Harrison Ford: “Today’s Greatest Threat Is That People In Charge Don’t Believe In Science”
By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience You know when you’re on the opposing side of Han Solo, Rick Deckard, or Indiana Jones, you’ve made a terrible mistake. In this case, it appears this longtime scoundrel is standing quite firmly on the other side of the federal government, particularly when it comes to science. A few days back, Harrison Ford was…
Trump Administration Forced To Release Report That Confirms Humans Are Causing Climate Change
By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience A major scientific report has just been published that concludes that the climate is warming, that it is affecting the lives of everyday Americans, and that humans are the driving cause of it. This is well known by now, of course – but what’s strange about this particular report is that the Trump administration released…
New Aerial Images Show Mysterious Lost City In The Middle Of The Pacific Ocean
By: Rosie McCall/IFL Science Nan Madol is an ancient and remote city that has long been out of reach for archaeologists. Now, new tech has given scholars unprecedented access to the site, which was once the seat of the Saudeleur Dynasty (1100 CE to 1600 CE). The “floating” city sits on a coral reef in the Pacific…
Nicaragua Joins Paris Agreement Leaving America And Syria Isolated
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science The world reeled when President Trump announced that America would withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement earlier this year. Despite all the political, environmental, societal, and economic costs of doing so, the White House declared that it would stop all efforts to combat climate change at a federal level. At the time, this meant that…