By: Josh Davis/IFL Science From understanding death to crafting tools, ravens are the cognitive geniuses of the birding world. But these brain boxes have now added another string to their bow, as researchers have found that they can plan for the future to a similar extent as great apes. It was recently uncovered that corvids – the…
Millennials Are Keeping This One Dying Industry Alive
By: Attn: Their alleged victims range from products like napkins to entire industries like movies and cars. Evidence of these crimes tend to be based on stereotypes about their generation, ranging from impractical spending habits to general skepticism of everything. Yet, despite their savagery, millennials are keeping one age-old institution alive: libraries. According to a recent Pew…
Elon Musk Tells National Governors Association How We Could Power The U.S. With Solar
By: Dom Galeon/Futurism At present, about 10 percent of the U.S. is powered by renewable energy sources. To achieve complete renewable energy power, Musk told the National Governors Association he thinks solar is the way to go. ONE SQUARE MILE Speaking on Saturday at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Rhode Island, Elon Musk told his audience —…
When An Antarctic Iceberg The Size Of A Country Breaks Away, What Happens Next?
By: Mark Brandon/IFL Science You never forget the first time you see an iceberg. The horizon of a ship at sea is a two dimensional space and to see a three dimensional piece of ice appear in the ocean is quite something. But, in truth, the first iceberg you see is likely to be small. Most…
Ecological Collapse Didn’t Kill The People Of Easter Island After All – So What Did?
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Everyone loves an unsolved ancient mystery, don’t they? What caused the disappearance of the Roman Empire’s Ninth Legion? What were the hidden tunnels dug beneath Mexico’s Pyramid of the Moon used for? What happened to the civilization on Easter Island? The last question is one of the most tantalizing of them all. The island, made…
A Piece Of Ice Weighing A Trillion Tonnes Just Broke Away From Antarctica
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science The day scientists have been waiting for has finally arrived. A huge part of the Larsen C Ice Shelf, one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, has just broken away from Antarctica and is now drifting in the ocean. This section of the ice shelf is roughly 6,000 kilometers square (2,300 miles…
Former President Jimmy Carter Just Made a Solar Farm to Power Half His City
By: Christianna Reedy/Futurism This year, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter leased 10 acres of land to build a solar farm with the capacity to meet more than 50 percent of the energy needs of his hometown, and he also installed 324 solar panels on his presidential library. STEADY SOLAR SUPPORTER In 1979, in the throes of the U.S….
Dubai Hotel Will Have An Indoor Rain Forest
By: Mitchell Byars/Simple Most When looking for a hotel room, it is important to consider amenities. Continental breakfast, a nice pool, free Wi-Fi, copious amounts of beer, etc. But a hotel in Dubai has thought of one perk that you probably never thought to look for in a hotel: a rain forest. Yes, you read that right. ZAS…
Climate Change Authority No Longer Has Any Climate Scientists On It
By: James Felton/IFL Science A climate change authority in Australia has a grand total of zero climate scientists, after their final climate scientist left the board. Professor David Karoly left the Climate Change Authority (CCA) after finishing his five-year term. He is the only scientist to have stuck out his term there, the Guardian reports. Other climate scientists, including Professor Clive…