Update: As of 1400 hours CDT, Hurricane Harvey is now a Category 3 hurricane with 193 kph (120 mph) winds. By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Hurricane Harvey will make landfall in Texas later this Friday or early Saturday morning, and it’s set to be the most destructive in the last eleven years. Like all hurricanes, this…
Does Baby Powder Really Cause Ovarian Cancer?
By: Rosie McCall/IFL Science Johnson and Johnson has been ordered to shell out $417 million after a court case ruled in favor of California resident, Eva Echeverria. Echeverria has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and claims it’s the result of her decades-long use of J and J’s baby powder. The jury ruled nine to three against J and…
Elon Musk Just Shared the First Photo of SpaceX’s Space Suits
By: Dom Galeon/Futurism Founder and CEO Elon Musk took to Instagram today to post the first of several previews of SpaceX’s space suit. This futuristic space suit aims to combine 21st-century aesthetics with advanced functionality. This past weekend, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk promised to reveal photos of the space suit his company has been developing…
China Just Exceeded Its 2020 Target For Solar Installations
By: Brad Jones/Futurism China managed to add 10.52 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity to its national total over the course of July 2017, in addition to the 24.4 GW of capacity that was installed over the first six months of the year. The country is already the biggest producer of solar energy in the world, and that doesn’t seem…
Study Confirms ExxonMobil Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago, And Deliberately Misled Public
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Nowadays, ExxonMobil – one of the foremost energy giants in the world – is attempting, slowly, to move on from its oil-guzzling past. It was part of a list of companies that wanted the President to remain in the Paris agreement, and it’s part of a coalition of groups that wish to cut its carbon emissions regardless…
There Was A Concerning Spike In Certain Google Searches Right After The Eclipse
By: James Felton/IFL Science The eclipse happened, in case you’re the one person who missed it and wondered why it was briefly night-time during the day. OK, there’s not much chance you missed it, given the amount of coverage everywhere. There were countless articles online and so many TV items during the news letting you know how…
Report Suggests Solar Energy Capacity Will Rival Nuclear Power By The End Of 2017
By: Brad Jones/Futurism New data from GTM Research suggests that rapid adoption of solar power could mean that its global gigawatt capacity rivals that of nuclear power by the end of 2017. While nuclear currently far exceeds solar in terms of energy generation, some predict solar could be the world’s largest source of energy…
Why Is The Govt. Sending Bacteria Into the Stratosphere During The Solar Eclipse?
By: The Mind Unleashed NASA released balloons holding bacteria into the sky at the time of the solar eclipse, allegedly to study how bacteria would respond to Mars’ surface. According to the Verge, NASA scientists are mailing students bacteria, that will be sent into the stratosphere on the exact path of the eclipse: “The balloons are…
NASA Wants To Drill Into Yellowstone Supervolcano In Order To Save The Planet
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Yellowstone National Park (NPS) and its famous supervolcano are in the news a lot recently, and that’s perfectly understandable: It’s been rocked by earthquakes aplenty, and geophysical maps have shown how it’s continuously changing shape. Don’t fret though – the chance of any eruption taking place this year is around one-in-730,000, and even if…