Millions of tons of rubbish carefully sorted into recycling bins by householders may never actually be recycled, town hall chiefs admitted. Many of the council bosses...

More than two weeks after floodwaters inundated the impoverished lowlands of the Indian state of Bihar, untold numbers of residents remain perched upon their rooftops,...

Just how big can a black hole grow? Two astronomers reckon they have worked out the answer: colossal black holes with a mass of up to 50 billion suns could be lurking...

Astronomers have taken the closest look ever at the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way. By combining telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and California, they...

In the space of two weeks, Hurricane Gustav has caused an estimated $3 billion in losses in the U.S. and killed about 110 people in the U.S. and the Caribbean,...

Twenty thousand light bulbs were added to the Eiffel Tower to mark the new millennium, and because people like things that sparkle, the tower is lit every night for 10...

Global warming is likely to boost the power of the strongest tropical cyclones, a study released on Wednesday says. An additional 1°C in sea temperatures in tropical...

The first time we actually heard of the Home Energy’s wood pellet boilers, like many others we thought that it was a very bad idea. At the end of the day, little good...

It is not very often that you get to harness clean energy in such a simple and hassle-free way, and while many experts believe that putting up wind turbines in urban...

It is indeed time for the world to try and shift the power source of its gadgets from the conventional sources to renewable ones, and if you actually end up changing...

Batman has Robin. Cheech has Chong. Turner has Hooch. KAB Man (Keep America Beautiful Man), a superhero who battles polluters around the world has…no one. In this...

If you wanted to recycle an old car into something useful then probably the best thing to do would be to come up a re-done version that uses some modern car kit to...

While the fuel prices are soaring all time high globally, more and more countries are likely to switch over to biofuels. Nations are seeing this as good alternative of...

Exceptionally heavy monsoon rains and rising floodwaters forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in north-eastern India and sent elephants and rhinos...

The latest car to emerge in the Peugeot design competition is the Peugeot Stylight. Designed by Ognyan Bozhilov from Bulgaria, this hybrid 3-seater offers a comfortable...

We all know about the utilitiy of LED lights. Hence there is no point of comparison between them and the traditional lightbulbs or energy-efficient compact fluorescent...

If you want an automobile with a twist, look no further than the Peugeot OXO. Unlike conventional cars, this one doesn’t require the driver to have any driving...

I am big fan of stylishly crafted eco-friendly products and would vouch for anything that’s made of out recycled materials. In the past we featured an interesting...

At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk...

An inspiring story of how a group of villagers in the heart of India brought a dead river back to life…