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  Panda poo might provide biofuels

  Other than keeping our bodies regular and adding to the compost, we don’t think much past possible uses of human and animal poop. But new research suggests we should.

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  Storing solar energy for later use: here’s how

  A new way to store the sun’s heat is using modified carbon nanotubes. These can store solar power indefinitely, later to be recharged by the sun.

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  The Dirty Dozen: what to buy organic

  The Dirty Dozen. Sounds appetizing, doesn’t it? We hear that we should buy organic. Then it doesn’t matter. Then a new study shows something, well, new. What should we believe?

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  Is eating local helping the environment?

  We’ve heard it over and over: eating local is good for the environment. Less travel, less toxins, supporting our farmers. It can’t get better than that… right?

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  Newly found asteroid is Earth’s BFF

  A team of astronomers have recently discovered an asteroid that has been following Earth around in the same motion about the Sun for at least 250,000 years.

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  Fog harvesting could bring water to poor

  New fog harvesting processes may help make water more available to the world’s poor. Engineer Shreerang Chhatre is exploring fog harvesting,

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  Earth Hour alert!

  So, what did you do for Earth Hour 2011?

  We hope shutting off your lights between 8:30pm and 9:30pm were part of it!

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  Worm genes help make food decisions

  Sometimes worms are hungry–they stick around and eat. And sometimes they just keep going. The reasons why obviously plague our minds every single day.

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  GMO salmon. Would you eat it?

  “AquaBounty is a biotechnology company dedicated to the improvement of productivity in aquaculture.” They are also dedicated to making some GMO-salmon.

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  Permafrost accelerating global warming

  Sure, we love the warmer weather. But up to two-thirds of the Earth’s permafrost may see it’s last days by 2200. This is a result from the warming temperatures, which is letting out large quantities of carbon into the atmosphere.

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  Beavers: the eco-friendly engineer

  Beavers are also known as ecosystem engineers because of their ability to alter stream eco-systems. And now they’re helping make some important discoveries, too.

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  Study: Organic produce isn’t better for you

  A recent study shows that organically grown produce may actually not offer additional nutritional benefits over conventional varieties.