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Syqe marijuana inhaler syncs your medical cannabis dosage using 3D printed technology

Newspapers like Bloomberg are calling the newly "legalized" cannabis business in the United States the next gold rush. If legalized throughout the US, the...

Qatari students take on robots!

Elementary and middle school students from schools across Qatar recently tested their robotics know-how. The mock robot competition was held at the College...

Star Trek tractor beams can clean the seas and lasso pirates!?!

Some news that Trekkies will love, and which could be applied to clean up our seas: tractor beams to the rescue! Consider in nature, waves such...

How agtech is going to pot

The tide is turning on American cannabis laws. More and more states are opting for medicinal and recreational use of marijuana and whether you...

GMOs explained through an historical lens

Are grandma's heirloom tomatoes Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)? What about Lebanese cucumbers or the maize that Native Americans transformed from a meager ankle-high grass...

China goes Internet of Things for the farm by buying Israel’s AutoAgronom

China's economy is growing exponentially. So is the needs of its population. To keep ahead of the food curve, China's Yuanda Group just bought...

Will Israeli cars roll on alternatives by 2025?

Despite Israel's dead electric car company Better Place and its venture to create an electric alternative to fossil fuel driven cars,  the Israeli government is still interested in ...

Jewelry that turns human veins into power source

Talk about being self-sufficient, but totally weird! Israeli student designer Naomi Kizhner has designed a collection of jewelry that harvests energy from veins in...

OAXIS: solar-powered hydroponic food belt proposed for the Arabian Peninsula

Most Gulf countries import up to 90 percent of their food, which neither bodes well for food security no climate change - since the food...

The UAE unveils plans to send the first Arab spaceship to Mars by 2021

Apart from a couple of monkeys from Iran, the Middle East has yet to send a serious mission to space. But Sheikh Mohammed bin...

NOMADD robots clean Saudi solar panels without using a drop of water

Saudi Arabia is a desert country with no freshwater resources. Every day the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) produces more than three million cubic meters...

“Smart herb garden” by Click & Grow will make you dumb

I get that a lot of people don't have any experience growing food and that city people might not have garden space, but so called high tech gardening has...

Turkey subsidizes solar donkeys for shepherds

Just when you think you've seen it all, a story pops up about donkeys in Turkey that carry solar panels so that shepherds, who...

Vertical gardens in Lebanon based on traditional Arabia designs

Green walls and rooftop gardens are great, but keeping them healthy in the Middle East and North Africa can be challenging. Green Studios, whose work in...

Drones monitor flamboyances of flamingos in this Arab country

“Drones are the future of conservation,” said Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri when commenting on his team’s plan to use drones to monitor flocks...

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Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

AI surveillance cameras are spreading across American cities. As Virginia residents question Flock Safety over privacy and data sharing, another issue emerges: what is the environmental cost of watching and storing everything?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

GLP-1 drugs are shrinking appetites and waistlines, but could they shrink our environmental footprint too? From fashion and food waste to lighter airplanes, packaging and transportation, Ozempic-era weight loss could have unexpected effects across the economy.

A billion dollar bet on Pacific Fusion’s New Mexico campus

Pacific Fusion is building a $1 billion fusion research facility in New Mexico, betting that enormous electrical pulses can help push fusion energy beyond the laboratory and toward practical clean power.

Europe’s circular fashion mandate in effect by 2030

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Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

AI surveillance cameras are spreading across American cities. As Virginia residents question Flock Safety over privacy and data sharing, another issue emerges: what is the environmental cost of watching and storing everything?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

GLP-1 drugs are shrinking appetites and waistlines, but could they shrink our environmental footprint too? From fashion and food waste to lighter airplanes, packaging and transportation, Ozempic-era weight loss could have unexpected effects across the economy.

A billion dollar bet on Pacific Fusion’s New Mexico campus

Pacific Fusion is building a $1 billion fusion research facility in New Mexico, betting that enormous electrical pulses can help push fusion energy beyond the laboratory and toward practical clean power.

Europe’s circular fashion mandate in effect by 2030

Europe is forcing fashion to confront its waste problem. New EU rules ban large companies from destroying unsold clothing and are expanding producer responsibility for textile waste, pushing brands toward repair, resale, recycling and circular design.

Plastic Beverage Bottles and Caps Most Prevalent Pollutants Worldwide

Plastic bottles remain one of the most stubborn forms of ocean pollution, according to new results from Ocean Conservancy’s 2025 International Coastal Cleanup, the massive volunteer effort that removes and records trash from beaches and waterways around the world.

Looms Ran on Binary Code Before Computers Existed

The roots of modern computing run through weaving. From Jacquard looms and Ada Lovelace to women programming early computers, London’s Softwear exhibition reveals the surprisingly tactile history behind our digital world.

Mongolia rangelands the center of climate change

Mongolia put the world’s overlooked rangelands on the climate agenda at UNCCD COP17, where governments and investors backed new financing for land restoration, drought resilience and pastoral communities.
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