Since the 1880s, U.S. cities have been burning municipal solid waste as a means of getting rid of trash. Many incinerators operating now use the heat from burning trash to produce steam that can generate electricity. Advocates of these “waste-to-energy” plants say that it
Last night, at around 2:40 am Peruvian time, the biggest earthquake of the year happened. The earthquake was originally reported as being a 7.5 on the Richter scale but soon upgraded to an 8.0 at the epicentre. The epicentre was in Northern Peru, in
Nowadays, life can be created from scratch through the practice of synthetic biology. Anything from advanced biofuels to human organs can be man-made by synthetic biologists. It is truly an amazing science. However, the technologies also have the capacity to be abused and are
Simon Bailey, who is the highest ranking child protection officer in the UK says that pedophiles shouldn’t be jailed for viewing child pornography. Chief Constable Bailey of Norfolk Constabulary sparked outrage and shocked many people when he said that pedophiles who view pornographic images
Exploratory new research has revealed that the Amazon rainforest is not as ‘wild and untouched’ as previously thought and that ancient civilisations actually helped shape the landscape. The report, published in Science this week suggests that the Native Americans of the Amazon were actively burning,
A new study has found an intriguing correlation between the functions of the internet and neural activity in the human brain. Hailed by many neurologists as a groundbreaking initiative, the functional similarity between the brain and the internet can potentially open new avenues into
Researchers have discovered the oldest fossil on Earth pointing towards the fact that the early life organisms existed on earth, and were thriving some 4.2 billion years ago. This new estimate is hundreds of millions of years earlier than it was previously believed by
The reports emerging from the investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia suggest a hair-raising aspect of an already unsettling matter. Two women dressed as ordinary tourists attacked the half-brother of current Supreme Leader of the hermit state North Korea. The operation
NASA has recently released their latest findings regarding the possibility of the existence of alien life within Milky Way galaxy that has both astronomers and space enthusiasts buzzing with excitement. According to NASA, the constellation of Aquarius is possibly the home to a huddle
There is “no damage to the environment like oil pollution”. These are the famous words of the Kamarajar Port Ltd company in Chennai, India, where on the 28th January 2017 two oil tankers collided. Oil is still rapidly spreading along the Ennore coast nearly
