planet Earth

“The world ultimately will have a single currency, the internet will have a single currency. I personally believe that it will be bitcoin,” Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey told England's The Times. Despite recent weakness in the value of bitcoin and concerns that it cannot currently process transactions fast ...

The new National Geographic documentary series "One Strange Rock," hosted by the actor Will Smith, is the story of how life survives and thrives on planet Earth. It's told from the point of view of eight astronauts, but having the story of Earth told by people who have left it wasn't always the vision the ...

Chicken Little was right. In a very literal sense, the sky is falling. Not today and not tomorrow, but eventually. NASA has announced that on September 22, 2135 (which happens to be a Thursday, if you need to check your schedule), there is a small chance an asteroid half a kilometre across (named Bennu) ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 95 percent of the Earth's oceans has yet to be seen by human eyes. Given that 70 percent of our planet is water, it's like we have a completely submerged alien planet on our doorstep. In a new study published in Science Robotics, ...

Like any director, Aronofsky wanted the lighting to be just right: “The first thing I said to him was, 'Hey, is there any way we can turn off those fluorescents and let the sun and the planet Earth and the moon light Peggy?'” The filmmaker also gave Nespoli tips on what type of lensing to use and directed him to ...

Faceboook's missing-in-action CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, helped make Brian Acton a billionaire, but that hasn't stopped him from turning against Facebook. The co-founder of Whatsapp has taken to Twitter to urge everyone to delete their Facebook profiles tweeting: 'It is time. #deletefacebook'. In a new ...

“How can we reduce floods, droughts and water pollution?” asks the United Nations, which organizes World Water Day each year. “By using the solutions we already find in nature.” “Nature-based solutions have the potential to solve many of our water challenges,” says the World Water Day website.

“People punish the machine more harshly for mistakes than they do humans,” says Cade Massey of the University of Pennsylvania. The story from Tempe, Ariz., is terrible. A woman crossing a street outside the boundaries of a crosswalk — something that many of us do — was hit by a driverless Uber car ...

The United Nations, UN, on Monday warned that as the global population expands and the planet warms up, demand for water is rising, while quality and reliable water supply is declining. In the 2018 edition of the World Water Development Report, the UN said world should look to nature for better ways to ...

Boston Dynamics' dog-like SpotMini robots have already learned to open doors and can happily trot along in adverse conditions. Just watching the bots evolve feels like we're seeing a real-life episode of the futuristic horror series "Black Mirror." Now you can feel even more uneasy about the four-legged ...

Seventeen years after the first "Blue Planet" series, the BBC returns with "Planet Earth: Blue Planet II," which uses cutting-edge technology to film in the oceans and capture the animals and creatures that live there. "I think, for many of us, the oceans are remote worlds, alien worlds — we even fear it — filled ...

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days in space aboard the International Space Station in 2015-2016, a trip that changed his DNA by 7%. He told us that his space career also changed his perspective on life, making him more empathetic. He wants more people to experience the life-changing ...

While we try to minimize our carbon footprint on the earth, Norwegian hotel Svart doesn't really worry about its own carbon footprint of energy because it doesn't generate one. The Svart actually generates more energy than it consumes, making it a powerhouse for sustainable energy. “Svart is the first ...

I will admit that a documentary about art is a hard-sell. But Goldsworthy's work belongs on film the same way Planet Earth belongs in an IMAX theatre. Everything about it, from the opening credits to the final 10 minutes, is captivating. The scenery and sculptures are beautifully shot and every inch is scored ...