Inspired by the low-energy lifestyle of sloths, the robotics engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a slow-moving SlothBot to monitor its surroundings in Atlanta Botanical Garden. Powered by solar panels and using innovative power management technology, SlothBot travels along a wire connecting
The city of Gulu, Uganda, is six hours from the nearest recycling plant, therefore, most of the plastic waste collected in the city ends up in the landfills or is burned. However, now a small facility has started to recycle the plastic waste behind a
Scientists have acknowledged for a long time that birds probably have a better color vision than mankind. A recent study, published in the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, has confirmed that wild hummingbirds have a much broad color spectrum vision than humans. As
Rhino Machines, an Indian company, has launched a sustainable alternative to the traditional brick called the silica plastic block that is made from recycled plastic waste and sand. For this project, Rhino Machines collaborated with architectural firm R + D Studio. The ‘silica plastic block’
Animal abuse has become a common practice among mankind for selfish and inhumane reasons. In a very cruel incident in Russia, a photographer consciously broke a lion cub’s hind legs so it would not run from tourists taking selfies with it on Russian beaches. Russian
The menace, that is plastic has not left any corner of the earth unmarked by its noxious presence. While it has contaminated water resources for decades, plastic is now raining from the skies as well. The national parks of the western United States – Joshua
While the whole world seems to be rejoicing the refreshed wildlife, wild species in India have been injured, maimed, or killed with utter brutality. Recently, three wild elephants, including one who was 20 months pregnant, were found dead within three days in the northern districts
A catastrophic diesel oil spill in Russia has polluted a large freshwater lake in the region. Evidently, the huge spill poses a risk of spreading into the Arctic Ocean. Emergency response teams have been trying to contain the oil for a while, which had now
Ruthless, cruel and barbaric. These are a few adjectives to define human race by their deeds. Following incident after incident, India has seen three cases of animal cruelty throughout the nation. In another horrendous incident, a gang of 12 Narikuravars, an indigenous community from Indian
Mankind seems to be getting more and more barbaric, hurting, and killing fellow beings. While, it is a punishable crime to hurt or kill another human being, there aren’t any laws in place against humans hurting wildlife. A few days after the ruthless death of