Printing is bad for the environment in the way most everyday habits are: the harm per page is small, but it piles up quickly when pages are wasted. The research ...
Environment
How a Washing Machine Cleans Clothes: The Science of Every Wash Cycle
A washing machine gets clothes clean by balancing four things: detergent chemistry, the mechanical action of the drum, water temperature and time. Turn one down ...
Perils of Smog and the incapacity of the ones in charge to deal with it
First coined by Des Voeux, the term ‘smog’ is derived from the words smoke and fog. With the industrial revolution came air pollution. The very first smog ...
World’s most polluting brands (2019)
Coca Cola has topped the list of the most polluting brands once again, for the second year in a row, in a global audit of plastic waste conducted by the Break ...
Ethereum aims to cut its enormous energy consumption
We've long known that cryptocurrency is an energy hog. Currencies like Bitcoin, the worst offender, have to be "mined," meaning that it takes long, intense ...