Early this morning, a massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the central area of Chile, with the epicenter just 317 km south-west of the country’s capital of Santiago. Capital buildings swayed for around 20 seconds, with bridges and homes collaspsing. The death toll is at 122 at this point, but is expected to rise. A tsunami set off by [...]

Over the past two decades, the global economy has witnessed extraordinary technological advances and scientific feats that were previously unimaginable. Money changes hands electronically and complicated business propositions are sent and approved without the hindrance of the postal service. Medical science defies death and disease on a daily basis. The World Wide Web enables instant [...]

Bad news for millions of seniors who have Medicare. News is emerging that sharp premium increases are in the works this year – as high as 14.2% – showing that even those who are insured are facing out of control heathcare costs. It was revealed on Friday that on average, premiums for Medicare Advantage plans offering medical and prescription [...]

Investigators said today in a press conference that trainer Dawn Brancheau died from “multiple traumatic injuries and drowning” after the park’s killer whale pulled her underwater. They released a statement shortly after an official at SeaWorld Orlando said that the killer whale, Tilikum, is being evaluated and that the theme park will keep the animal. [...]

The energy-efficient ‘Bloom Box’ power servers at eBay offices in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday is a Silicon Valley startup that is working on a new way to produce cleaner energy. The company says it has developed a new method of making fuel cells, thus generating electricity through an electrochemical reaction. A single cell can produce [...]

Alec Baldwin penned an article for the Huffington Post about nuclear power utility reactors. Baldwin writes, “I started going down to Oyster Creek in 1996. I returned there with a 60 Minutes camera crew a couple of years ago. I have a strong and abiding belief that true knowledge of what does and does not go [...]

In an interview with the New York Times, Japan’s top fisheries negotiator said that the country will not stop fishing bluefin tuna even though the fish is under the United Nations treaty on endangered species. “It’s a pity,” Masanori Miyahara said, “but it’s a matter of principle.” Japan, which consumes about 80 percent of the bluefin tuna [...]

It was a brutal day out there on Whistler mountain for everyone except Lindsey Vonn, who took home the gold medal. Skiers were injured and France barely made it out of the gate. Vonn, who came into the 2010 Olympics with a badly bruised and swollen right shin seemed to have no problem navigating herself down [...]

For those of you who have toiled with the idea of “off the grid” living or are in search for a simpler life or there is a special tree house community functioning in the rainforest of Costa Rica which might be right up your alley. Finca Bellavista: A Sustainable Rainforest Community is what it’s called [...]

Created for the Evolo Skyscraper Design Competition, the Gyre Seascraper is a floating zero emissions eco-development from Zigloo Design, a Canadian based company. Only at the conception stages this underwater skyscraper was created to bring both scientists and tourists together to better understand the ocean. The multi-level design spanning 52.3 acres, uses wind, solar, and [...]