Water Wars: How ISIS Is Using Water As A Weapon of Control
Editor’s note: The Higher Learning is excited to announce that we have acquired another talented new author! Max Wingert is a recent graduate of the University of Arizona, where he received a degree...
View ArticleMoon Mining: NASA’s Plans to Harvest Water from the Moon
There’s a lot of water on the moon, and NASA wants to learn how to get to it. In July 2008, water was found conclusively for the first time inside ancient moon samples brought back by Apollo...
View ArticleWatch Snowflakes Form Right Before Your Eyes In This Enchanting Time-Lapse Video
If you went to elementary school in the United States, it’s pretty likely that you made a paper cut-out snowflake at some point. As a kid, these elaborate craft projects didn’t really seem to resemble...
View ArticleThis Mobile Solar Generator Can Provide Power, Clean Water and Wi-Fi to...
When disaster strikes, securing access to power, clean drinking water and the communications network are all integral parts of the initial response. That’s why the Ecos PowerCube is such an intriguing...
View ArticleNew Photo of Europa Shows the Ice-Covered Moon’s Surface in Stunning Detail...
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since the late 1990’s. Since then, NASA has recorded data, producing stellar imaging of one of Jupiter’s largest moons, Europa. Thanks to many years...
View ArticleWatch Bill Gates Drink A Glass Of Water Made From Poop (Video)
Back in November, Bill Gates drank a glass of water that had been made from a pile of feces. And yes I mean poop! According to GatesNotes.com, the official “Blog of Bill Gates”… “The occasion was a...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom Sets Plans For World’s Largest Single Marine Reserve
This month the United Kingdom announced in their 2015 budget the creation of the world’s largest single ocean reserve. The protected area will ban commercial fishing in 322,000 square miles...
View Article50 Million Gallons of Water Lost Into San Francisco Bay After Vandals Attack Dam
Like more than 90% of California, the county of Alameda — located just east of San Francisco Bay — is currently in a state of severe drought. On Thursday (5/21), Alameda’s water shortage just became...
View ArticleElon Musk: The Fastest Way to Make Mars Livable for Humans Is to Nuke It (Video)
During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday night, SpaceX founder Elon Musk made a comment that raised a lot of eyebrows. Musk, a longtime advocate of Mars colonization, told...
View ArticleFlint Fallout: Michiganders Forced to Foot the Bill for Governor’s $1.2mil...
After his botched handling of the Flint water crisis, Governor Rick Snyder quickly became one of the least popular guys in the state of Michigan. Snyder has faced harsh criticism for failing to...
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