Energy

Remote monitoring can reveal a lot.

Compostable products are all the rage these days. But what happens to these items — including compostable straws and silverware — when they're thrown into a landfill instead of a compost heap?

This is a major advance on the way to achieving fusion energy.

Russia's got a floating nuclear plant on a barge, and it's heading for the Bering Strait — just a short drift from Alaska.

If bitcoin energy trends continue, mining bitcoin could soon stop being profitable, an economist found.

Gaza has often been invaded for its water. Every army leaving or entering the Sinai desert, whether Babylonians, Alexander the Great, the Ottomans, or the British, has sought relief there.

A train filled with smelly human excrement from New York City has been stranded in a small Alabama town for two months, according to news sources.

A research plane detected a single particle of enriched uranium over Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The particle's origin is a mystery.

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, is a drilling technique used for extracting oil or natural gas from deep underground.