For years scientists have been pushing green technology. Things like solar panels and wind turbines are more ecologically friendly, but are they really green? One group of researchers is working tech that is both figuratively and literally green: moss. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have been able to power a small radio using the energy generated by a particular form of moss, it what is called a photo microbial cell. Despite only being able to power the radio for a few minutes, this experiment shows that it might feasible to provide small charges for things like cellphones with some additional research.
“Green” tech…get it?
Not only would this mean using less energy, but it also would help remove CO2 from the atmosphere thanks to photosythesis.
Happy 25th birthday to the internet. The internet as we understand it was the brain child of a CERN scientist named Tim Berners-Lee who submitted a memo in March of 1989 on how to link documents between computers that were networked together. While this project didn’t move forward for another year, the World Wide Web Consortium is choosing to celebrate the day on which the memo was first filed, as opposed to when the system began operating. I’m hoping they didn’t invite Al Gore to any of their parties.
CERN in Switzerland.
Who still uses the terms World Wide Web or consortium any more?
There is a star in space that is 1300 times bigger than our sun!Researchers recently published a study of this hypergiant named HR5171. Now I realize that our sun is actually pretty small when it comes to stars, but the fact that HR5171 is that much bigger makes it insanely massive. Not only is HR5171 that large, but it is part of a binary star. So basically this star is so big it has it’s own star. 
We need to come up with a better way to name stars. This one sounds like a bill before Congress, and space is way cooler than Congress.
Therefore I Geek 