Two Yeshiva University students are introducing science to religion in the wind tunnel of New York where powerful blasts of air rip down skyscraper lined streets. Wind power offers a new way to power Hanukkah.

They call William Kamkwamba “the boy who harnessed the wind.” At 14, after dropping out of school, the African boy in a rural Malawi village taught himself how electricity works, and built a windmill from scraps and pieces of a bicycle.

Now 22, Kamkwmaba has a book, detailing how he built his windmill and he outlines his plan for his next invention–a steam engine run by a solar oven.

Here’s an interview with the author at Amazon.com.

President Obama Addresses UN Climate Summit

In what could be considered his most strongly-worded warning about the threat of climate change, U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations that there is little time to act before permanent environmental damage is irreversible.

In a stirring speech, he called upon Congress, scientists, engineers and citizens to take climate change seriously and work toward solutions to prevent the worst and adapt to the inevitable.

He also announced that the U.S. would begin tracking greenhouse gas emissions across the country and work toward eliminating long-standing fossil fuel subsidies.

Video of President Obama’s UN climate speech:

Dr. Saul Griffith unveils the invention his company Makani Power has been working on at this year’s TED Talk. Spoiler alert…it requires giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.

The first city in the world to be completely carbon free is being built in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi. When it’s finished, there will be no cars and all of the city’s energy will come from the sun and wind.

A home that orients toward the sun is considered heliotropic. But there are a few homes that rotate, to actually follow the sun.

Those mimic Mother Nature and are an example of biomimicry. Even though they are rare, rotating homes are popping up around the world.

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens opened an advertising campaign Tuesday in an attempt to bring more focus to solving the nation’s energy crisis.

Architect Dr. David Fisher unveiled his latest creation this week — a new revolving residential tower. Each floor will rotate, creating the first rotating skyscraper.

And, it will generate its own energy by using giant wind turbines attached to the outside of the building to harness the power of the wind. The architect would like to build other similar buildings in New York and Moscow. The Dubai tower is slated to open in 2010.