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100 million roses grown for Valentine's Day produce 9,000 metric tons of CO2

Roses may be red, but they're definitely not green according to research from Scientific American. As millions...

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INTERVIEW: Inhabitat Talks With Swifty Scooters Creative Director Jason Iftakhar

 Jason and Camilla Iftakhar INHABITAT: Tell us a bit about your background in eco-design. What made you decide...

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Study Suggests That Men Are Unwilling To Go Vegetarian Because It's Not "Macho"

A new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that decades of marketing have left many men...

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Egyptian Teenager Creates Next-Generation Quantum Space Propulsion System

An Egyptain teenager has patented a next-generation propulsion system that could send spacecraft to other solar...

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Studies Prove that Desk Plants Can Improve Worker Concentration and Productivity

It's well known that having plants in a room can make it more highly oxygenated and more pleasant to work in. But...

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Revolutionary Green Wheel hydroponic garden grows food faster with NASA technology

While the function remains the same, the rotary garden has undergone a massive evolutionary change from an aesthetic...

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Could this Rock Be the Key to Fighting Climate Change?

A mysterious green rock called olivine could be the key to fighting climate change. The unique mineral has a curious...

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Astronomers discover 11 'runaway' galaxies that are fleeing into intergalactic space

A team of scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Moscow State University have spotted...

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Benefits of organic food go far beyond vitamins and minerals, despite study results

It makes sense to this writer that organic food is a healthier option than convention produce, which is grown with synthetic...

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DIY: How to Recycle Aluminum Soda and Beer Cans into Roof Shingles and Siding

Many people recycle old aluminum cans so that they are diverted from landfills and reused to make a variety of...

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Updated: Star Wars Tatooine villages in Tunisia are safe from ISIS

Updated: In late March, we here at Inhabitat were duped like many other news sites, when CNN reported that ISIS...

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Pavegen's kinetic walkway in South African mall will power rural villages

Last month, we reported how clean tech company Pavegen had installed six people-powered kinetic energy tiles in...

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Pedal-powered Raht Racer cycle can travel as fast as a car

If you love biking to work, but wish you could get there a bit faster, then the Raht Racer is just the cycle for...

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Researchers are making super-strong spider silk for regenerative medicine

A team of researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid believe they can create regenerative medicine from...

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Another round, barkeep! Professor serves up a pill that prevents hangovers

Finish that beer and crack open another one! A professor from Imperial College London claims he can create a...

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Climbers on Mt. Everest have caused a really crappy problem

Summiting Mount Everest is one of the greatest achievements in the world. However, so many people are attempting...

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Pavegen to install people-powered kinetic energy tiles in SNCF’s Parisian office

Clean tech company Pavegen have been commissioned by France’s national railway company, SNCF (French National...

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Scanadu creates world's first Star Trek-style medical tricorder

Scanadu, a startup based at the NASA Ames Research Center, has made the science-fiction of Star Trek a reality...

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Scientists 'journey' to the center of the Earth and find the inner core has its own inner core

A research team comprised of scientists from the University of Illinois and Nanjing University in China has found...

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Study reveals planets that orbit red dwarf stars could sustain life

The pursuit of actual living organisms on other planets is a common theme in space exploration, but finding locations...

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New report shows Scandinavian countries are best-prepared for the effects of climate change

Worried about rising sea levels, stronger and more frequent superstorms, and other natural disasters? Well, according...

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90 percent of China's cities failed to meet 2014 air quality standards

China's urban pollution levels are infamous and as such, the country has launched a 'war on pollution' in order...

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Could mining helium-3 from the Moon solve Earth's energy problems?

Could a rare gas collected from the moon provide the answer to Earth's energy problems? Many scientists believe...

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Obama protects 12.3 million acres of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge against drilling

As President Obama put it in his State of the Union address, he has "no more campaigns left to run." Therefore...

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French Rollkers 'under shoes' allow walkers to travel at up to 7mph!

French startup Rollkers SAS is coming to the U.S. to unveil their unique shoe accessory that could seriously put...

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NASA is tossing robots into Hawaii's volcanoes

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing robots to explore volcanoes in Hawaii. The team,...

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'Bedroom In A Box' is the ultimate compact furniture suite

Everyone has heard of flat-pack furniture, but this "Bedroom in a Box" takes the concept to the extreme. Latvia-based...

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New report shows that Scotland could be fossil fuel-free by 2030

A new WWF-backed study by consultancy giant DNV-GL shows that Scotland can go 100% fossil fuel-free by the year...

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NASA's Kepler Space Telescope discovers six more Earth-like planets that could support human life

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is designed to search more than 150,000 stars in order to find habitable Earth-like...

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Chinese scientists grow false teeth from human urine

Over the years scientists have made false teeth from a variety of materials - from cuspids crafted out of animal...

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