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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

INHABITAT: Tell us a bit about your background in eco-design. What made you decide to focus on scooters? I was...

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Egyptian Teenager Creates Next-Generation Quantum Space Propulsion System

AnEgyptain 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 andMoscow 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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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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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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