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Seattle teens make solar powered tiny homes for area homeless

  • Lori Zimmer
  • 04/28/2015

[gallery_extend] In the vein of programs such as Habitat for Humanity, Sawhorse Revolution helps to recycle leftover construction materials into livable tiny homes, often employing off-the-grid, sustainable features like solar panels and rainwater harvesting. With the skills they’d learned, the teenagers...

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INFOGRAPHIC: Eco-savvy hacks for cleaning your kitchen

  • Catherine Winter
  • 04/28/2015

Did you know that popping a tab of Alka-Seltzer into the back of your fridge will eliminate odors within 24 hours? Or that adding a packet of lemon-lime Kool-Aid to your dishwasher's rinse cycle will get rid of stains and mineral deposits? This infographic has a ton of tricks and tips on how to clean and refresh...

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Texas A&M students design much-needed new hospital for Roatán Island, Honduras

  • Charley Cameron
  • 04/28/2015

Roatán Island lies around 35 miles off the coast of Honduras, and is home to a population of some 100,000 people—yet its outdated hospital has only 38 beds. According to Dr. Raymond Cherrington, a family physician at the hospital, this means that there are sometimes three patients in a single bed, creating...

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Life-size hot rod made entirely from LEGO bricks runs on air!

  • Kristine Lofgren
  • 04/28/2015

LEGO savants Steve Sammartino and Raul Oaida have constructed a life-sized car made almost entirely out of LEGO bricks - and it runs entirely on air! The pair put out a message on Twitter asking for support to fund the Super Awesome Micro Project (SAMP), and supporters quickly stepped up to the plate. The hot...

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Can drones plant one billion trees?

  • Steve Daly
  • 04/28/2015

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRNY1-8GGU] Each year, the earth loses about 26 billion trees to lumber, mining, agriculture, and development. About 15 billion trees are replanted annually worldwide. It does not take an advanced math expert to see that an annual deficit of 11 billion trees is not...

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Ancient Graeco-Roman papyrus offers a curious natural hangover remedy

  • Charley Cameron
  • 04/28/2015

At some point, many of us have found ourselves in the unfortunate position of being willing to try just about anything to rid oneself of the morning-after curses of a night of excessive inebriation. So here's an option to consider for the future: an ancient Egyptian hangover cure found on a recently translated...

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  • Lucy Wang
  • 04/28/2015

[gallery_extend] Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop was challenged to design a nursery school that not only included a variety of programmed spaces but also minimized the number of blind spots for safety reasons. The architects settled on creating a stair-like, mostly open-plan structure, where each level...

[gallery_extend] Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop was challenged to design a nursery school that not only included a variety of programmed...

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HOW TO: Make a hanging planter with a recycled plastic soda bottle

  • Catherine Winter
  • 04/28/2015

[gallery_extend] STEP 1: Prep your bottle Use a sharp utility knife to cut off the base of thebottle about 1 inch above the bottom, and then wash and try the bottle thoroughly. STEP 2: Tape edges and thread Cover the exposed edge of the bottle with masking tape, and then punch 4 holes...

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Biber Architects Breaks Ground on USA Pavilion With Edible Vertical Garden for the Milan Expo 2015

  • Nicole Jewell
  • 04/28/2015

[gallery_extend] To showcase the event's 2015 theme, the architects have developed a massive and literal green machine, inside and out. The large vertical garden will be planted with edible plants and vegetables and will use a hydroponic growing system to feed the various crops. The architects are working...

[gallery_extend] To showcase the event's 2015 theme, the architects have developed a massive and literal green machine, inside and...

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World's First Urban Algae Canopy Produces the Oxygen Equivalent of Four Hectares of Woodland Every Day

  • Ross Brooks
  • 04/28/2015

[gallery_extend] Forming part of the Future Food District project curated by Carlo Ratti Associati, the Urban Algae Canopy marks the culmination of six years worth of research. A custom designed ETFE cladding system, which consists of three layers and was designed with the help of Taiyo Europe, enhances...

[gallery_extend] Forming part of the Future Food District project curated by Carlo Ratti Associati, the Urban Algae Canopy marks...

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Bees are addicted to the nicotine in neonicotinoid pesticides, and it's killing them

  • Michelle Kennedy Hogan
  • 04/28/2015

Think a nicotine addiction is bad for you? Well, it's nothing compared to the bees who are getting addicted to it from neonicotinoid pesticides. Made by companies like Bayer and Syngenta, proponents of the pesticides say they benefit crops by boosting yields and destroying pests, but they also affect the reproduction...

Think a nicotine addiction is bad for you? Well, it's nothing compared to the bees who are getting addicted to it from neonicotinoid pesticides....

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Architecture

Knafo Klimor Architects Unveil Living 'Fields of Tomorrow' Wall for the 2015 Milan Expo

  • Nicole Jewell
  • 04/28/2015

[gallery_extend] The living wall is purposely representative of the theme of the 2015 Expo, which is "Feeding the planet, energy for life." The vertical wall, constructed using modular tiles fixed to an elevated steel frame, will be planted with various Israeli cereals and produce and will use a computer-controlled...

[gallery_extend] The living wall is purposely representative of the theme of the 2015 Expo, which is "Feeding the planet, energy for...

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