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TOM THE DANCING BUG: The Lorax Speaks for the Trees, and Now the SUVs
Young woman invents ingenious bioplastic made from fish scales and red algae
According to the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, if current trends in single-use plastic continue, “there could be more plastic than fish (by weight) in the ocean by 2050.” Having spent countless family vacations at the beach since she was a child, product design student Lucy Hughes, now 24, was distraught by the amount of single-use plastic […]
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Italy: Venice council flooded after 'NO' vote on climate change measures
Oops. Awkward.
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VIDEO: Hurricane destruction, one century in one minute
This video visualizes a century of tropical storm destruction in one minute.
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Forget glue: This quick-bonding plastic seals in seconds
Things break, and even in this disposable world, there’s a need to fix them. Up until recently, that’s been the crusty bottle of glue in your junk drawer, which is just as liable to coat your fingers as the thing you actually want to repair. Looks like there’s finally a Star Trek-level solution on the […]
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This money management app does more than just crunch numbers
Paying for things is all too easy online these days, and that’s why managing your money has gotten so hard. We’ve all done it: You sign up for a streaming subscription or gym membership, blow past the free trial date, and it becomes a part of your monthly expenses. Some of us juggle so many […]
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Teach STEM through space combat with these DIY drones
We all know those gifts we get “for the kids,” the ones that parents are secretly more excited to open. Drones are a perfect example, but there’s a model out there that really doubles down on that appeal. Introducing the Space Fighter Building Block Drones, a series of space fighter drones that are a blast […]
