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MIT’s New Paper Thin Speakers Can Cover Any Surface to Turn Your Room Into a Concert Hall
MIT engineers have developed a paper-thin loudspeaker that can turn any surface into an active audio source.
This thin-film loudspeaker produces sound with minimal distortion...
Vermont Startup’s Electric Plane That Lifts-Off Vertically is Really Taking Off
A Vermont-based company pioneering electric vertical take off and landing planes, or "eVTOL" in the industry, is attracting huge investment and orders from different...
Scientists Invent De-icing Coatings to Cut Airline Delays by Lasting Longer Without Toxic Runoff
Airports delays are common, but especially during winter when jets need to be dowsed with thousands of gallons of deicing fluids to prevent ice...
Solar Panels Built From Waste Crops Can Make Energy Without Direct Light
In a twist for solar energy, a Filipino inventor has created resinous panels that harvest solar energy out of recycled vegetables, and it can...
These Underwater ‘Kites’ Are Generating Tidal Electricity As They Move
If there's plenty of sky, but little sun; plenty of wind, but little land, where can the Faroe Islands look for renewable energy?
The answer...
Almost 500 New Mesoamerican Structures Discovered By Using Lasers
A laser mapping survey from airplane recently revealed nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments hiding in plain sight, many for the first time.
The new discoveries challenge...
What Are the Top Sounds Most Likely to Trigger Your Happy Memories? Poll Names Top 40
Sound is what sets off the best memories—ahead of sight and even smell, according to a new poll.
Birds singing and waves crashing on the...
This Road Trip Map Helps You Visit the 47 Iconic National Parks in the Shortest Time
Smart algorithms are used to make calculations for data-driven science in a dizzying number of ways, but one man has used them to build...
The Internet Raises $6 Million in One Day to Rescue Afghans Targeted By Taliban
A New Yorker has launched a hugely successful GoFundMe campaign to fly at-risk Afghans out of the country as quickly as possible.
Internet meme artist...
Smithsonian Says These Moths Are So Gorgeous, They Put Butterflies to Shame: It’s National Moth Week
A New York photographer acquired a new lease on night in the Catskills during the draconian state lockdowns by suspending a white sheet in...
Herd of Elephants to be Moved from UK to Kenya in Rewilding ‘World First’
Elephants are famous for their migrations—long marches across savannahs and deserts done entirely from memory, but for 13 captive elephants in Kent, their journey...
No A/C, No Problem – Use These Tricks to Stay Cool In the Summer Heat
Turns out there are simpler methods than air-conditioning to keep a room or house cool and save you a ton of money.
That's handy, given...
100-Year-old Dreams of Airship Travel Through Europe are Revived With This Modern Zero-Emissions Dirigible
"Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars. Grey Lady-giant of the skies you hold them in your arms... " — Bruce Dickinson.
It's not every day...
Good Deed Takes Flight at Airport as Man Buys Ticket For Someone Desperate to Get Home
This blog was submitted to GNN by one of our readers for publishing. If you have an interesting story of kindness or positivity, be...
Europe Will Open its Doors to Vaccinated American Tourists This Summer
Americans haven't been able to visit Europe on nonessential trips for over a year, but that now looks set to change.
Fully vaccinated tourists from...
Airport Calls in the Beekeepers to Save Pollinators
What's black and yellow, makes a buzzing sound, produces honey—and lives at an airport? Don’t let that last part fool you, these bees have...
‘Like a Beautifully-tuned Instrument’: 2000 Microphones Unlock the Mystery of Why Hummingbirds Hum
The hummingbird is named after its pleasant humming sound when it hovers in front of flowers to feed. But only now has it become...
Southwest Air Employee Goes to ‘Infinity and Beyond’ to Reunite Buzz Lightyear With Excited Toddler
When duty calls, Buzz Lightyear is honor-bound to answer. At least that’s what one mom told her distraught toddler when he accidentally left his...
Researchers Pull Carbon Out of the Sky And Convert it to Instant Jet Fuel, Reshaping Aviation For Good
A simple, yet world-altering method of sucking CO2 from the air into airplanes where it is converted directly to jet fuel is described in...
Single Foster Dad Adopts 5 Siblings So They Won’t Have to Be Apart Like He Was in His Childhood
While it’s true that none of us gets to choose our relatives when we’re born, we can have a say in who we choose...