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Startup Rethinks Self-Storage: Using Abandoned Offices and Restaurants to Store Your ‘Stuf’
Rather than build depressing warehouses outside of town, a company is rethinking self-storage by flipping buildings shuttered during the pandemic into miniature storage spaces.
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Spray-on Treatment Could Lengthen Life of Roads While Making Cities Cooler
A spray-on treatment for asphalt roads aims to curb both their contribution to the urban island heat effect, and stop them from breaking so...
Towering Over the City, This ‘Farmscraper’ Will Produce 270 tons of Food from Hydroponics on 51-Stories
Combining a vertical farm and office space into a single 51-storey concept out of Chinese mythology, an Italian architect is completing the Shenzhen skyline...
This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Denmark Is Cleverly Repurposing Old Wind Turbine Blades as Bike Shelters
Looking to combine their passion for cycling and environmentalism, the always eco-thinking Danes are taking their old wind turbine blades and upcycling them into...
Full Battery Charge in 15 Minutes: World’s Fastest Electric Car Charger is Launched
ABB has launched an innovative all-in-one Electric Vehicle charger which provides the fastest charging experience on the world market.
The new Terra 360 is a...
First EV Trucks Roll off Rivian Assembly Line in Illinois, Watch Giddy Test Drives: ‘Quickest Thing I‘ve Ever Driven’
Rivian Automobiles has just launched a pair of all-electric outdoor adventure vehicles following years of subjecting them to the harshest testing and explorers' feedback.
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World’s Largest Floating Office Opens in Rotterdam and it is Designed for Climate Change Resilience
The world's largest floating office building opens in the Netherlands, where unsurprisingly it will host the offices of the Global Center on Adaptation.
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World’s Biggest Factory to Suck Carbon from the Sky and Store it For Millions of Years Turns on in Iceland
The “world's largest” factory built solely for the purpose of drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it, has just come online in...
Malawi Inventor Lights Up His Whole Village Basically for Free–Starting With a Bicycle and a River
“To invent,” Thomas Edison said, “you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
Colrerd Nkosi had all the junk he needed—and the will...
Firefighters Finally Reach Deaf Dog Trapped in Storm Drain After 10 Hours of Trying
If you judge a city’s heart by how much they’re willing to go the extra mile even for its non-human citizens, Arlington in Texas...
1,500-Year-Old Skeletons Found Locked in Loving Embrace Might Have Been ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Ending in China
“'Till death do us part,” obviously doesn't translate into ancient Mandarin, if this archaeological discovery in China is any indication.
The skeletal remains of a...
Scientists Work to Turn the Tide of Oyster and Seagrass Decline in Chesapeake Bay, Often by Hand
The Chesapeake Bay has, despite massive setbacks, continued to return to something resembling a healthy estuarine ecosystem, in no small part because of the...
Football Fans Can Now Eat Their Coffee Cups After They’re Done Sipping
Manchester City are the reigning champions of the English Premier League, and now they're championing the cause of landfill waste by offering edible coffee...
If You Have Someone to Talk to, it Could Stave Off Alzheimer’s, Researchers Find
Supportive social interactions in adulthood are important for your ability to stave off cognitive decline, a new study finds.
Researchers observed that simply having someone...
Steelworkers Union is Helping Turn Massive Abandoned Steel Mill into Producer of Wind Turbines
Once the largest steel mill in the world, the Sparrows Point shipyard in Maryland will provide new jobs in Baltimore as a manufacturer of...
Glenfiddich Distilleries Launch Fleet of Trucks That Runs on Whiskey Waste
Drinking and driving don't mix when the alcohol is inside the driver, but what if the leftover dregs from a whiskey distillery could replace...
World’s First Underwater Vegetable Garden Reopens Growing Lettuce and Basil in Perfect Temperature
From the ancient rice terraces of Yunnan to modern vertical hydroponics, agriculture comes in many different forms. Now a group of Italian brainiacs have...
Stunning Train Station Being Built in Mexico Uses Mayan Design to Bring Sea Air in and Keep Rain Out
The ancient Maya civilization was enshrining its legacy in stone more than a thousand years ago, and the ingenious designs from that time are...
The World Has Achieved Huge Milestones in 6 Areas of Renewable Energy So Far This Year
Despite a few national governments continuing to keep their coal and oil projects afloat, market demand and private entrepreneurship is driving what can only...