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Hemp is Already Being Used in Walls and Insulation as a Game-Changer in Construction Industry
This article was written by Nate Berg for Ensia and has been re-printed with permission.
It has become almost a cliché to discuss the benefits...
How to Turn Plastic Waste From Your Recycle Bin Into Profit
This article, by Joshua M. Pearce of Michigan Technological University, has been republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
People will recycle...
Growing Mushrooms at Home is Everyone’s New Pandemic Hobby
Home-grown mushroom kits are seeing an explosion in demand, giving people something to do, watch, and cheer on while they're stuck at home.
Lockdown and...
12 Countries Have Built Roads Out of Plastic – And They Can Perform As Well or Better Than Asphalt
This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360 and is re-printed with permission.
A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop....
Highland Cows of Scotland Are Starring in Their Own ‘Coo’ Cam Show – LOOK
Australia has kangaroos, China has pandas, and Scotland is known for its... cows? Shaggy, ginger, pink-tongued, Highland cows to be exact.
They're charming animals that...
Labradoodle Has Incredible Bond With 7-Year-old Who Was Adopted Into the Family at the Same Time – LOOK
Meet the labradoodle who acts like a human thanks to his incredible bond with his best friend, a seven-year-old boy who was adopted into...
Study Shows Wild Kangaroos Can Intentionally Communicate With Humans
Animals that have never been domesticated, such as kangaroos, can intentionally communicate with humans, says a new study.
Challenging the idea that such behavior is...
Rugby Team Sings to Restaurant Workers in Spirit of Their Heritage in Pacific Islands
When a video surfaces of the Fijian national rugby team singing a rousing song from the balconies of their hotel rooms, you know it's...
Scientists Use Novel Ink With Calcium to 3D-Print ‘Bone’ With Living Cells
3D printers may one day become a permanent fixture of operating rooms, now that Australian scientists showed they could print bone-like structures containing living...
When Prosthetic Makers Said it Couldn’t Be Done, Dentist Gives Orphaned Koala a New Foot
When a koala was found next to its dying mother, becoming an orphan wasn't its only misfortune. The rescuer also noticed the marsupial was...
NASA Technology to Map The Stars Could Now Help Save World’s Largest Fish
High above our planet, the Hubble Space Telescope has special software for parsing out the details of each individual star it surveys. Now this...
National Love Your Pet Day: People Will Do Just About Anything For Their Pups Says New Survey
From snake attacks to jumping into oncoming traffic, one in three dog-owners have put themselves in harm’s way to save their four-legged friend, a...
D-Day Hero’s Lost Postcard Finally Delivered to his Family 77 Years After Being Sent
In 1943, Royal Navy Bill Caldwell wrote a postcard to his uncle Fred, enclosed it in an envelope with a picture, and instructed the...
World’s First Home Hydrogen Battery Powers Your House for 3 Days, is Recyclable, and Not a Fire Risk
With Texan power outages hitting the headlines this week, it's worth looking to a startup that's developed the world's first renewable, hydrogen-powered energy storage...
Se Usan 6 Mil Millones de Mascarillas al día, Pero los Científicos Tienen una Forma Genial de Convertirlas en Carreteras
Los científicos de Melbourne han demostrado que agregar máscaras faciales trituradas al pavimento de la carretera reduce los costos, los desechos y aumenta la resistencia y la flexibilidad.
The Empire State Building is Now 100% Powered By Wind, Along With 13 Other Related Buildings
The beloved New York City landmark Empire State Building is now run entirely by wind energy—making it a green new year for the 15,000...
Wombats Hailed as Heroes for Digging Down Under, Revealing Water Well During Drought
In New South Wales, local wombats are helping dozens of other species find water as the country sizzles under severe drought.
The cuddly-looking animals invaded...
World’s First All-Civilian Mission to Space Will Usher in New Era While Raising Money for St. Jude’s
SpaceX announced plans for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space. Targeted for late 2021, the flight will be commanded by Jared Isaacman, a...
We Use 6 Billion Face Masks a Day—But Scientists Have a Genius Way to Turn Them Into Roads
The idea of billions of people going through a few masks a week during this pandemic definitely rings alarm bells, but a team of...
This Sassy Iguana Thinks He’s a Supermodel Posing at the Beach – Video
This is the amusing moment a yellow pet iguana sunbathed on a window sill—looking for all the world like a bikini model posing on...