The Quest for Rare Wood is Endangering Forests. Now We Can Just 3D-Print Replicas Made from Wood Waste Instead
3D-printing firm in the US prints mock luxury hardwoods like rosewood to save rare species from extinction.
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Rubber Made From Dandelions is Making Tires More Sustainable - Truly a Wondrous Plant
In the quest for more sustainable products, dandelions are being used to produce award-winning rubber for tires named Taraxagum, for the species.
Nigerian Homes Built From Thousands of Plastic Bottles -12x Stronger Than Brick And Earthquake Strong
Called brick bottle technology, mud houses in Nigeria are being built with plastic bottles for a third of the price, but 18 times stronger.
LEGO Unveils First Brick Prototype Made from Recycled Plastic -Watch Their 'Clutch Strength' and Smash Testing
LEGO now has a prototype brick made from recycled plastic that lives up to company standards for the iconic building toy.
Denmark Is Cleverly Repurposing Old Wind Turbine Blades as Bike Shelters
There are many things you can do with old wind turbine blades rather than throwing them in a landfill: like a make a bike shelter for example.
Cardboard Boxes Turned Into Incredible Haunted House Model For Halloween (WATCH)
An industrial designer in Mexico fashioned a spooky looking haunted mansion out of amazon boxes and other junk and filmed it in timelapse.
Ralph Lauren Gives Competitors New Way to Dye Cotton, Uses 90% Less Chemicals, 40% Less Energy and Half the Water
Ralph Lauren and Dow have developed a way to significantly reduce the amount of water, chemicals, and energy needed to dye cotton.
New Study of 'MIND' Diet Shows It May Improve Memory and Thinking Skills in Old Age
Rush University Medical Center has been examining how the MIND diet positively enhances cognitive performance.
Historic Microsoft Decision Allows Easier Repair of Devices After Shareholders Pressure to Be More Responsible
The largest victory in the right-to-repair movement, Microsoft has agreed with a shareholder resolution to make repairing devices easier.
Amur Tigers Are Back From the Brink in China - Thanks to Government Policies
Amur tigers are back from the brink of extinction in China thanks to new government policies. Here's the latest on that story.
New Hydrogel Tablet That Can Purify a Liter of River Water in an Hour
Scientists at the University of Texas have created a hydrogel tablet that can rapidly purify contaminated water.
Eating Mushrooms Could Lower Risk of Depression, New Study Says
Penn State University researchers have found that mushroom consumption could help lower depression. Here's how the trial worked.
Startup Rethinks Self-Storage: Using Abandoned Offices and Restaurants to Store Your 'Stuf'
A startup called "Stuf" looks for storage for your stuff in abandoned office spaces, garages, and empty basements in major cities.
Spray-on Treatment Could Lengthen Life of Roads While Making Cities Cooler
A treatment that gives asphalt its springiness again also reduces the urban heat island effect while eliminating airborne pollutants.
Immunotherapy Drugs So Effective that Tumors Disappear in Weeks for Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Landmark Trial
In a trial of dying head and neck cancer patients, two drugs led to life-extension without side-effects, and cured one man entirely.
Russians Beat Tom Cruise to Filming First Movie in Space with 15 Days of Shooting Aboard the ISS
In capturing 35 minutes footage aboard the ISS, actress Yulia Peresild becomes the first to act in space, beating out a hopeful named Cruise.
First-of-its-Kind Commencement Inside Prison Celebrates 25 Inmates That Earned Bachelor's Degrees Behind Bars
25 incarcerated men received bachelor's degrees during a commencement ceremony at California State Prison, LA County.
Biden Restores National Monuments Shrunk Under Trump
President Biden restores the acreage of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante, which were shrunk under Trump.
UPDATE: Plant Opens to Change the Recycling Game by Breaking Down Plastic Bottles With Enzyme From Leaves
Carbios, a French company that impressed industry elites in 2020 with an enzyme that eats plastic, has just opened a demonstration plant
Using your Brain Rather than Google Maps: Alzheimer's Research on London Cabbies is Eye Opening
Knowing 20,000 streets by heart, a London cab driver's hippocampus is bigger than yours: now they're being studied for Alzheimer's Research.
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