Fascinating Biking Statistics and Facts

Source: bikingexpert.com Published: July 29, 2017 By Roxana Besides being a wonderful sport, biking is an activity that boasts countless advantages. Not only cycling improves our overall health, it also has a huge positive impact on our social life and on the...

How to Improve Indoor Air Quality with Plants

Source: foobot.io Published: July 21, 2017 plant on desk – office productivity By Adrien Lafond **Updated November 2019. The decades-old claims about the power of plants to improve indoor air quality might be totally wrong, according to a recent study by...

Google’s London HQ Boasts A Rooftop Garden for The Ages

Source: mnn.com Published: June 2, 2017 Plans for Google’s new London headquarters include a ridiculously lush rooftop garden, drawing comparisons to London’s failed Garden Bridge project. (Rendering: Google) By Matt Hickman Remember that enchanting,...

Is This New Material a Game Changer for Thermoelectricity?

Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: April 10, 2017 The material—the black blocks between the two plates, pictured here—could be used with cooking pots to charge phones or jewelry to power health sensors. (Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of...

6,000-Year-Old Baobab Tree in Senegal

Source: the-fringe.com Published: April 3, 2017 Carbon dating has found living baobab trees that are over 6,000 years old, which is older than the Great Pyramid and Sphinx. Want some more perspective? When some of the baobabs in Senegal were just reaching...

Could This Be the Most Efficient Solar Panel Ever?

Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: March 15, 2017 The prototype (MIT) By Emily Matchar Solar panels have been around for a while now, but the materials they’re made from make them incapable of converting more than about a quarter of the sun’s energy into usable...

62 Edible Wild Plants That You Didn’t Know You Can Eat

Source: basisgear.com Published: January 2, 2017 Did you know that there are plenty of edible plants out there that you’d never thought of? They Are Potential Lifesavers with this precious knowledge! By Colin You’re in the woods with some friends and...