Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: July 18, 2013 Residents of Rjukan, an industrial town in Norway, have grown accustomed to dark and gloomy winters. Shielded by the Gaustatoppen Mountains, the valley town is cut off from direct sunlight during five to six months...
Source: blog.sfgate.com Published: June 7, 2013 By Jill Tucker Students at Sun Valley Elementary School in San Rafael learned first hand that persistence really does pay off. A year ago in April they asked Crayola to come up with a recycling program for old markers....
Source: realfarmacy.com Published: July 12, 2013 Did you know that shiitakes are easy to grow in the home garden? Well they are and they only require a few items beyond the spawn (seeds). But before you jump into the fungus business, there are a few things you will...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published: July 11, 2013 Agencies A pair of headphones that can harness solar power to charge mobile devices when you are on the move has been designed in the United Kingdom. Andrew Anderson, a Glasgow-based designer , launched the...
Source: hiddenmysteries.org Published: February 25, 2013 excerpt from: Grown to drive ~ Metal, plastic, glass… and plants? What kind of cars are they building? by Curt Guyette What some might call the car of the future has already made its big debut. The...
Source: greencarreports.com Published: February 19, 2013 Antony Ingram It isn’t just fossil fuels that are a finite resource–rubber is another substance in high demand, and short supply. The latest estimates suggest that global demand for rubber is expected to...
Source: technewsworld.com Published: July 3, 2013 by Rachelle Dragani A flashlight that ditches the batteries in favor of body heat is one of the finalists in Google’s 2013 Science Fair. Ann Makosinski, 15-year-old Canadian student, created what she calls the...
Source: mnn.com Published: July 1, 2013 Photo: grafiker/sxc.hu By Jenn Savedge It must be the year for scientific innovation among 16-year-olds. First there was Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad, the 16-year-old Egyptian teen who developed a method for turning plastic waste...
Source: npr.org Published: May 21, 2013 This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Bryan, Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. Courtesy of Caliber Therapeutics Michaeleen Doucleff The idea of vertical farming is all the...
