More Environment - Page 7
Self-healing concrete can fix itself in 24 hours — Future Blink
Concrete is getting an eco-friendly upgrade.
From a helicopter, scientist filmed intense scene of a torn-apart glacier
Twisted, unsettling, warped ice.
By Mark Kaufman
Lego is making prototype bricks from recycled plastic bottles
It will be a while before we get our grubby little hands on them, though.
By Amanda Yeo
Giant rhino fossils shed light on the biggest land mammals in history
New rhino just dropped.
By Kellen Beck
The giant heads of 'Mount Recyclemore' highlight the world's e-waste problem
The huge sculpture of the G7 leaders is made completely from e-waste — will it grab their attention?
By Amanda Yeo
Milk and eggs from fungi and yeast? Animal-free foods just got more interesting.
Two Bay Area companies are making real animal proteins without the animals.
By Kellen Beck
Groundfridge is a sustainable 'pop up cellar' that naturally cools your food
Take those late night fridge runs underground.
By Ray White
New York's Little Island is a floating oasis for urban escapism
The future of parks?
By Emmett Smith
Building collisions kill up to a billion birds every year in the U.S. Here’s how cities can fix that.
It starts with dimming the lights.
By Emmett Smith
Honey bees, renowned for their architecture, are great sculptors too
Truly the bee's knees.
By Emmett Smith
Close-up photos of miniature mushrooms augment an alien-like world at your feet
Her subjects are rarely bigger than the tip of a pencil.
By Emmett Smith
Perfectly intact anglerfish – bioluminescent tip and all – washed up on a California beach
If you've seen 'Finding Nemo', you will know exactly what an anglerfish looks like.
By Emmett Smith
Welp, 3D printed wood is a thing now — Future Blink
The process uses upcycled wood waste.
By Jordan Aaron
Endangered ice age vultures invade home to take back what's theirs
Welcome back, you glorious beasts.
By Mark Kaufman
How scientists uncovered a massive underwater waste dump off Los Angeles
"It was staggering to us."
By Mark Kaufman
These robots aren't crappy. But they do handle your crap.
Meet the automated machines and computer systems that process your poo.
By Rachel Kraus
How to get your university to divest from fossil fuels
"I think the biggest reason why universities don't want to divest is the biggest reason why students do... It's a political statement."
Automated robots are using wastewater to detect COVID particles — Strictly Robots
That's one way to put wastewater to good use!
By Ray White
Cicadas aren't gross, you're gross
"It’s an incredibly amazing biological phenomenon."
By Mark Kaufman
The solar industrial revolution is coming — and you might be surprised by the brands leading the way
Soaking up the sun means clean energy from major companies.