Beautiful Rotating Glass Spheres Amplify The Sun’s Energy
You can get a lot more power from the sun if you focus its otherwise diffuse light. Why not do that with one of these beautiful glowing lenses?
Cuttlefish Clothing Could Create Cutting-Edge Camouflage
Taking a cue from the skin of the underwater disguise artist, scientists are getting closer to making fabric that can change color at will. Your wardrobe just got a lot more interesting. Oh, and there might actually be important applications, too.
Walmart’s Plan To Fight Hunger In The U.S.
The retail giant is going to be giving away $2 billion in cash and food in an attempt to get more food to the 50 million Americans who don’t know where their next meal is going to come from.
New Metric Puts Disasters On A Scale From Zero To Awful
Which was worse, the earthquake in Haiti or the earthquake in Japan? This new system lets you figure out the precise human cost.
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Lasers, 3-D Printers, And Robots: The New Shop Class
DARPA is funding the creation of 1,000 Makerspaces in high schools across the country to get American kids interested in making things again.
Visualizing Civic Data To Make The Case For Civic Health
A new contest found four online tools that help people be more engaged in politics and their communities--from finding out which candidates’ policies help you more to archives of photos of your neighborhood.
This Airplane Combines All The Fuel-Saving Technologies Airlines Will Use In The Future
Boeing’s latest airplane won’t be carrying any passengers. Instead, the ecoDemonstrator is a test-bed for cutting edge tech that will hopefully one day make air travel more efficient.
Want To Live Longer? Be More Creative
Coming up with new ideas--and being more accepting of new strategies--strengthens the brain and makes you less susceptible to stress.
