A Skyscraper That Scrubs The Air Clean
Sitting above a congested highway, this concept building would use algae to deal with the pollution.
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A History Of The Middle East, With Some Lovely Cartoon Violence
As the situation in Syria heats up even more, this video offers an irreverent take on who’s been fighting with who in the region over the centuries. Those Assyrians sure could chop people up.
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Watch This Amazing Timelapse Of Telescopes Examining The Night Sky
A new antenna array in the Australian outback is designed to scan the entire sky--and what a sky it is.
Comics Without Superheroes, But With A Mission
Written by: Rob Salkowitz
Plain Ink’s simple illustrated stories are designed to help teach and empower children in the developing world.
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This Bikesharing Program Lets You Lock Your Bike Anywhere
Bike sharing systems have traditionally been a point-to-point system: You can only drop your bike off at specific locations. ViaCycle uses a phone-controlled lock, so that you can leave it anywhere.
A Portable Faucet To Keep Water Clean
In places in the world where there is no running water (and that’s a lot of places) water stored in giant barrels can easily be contaminated by all the hands that get dipped inside it. Now, even those barrels can have faucets.
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Using Sexiness To Stop Unsafe Sex
Written by: David J. Olson
Eroticism is a potent but underutilized reproductive health tool in the developing world, where most condom ads are based on fear. The Pleasure Project is trying to use sex to stop the spread of disease.
