Fill your car up with… pcs
Illstrated by Priya Khatri
Every time I have to fuel my car I am so embarassed! Not only because fuel is very expensive, not only because the men working at the gas stations are always very excited since they don’t expect to see a girl coming out from the car.
I just cannot believe that in spite of all the technology available today we have not found yet a solution to fuel cars without using polluting materials.
Scientists in Romania and Turkey are seeking ways to remove toxic materials from electronics so these scrap materials can be safely recycled and… junk computers could fuel cars! Read more
Filed Under Environment, Modern Life, Research, Technology
Public concern over the effects of climate change
The more polluting a nation is, the wealthier and the less worried its citizens are: this is the contrasting result of a recent study at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Filed Under Environment, Research, World Health
Crows Vs Humans: a bloody match
Do you remember “The Birds”, the Alfred Hitchcock’s movie where birds suddenly begin to attack people?
If you were an inhabitant of the Japan’s southern island of Kyushu “The birds” would be your worst nightmare… Read more
Filed Under Environment, Modern Life, Wondering
Biodegradable furniture
One of my dearest friends back home is a furniture designer. He only uses really good material in his work and frowns at me every time I buy anything ikea-like, because he believes the real sustainable action is using the same table, cabinet or bed for generations and generations.
Although I think he is right, I also think it’s impossible to convince people to have the same furniture for over 10 years when we are living in such a fashionable design world. And this might be the reason why home-stuff brands like Montauk Sofa, Umbra and Looolo Textiles are getting so much attention: their products, which are not meant to last forever, promise to be totally sustainable. More than that, they promise to be biodegradable. Read more
Filed Under Environment, Modern Life
Make your own fuel at home
During the era of Prohibition in the Usa production of ethanol along with other forms of alcohol had been banned.
But now, in the biofuel era, ethanol could have a real revival. Especially since yesterday, when a California company presented the “world’s first home ethanol product”.
MicroFueler is a home-based ethanol production system that makes gas from sugar or stale beer for less than a buck a gallon. Read more
Filed Under Environment, Modern Life, Technology
The greenest countries are the poorest
The National Geographic Society and the polling firm GlobeScan wrote down a list of the most environmentally friendly nations. Read more
Filed Under Environment, Research, World Health
Global Cooling
Here’s some bad news for people who’ve grown up reading Popular Science.
Hidden between all those stories about amazing experiments and ultra cool spy gadgets in an issue from 1936 was this, an article that says that the world might face another Ice Age. Read more
Filed Under Environment