Ruskie Business: Soviet Wooden Space Shuttle It never made it to orbit but a wooden mock-up of Buran, the USSR's space shuttle, did spend 25 years…
Korean Rail Bike Route Recycles The Railroad Don't drive on the railroad tracks? Good advice for Bill Murray but the Groundhog Day star never rode on South…
Monkeyshines: Spooky Animal X-Ray Lampshades Call it “taxidermy light”: Los Angeles-based veterinary technician Spike Vain creates spooky and spellbinding lampshades from discarded animal x-ray images.
Pocket Shark: Extremely Rare 5-Inch Specimen Found It’s not often that you hear of a shark being called ‘adorable,’ but in this case, the adjective fits. The…
World’s Last Northern White Rhino Guarded 24/7 Sudan, the world's last male Northern White Rhino, has been placed under a round-the-clock guard at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy…
Innovative Eco Architecture: Shelter Made of Palm Leaves What better way to build environmentally friendly architecture that respects the customs and aesthetics of a particular place than making…
Fungi Mutarium Turns Plastic Bags into Edible Mushrooms What if plastic waste could not only be reused in innovative new ways, but actually turned into something edible? Livin…
Limits to Growth: Is Our Planet on the Verge of Collapse? When the book ‘Limits to Growth’ was published in 1972, the predictions set forth by its authors – that society…
Climb Like a Gecko: Biomimicry Enables Extremely Sticky Adhesive The biomechanics of a gecko’s toes have made it possible for researchers to create an incredibly sticky adhesive that’s strong…
Bioluminescent Bugs: Predatory Glow Worms Discovered in Rainforest Strange little green lights in the jungle piqued the curiosity of nature photographer Jeff Cremer when he spotted them while…