Taipei 101 hides a giant steel ball inside the tower. This 660-ton tuned mass damper helps reduce…
Those bumpy yellow paving blocks on sidewalks and train platforms started in Japan. Inventor Seiichi…
Those bumpy yellow paving blocks on sidewalks and train platforms started in Japan. Inventor Seiichi…
Real gargoyles on old buildings were not just creepy decorations. They were carved waterspouts that…
Real gargoyles on old buildings were not just creepy decorations. They were carved waterspouts that…
Iceland captures carbon dioxide from the air and industrial sources, then injects it into basalt…
Iceland captures carbon dioxide from the air and industrial sources, then injects it into basalt…
Scientists are studying panda gut microbes because they break down bamboo and other tough plant…
Scientists are studying panda gut microbes because they break down bamboo and other tough plant…
A tiny ocean microbe called Prochlorococcus produces up to 20% of the oxygen in Earth’s biosphere….
A tiny ocean microbe called Prochlorococcus produces up to 20% of the oxygen in Earth’s biosphere….
The oriental hornet has body pigments that absorb sunlight and create a small electrical effect in…
The oriental hornet has body pigments that absorb sunlight and create a small electrical effect in…
In Denmark, scientists discovered cable bacteria in seabed mud that work like living electrical…
In Denmark, scientists discovered cable bacteria in seabed mud that work like living electrical…
unbfacts: Scientists are studying termite gut microbes because…
Scientists are studying termite gut microbes because their tiny digestive system is so efficient that, in theory, one sheet of paper could yield about 2 liters of hydrogen. That makes termite guts a powerful natural model for future renewable-fuel technology.
In Portugal, people harvest cork by carefully peeling bark off cork oak trees without cutting the…
In Portugal, people harvest cork by carefully peeling bark off cork oak trees without cutting the…