Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo14-year-old boy invents a soap bar that can help prevent skin cancer: 'I'm allowed to create'upworthy.com - Angelina C DsouzaHe has come up with an affordable solution to prevent skin cancer and won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition. The …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLittle Athens: The New Residencies at Hellinikon, Europe's Largest Urban Park - GreekReporter.comgreekreporter.com - Tasos KokkinidisLittle Athens is the name given to the latest residential neighborhood of The Hellinikon, Europe’s largest urban regeneration project, south of the …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoConcrete-based urban areas "will fail due to their non-resilience" says Kongjian Yudezeen.com - Ben DreithLandscape architects must prioritise creating "sponge cities" in the face of increased flooding, Oberlander Prize-winner Kongjian Yu tells Dezeen in …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCould farming without soil help to solve our food crisis?sciencefocus.com - James CutmoreWelcome to the world of hydroponics. The world is in the grip of a food crisis. In many parts of the world, farmland is no longer cultivable due to …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoA Kenyan woman's startup recycles plastic into bricks that are five times stronger than concreteupworthy.com - Chandni GWhat started as a plastic collection company became an initiative to transform plastic waste into something useful, all through Kenyan engineer …
Avatarphilip holdbrookAvatarAvatarThese designers created a more sustainable toilet with centuries-old technologyverified_publisherFast Company - By Elissaveta M. BrandonThe modern flush toilet is a huge waste of water. Could this high-design compost toilet take its place? Some things are so ingrained that we don’t think twice about them: We yawn, we blink, we flush the toilet after we use it. The flush toilet was first invented in 1596 (Queen Elizabeth I had one …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGermany's ex-leader Angela Merkel spills beans on Ukraine Wariol.co.za - Abbey MakoeJohannesburg - In a week in which the use of nukes in the Ukraine conflict made headlines – with the Kremlin vowing to use every means at its …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow these 'solar cooperatives' are helping neighborhoods save thousands on solar energythecooldown.com - Abby JacksonBy going solar as a group, these co-ops are combining the buying power of neighbors to score discounts as high as 30%. Installing a rooftop solar …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSocial housing between panoramic views and neighbourhood lifedomusweb.it - Chiara TestoniA social housing intervention in a popular and lively neighbourhood of Barcelona facilitates the transition from an established housing type to a new …
Avatarphilip holdbrookAvatarAvatarVelcro, bullet trains and robotic arms: how nature is the mother of inventionverified_publisherThe Guardian - Phoebe WestonMany of the world’s most inspiring solutions have been created by scientists who stole their ideas from the natural world
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoModern humans evolved a 'selfish' X chromosome after Africa exodusnewscientist.com - Michael Le PageAround 50,000 years ago, a new X chromosome appears to have been introduced into modern humans that had not long left Africa. There was probably …
Avatarphilip holdbrookFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEU plans subsidy war chest as industry faces ‘existential’ threat from USpolitico.eu - Jakob Hanke Vela, Barbara MoensEuropean industry is on an emergency footing thanks to high gas prices and new lavish subsidies for American rivals. The EU is in emergency mode and …