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A Liberian Doctor Comes Up With His Own Ebola Regimen
NPR - Jason Beaubien
Dr. Gabriel Logan is a bundle of energy. Wearing a yellow dress shirt untucked from his slacks, he races around the Liberian government hospital compound in Tubmanburg, north of the capital, Monrovia.
Polymer Filter Quickly Makes Water Safe To Drink
txchnologist.com - by Michael Keller
It’s a thirsty world out there. But with much of the globe’s drinking supply unimproved by treatment systems that can remove animal waste, bacteria, …
The Makers of This Solar-Powered Technology Want to Eliminate a Global Sanitation Issue
Entrepreneur - Katherine Gray
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A new piece of technology is aiming to offer an innovative solution to an age-old problem. And it's nothing to pooh-pooh. For the 2.5 billion
How I Transformed Sewage Into Fresh Water [Video]
Popular Science - By Chris Hackett
A little DIY distilling Say the apocalypse happens tomorrow. The good news: You survive! No more credit card debt or miserable commutes. The bad news? Infrastructure has collapsed and there’s no clean
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“Time Capsule” Apartment in Paris Found Untouched for 70 Years
My Modern Met - Pinar
Some people might take a vacation and leave their residence unmanned for a few weeks or even months, but one apartment in Paris was left isolated for about 70 years. The beautifully preserved space, which
Canada's Ex-Defense Minister Says Aliens Would Give Earth Tech If We Were Less Warlike
Popular Science - By Douglas Main
Aliens, man. If we would only listen to them, the world would be a better place. It's not necessarily shocking to hear somebody claim that at least four different species of aliens have visited the Earth,
The Cubli: A Gravity-Defying Cube that Can Jump, Balance, and Walk | Colossal
thisiscolossal.com - Christopher Jobson
Designed by a team at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, the Cubeli is a small cube capable of balancing, …
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Researchers create a kidney using stem cells
earthsky.org - By Deborah Byrd
The team designed a protocol that prompts stem cells to form all the required cell types to “self-organize” into a mini-kidney in a dish. University …
Can Machine Learning Find Medical Meaning in a Mess of Genes?
WIRED - Biz Carson
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You Built What?!: A Tesla Coil Gun That Produces Foot-Long Sparks
Popular Science - By Gregory Mone
Modeled after a Nerf gun--but with 200,000 volts under the hood While browsing a bookstore near his home in Seattle last year, Rob Flickenger came across a graphic novel titled The Five Fists of Science.
Make An LED Holiday Light Out Of Pennies
Popular Science - By Kate Baggaley
And a lemon, and some other stuff. But mostly pennies. Skip the tangled strings of holiday lights this year and go wireless using a few copper-coated cents. U.S. pennies minted since 1982 conceal a zinc
What Lies Beneath
Vanity Fair - By William Langewiesche | Photographs by Gina Levay
Deep below the streets of New York City lie its vital organs—a water system, subways, railroads, tunnels, sewers, drains, and power and cable lines—in a vast, three-dimensional tangle. Penetrating this
Deep-Space Engines
Popular Science - By Konstantin Kakaes
Propulsion systems that could carry astronauts to Mars and beyond. STAR-48 The fastest chemical rocket ever, the Star-48 engine was built to launch satellites and was recently incorporated into the New
Are Oreos really as addictive as cocaine?
The Guardian
No. No, they're not. It seems like everything can make us addicted these days. Our iPhones. The internet. Oreos. But just because something is pleasurable and causes a relevant reward area of your brain
Nobel Peace Prize Goes To The Organization That Destroyed Syria's Chemical Weapons
Popular Science - By Dan Nosowitz
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a group few have heard of, was just awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. It's well-deserved. Here's who they are. The Nobel Committee announced
After the skinny jean, the make-you-skinny jean
The Guardian
After the skinny jean, the make-you-skinny jean Skinny jeans are old news. This autumn the retail buzz is about a new breed of denim: make-you-skinny jeans. Innovations in fabric technology seldom make
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How to Mix and Match Furniture Pieces
homedit.com - Anne Pilon
The days of needing to buy perfectly matching furniture sets are over. No longer do you need a love seat that’s just a smaller version of your sofa …
Enter, Sandman: how lucid dreaming ‘can help you change yourself’
The Verge - Katie Drummond
Thomas Peisel will teach you to reign over the witching hour Maybe the vast majority of your recollected dreams involve public speaking in the nude, or repeatedly failing your college chemistry final.
Island-hopping down Central America’s Caribbean coast
Lonely Planet - Sarah Reid
You don't always need suitcases full of cash to enjoy the Caribbean Sea – cradled in its western corner lie a number of idyllic island groups that are surprisingly easy on the pocket. Here's our guide
Coloradans told to stay out of floodwater following chemical and sewage fears
NBC News
As attention turns to the aftermath of Colorado’s record floods, people have been warned to stay out of the lingering water because it may contain harmful chemicals and sewage, officials said. Emergency
Food Waste is the World's Third Biggest Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
inhabitat - by Julie M. Rodriguez
A recent study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that the 1.3 billion tons of food discarded around the world account for …
Understanding the Universe’s invisible elements
BBC Future
Our solar system extends a lot further than we first thought. Astrophysicist Charles Alcock says exploring its outer reaches may shed light on the Earth’s beginnings. Most of the Universe is invisible.
How to live longer – the experts' guide to ageing
The Guardian
JERRALD RECTOR, 26: Lift weights for better immunity By the time we reach 80, most of us will be infected with a type of herpes virus which erodes the immune system and takes years off your life without
How Seahorses Survive With Squishable Armor
Popular Science - By Amber Williams
And how researchers want to make a robotic arm out of the technique Crabs, birds, and manta rays regularly try to crush sea horses for dinner, but a sea horse has some unusual protective armor. Its tail
I Met The World's Smartest Dog
Popular Science - By Dan Nosowitz
Chaser isn't just learning objects by name: she's beginning to understand the basic structure of human language. "Chaser, this is Dan. Chaser! This is Dan," said Deb Pilley, a classical musician who goes
The Art of the Dollar: Meticulous Currency Collages by Mark Wagner | Colossal
thisiscolossal.com - Christopher Jobson
Brooklyn-based artist Mark Wagner (previously) has been referred to as “the greatest living collage artist” and even “the Michael Jordan of glue”. …

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A Liberian Doctor Comes Up With His Own Ebola Regimen

Polymer Filter Quickly Makes Water Safe To Drink

The Makers of This Solar-Powered Technology Want to Eliminate a Global Sanitation Issue

How I Transformed Sewage Into Fresh Water [Video]

Personalized Latitude Longitude Copper Keychain, Stamped Custom Message, Name Date Initials Coordinates Men Boyfriend Groomsmen

“Time Capsule” Apartment in Paris Found Untouched for 70 Years

Canada's Ex-Defense Minister Says Aliens Would Give Earth Tech If We Were Less Warlike

The Cubli: A Gravity-Defying Cube that Can Jump, Balance, and Walk | Colossal

Researchers create a kidney using stem cells

Can Machine Learning Find Medical Meaning in a Mess of Genes?

You Built What?!: A Tesla Coil Gun That Produces Foot-Long Sparks

Make An LED Holiday Light Out Of Pennies

What Lies Beneath

Deep-Space Engines

Are Oreos really as addictive as cocaine?

Nobel Peace Prize Goes To The Organization That Destroyed Syria's Chemical Weapons

After the skinny jean, the make-you-skinny jean

How to Mix and Match Furniture Pieces

Enter, Sandman: how lucid dreaming ‘can help you change yourself’

Island-hopping down Central America’s Caribbean coast

Coloradans told to stay out of floodwater following chemical and sewage fears

Food Waste is the World's Third Biggest Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Understanding the Universe’s invisible elements

How to live longer – the experts' guide to ageing

How Seahorses Survive With Squishable Armor

I Met The World's Smartest Dog

The Art of the Dollar: Meticulous Currency Collages by Mark Wagner | Colossal