Timon Singh
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19-Year Old Teenager Takes Pictures Of Earth From Space By Floating A £30 Camera Into The Atmosphere!
A 19-year old UK teenager has managed to take incredible photos of the Earth from space by floating a £30 camera (that he bought off eBay!) into the atmosphere using a large helium balloon. → Read More
Haunting Images Show What Major US Cities Would Look Like if Sea Levels Rose 25 Feet
Artist Nickolay Lamm has shown what eight major locations around the country could look like in a few centuries time if the global climate continue to rise and the sea levels with them. → Read More
Google Earth Reveals Glowing Green Sea Near Scottish Nuclear Power Plant
You can imagine how heartbeats must have raised at the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), when someone noticed on Google Earth that the sea around a Scottish nuclear power plant appeared to be luminous green. → Read More
French Engineers Design a Pedal-Powered Submarine
A French team of engineers have designed the world's first pedal-powered submarine, nicknamed the 'Scubster'. → Read More
LunaHelm Is a Psychedelic LED Bike Helmet That Makes Sure You're Seen in the Dark!
Being visible in the dark is of crucial importance to cyclists and skateboarders setting out at night, so with that in mind the Exertion Games Lab team at RMIT University in Australia has created… → Read More
Creating Roads From Sand and Bacteria Instead of Oil
The grand prize at the Design Boom organized Iida Awards is a plan to make roads from sand and bacteria instead of asphalt. → Read More
Three-Eyed Fish Caught Near Argentinian Nuclear Power Plant
A three-eyed fish has been caught near a nuclear power plant in Argentina - just like Blinky, the three-eyed fish in The Simpsons. → Read More
Young Gorillas Use Teamwork To Dismantle Poacher Traps and Protect their Clan
Last week, two young mountain gorillas in Rwanda showed just how smart they were by finding and dismantling a trap that had been set by poachers and which had previously killed a member of their family group. → Read More
Amazing Cathedral Made From 55,000 LEDs Rises at Belgium’s Festival of Lights
This year will see the second Festival of Lights take place in Ghent, Belgium with more than 200,000 visitors expected to visit the Luminarie Cagna, a massive cathedral made of over 55,000 colored LEDS lights. → Read More
Jellyfish-Like Underwater ORB Lights React to the Sounds of the City
A Danish firm has created a series of urban lights call ORBs that move and respond to the sounds around them. → Read More
Plants Can 'Talk' To Each Other by Clicking Their Roots
The idea that plants communicate with each other is normally based in science-fiction or fantasy, however new research out of The University of Western Australia has discovered that this actually may be the case. UWA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Monica Gagliano has discovered that our green friends not only react to sounds, but can also communicate each with other via "clicking noises". → Read More
Global Warming to Increase Frequency of US Wildfires
A study has found that wildfire numbers in the US and Europe are set to increase over the next 30 years as climate change "disrupts future fire patterns". → Read More
Egyptian Teenager Creates Next Generation Quantum Space Propulsion System
An Egyptain teenager has patented a next generation propulsion system that could send spacecraft to other solar systems — without using a single drop of fuel. → Read More
Shark Riding Is A Dangerous New Trend That Is Going To Inevitably End Badly
Back in February, Honolulu-based conservationist Ocean Ramsey made headlines around the world when she videoed herself hitching a lift with a Great White Shark by grabbing its fin. Since then, this 'shark riding' trend has taken off with oceanographic experts warning that it can only end in tragedy. → Read More
Stunning Satellite Images Show the World's Power Lines, Global Cities, and Transport Networks
Felix Pharand Deschenes's satellite images of Earth show roads, air traffic, cities at night, and internet cables. → Read More
Studies Prove That Desk Plants Can Improve Worker Concentration And Productivity
Teams from Norway and America believe that plants in the workplace make it a better place to work, by providing psychological benefits as well as visual ones. → Read More
Hawaiian Pollution Is Causing Lethal Tumors On Endangered Sea Turtles
A team of scientists from Duke University, the University of Hawaii and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have discovered that pollution around the Hawaiian islands is causing lethal tumors on the endangered sea turtle population. → Read More
Astronomers discover 11 ‘runaway’ galaxies that are fleeing into intergalactic space
A team of scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Moscow State University have spotted 11 runaway galaxies that have been flung out of their homes to wander the void of intergalactic space. → Read More
South Pacific Island of Tokelau To Become The World's First Solar-Powered Nation
The South Pacific nation of Tokelau is aiming to ditch its diesel dependency and transform itself into the world’s first solar-powered country. → Read More
Revolutionary Green Wheel hydroponic garden grows food faster with NASA technology
This Green Wheel Garden by DesignLibero was originally a NASA concept that never got off the ground. → Read More