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City: Darmstadt, Germany Background: Friedensreich Hundertwasser, an Austrian architect and painter, designed this building, which contains 105 apartments and a restaurant. How It's Strange: Buildings are not usually this gaudy.
Strange Buildings and Architecture - Guggenheim, Habitat 67 and Other Strange Buildings - Popular Mechanics
DIY Air Conditioners – How to Make your Own Air Conditioner - Popular Mechanics
The California Cooler is a revival of an old technology driven by an insight that's overlooked in these days of engineered indoor environments: Cool air keeps things cool.
Most of us think nothing of turning on the lights.
Out of the darkness with a solar-powered light bulb - NatGeo News Watch
In a recent study, people who took naps featuring REM sleep—in which dreams are most vivid—performed better on creativity-oriented word problems.
Dreams Make You Smarter, More Creative, Studies Suggest
Early Jupiter Feasted on Super-Earths : Discovery News
That would explain why Jupiter's core is disproportionately smaller today than sibling planet Saturn, says astronomer Douglas Lin, with the University of California in Santa Cruz.
Animals have been on Earth for at least 650 million years, suggest recently found primitive sponge fossils from South Australia. This discovery pushes back the fossil record for animals by about 70 million years, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience . SEE ALSO: Top 10 Longest Living Animals
Oldest Animal Life on Earth Found? : Discovery News
ADHD Linked to Pesticide Exposure : Discovery News
Chemicals on our produce may contribute to behavior problems in our kids, suggest three new studies. The studies, which looked at a class of pesticides called organophosphates (OP), linked exposure to the chemicals with attention disorders in children, with perhaps the most dramatic impacts to kids who are exposed in the womb and those who are genetically most susceptible. Because pesticide residues linger on fruits and vegetables, the findings suggest that people either buy organic or take the time to wash their produce well.
Mystery of the Missing Ocean Plastic : Discovery News
The concentration of plastic bits floating on the surface of the Atlantic has held steady for more than 20 years, found a new study, even as people use and discard ever-increasing amounts of plastic. With growing concerns about plastic in the environment, the surprising new finding raises questions about where all that stuff is ending up.
Cell Phone Sees in the Dark : Discovery News
It seems like nifty new apps for your smart phone appear every day.
If we ever decide to colonize Mars, it might be fairly simple to grow crops in that red soil, according to a new study . Mars’ reduced gravity could let us use less water and fertilizer than we do on Earth. Visions of future space farms usually involve greenery thriving inside hydroponic systems, but as bio-geo researchers Federico Maggia and Céline Pallud note, using old-fashioned soil has plenty of advantages.
Martian Environment Is Ideally Suited For Crop Farming, Study Says | Popular Science
AMPERE, The First System for Tracking Space Weather in Real Time, Goes Live | Popular Science
The Earth's Magnetic Weather AMPERESnuppy, the cloned Afghan Hound Seoul National University
Do Cloned Wild Animals Have Instincts? | Popular Science
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Leonardo da Vinci | Physics & Math | DISCOVER Magazine
1 Leonardo was the love child of Caterina, a peasant, and Ser Piero, a lawyer and landlord.1 The practice of burying the dead may date back 350,000 years, as evidenced by a 45-foot-deep pit in Atapuerca, Spain, filled with the fossils of 27 hominids of the species Homo heidelbergensis , a possible ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans. 2 Never say die: There are at least 200 euphemisms for death, including "to be in Abraham's bosom," "just add maggots," and "sleep with the Tribbles" (a Star Trek favorite). 5 The trigger of death, in all cases, is lack of oxygen.