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Biochemist creates CO2-eating light that runs on algae. Our atmosphere is filling up with CO2 and we seem to be the major cause of that.

Biochemist creates CO2-eating light that runs on algae

The generally accepted solution seems to be cutting back on emissions as quickly as possible, but implementing such cuts is problematic because everyone has to agree to do more, which essentially ends up costing a lot of time and money. There is an alternative to such measures, though. Adam Savage: Simple Ideas, Extraordinary Results : Discovery Channel. Obituary by Alan Hamilton Nelson Mandela, who died at age 95, was arguably the most influential political figure of this or any other era.

Adam Savage: Simple Ideas, Extraordinary Results : Discovery Channel

From his rise to prominence as a member of the African National Congress (ANC) he became, for many, the archetypal freedom fighter, anti-apartheid campaigner and political prisoner; a rise that culminated in his election to President of South Africa 10th May 1994. Born Rolihlahla Mandela on 18th of July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, he was the first member of his family to attend school.