Data That Matters April 2018

In America, there are 13 empty houses for every homeless American. The richest 1% now hold more than half the Continue reading →

Do Lab Grown Brains Think

Medicine advances quickly enough that something miraculous years ago is now considered normal. Remember the debates over various fertilization procedures? Continue reading →

Natural Arsenic Remover

Yet again, Nature has demonstrated a way to clean pollution. Researchers in Sweden discovered a moss that manages to remove Continue reading →

Accidental Discovery Recycles Plastic

Simple accidents can have great impacts. A few years ago, a bacteria was discovered that evolved to eat plastic. It was Continue reading →

Printed House Price Drops

3D printed houses have matured from experimental projects, to prototypes, to affordable housing. A house built in Austin, Texas, is Continue reading →

Free Water From Free Air

A new kind of material has been developed that filters air to extract water with little or no additional energy Continue reading →

Mining Landfills

No longer just an interesting idea, progress is being made on mining landfills for precious resources. We have a wasteful Continue reading →

Quantum Telecommunications Tested

Quantum entanglement is one of physic’s mysteries. Information can travel instantaneously, faster than the speed of light. Hypothetically, that could Continue reading →