Tattoos are an ancient art, as most tribes have used this form of self-expression to establish a hierarchy between their members or tell their background stories.
There are many parts of the world where the original tattoo practices are long gone, and modern ones took over and this almost happened to the Innuit community too. Continue reading “This ancient tattoo practice gives Inuit women a feeling of strength” »
Plastic waste is one of the biggest threats the Planet is facing, and recycling it can help reduce the ongoing hoarding of waste.
A Kenyan materials engineer has come up with a smart plan to recycle plastic and transform it into durable construction materials. Continue reading “Kenyan Materials Engineer Recycles Plastic Into Bricks That Are Stronger Than Concrete” »
Wire offers a lot of creative liberty to the artists working with this material, as it can be twisted and turned into every shape. Nadia Zubareva is a sculptor from Siberia, and she builds intricate wire sculptures from stainless steel.
The artist resides in both St. Petersburg and Finland, and her life-sized figurative sculptures never cease to amaze the viewer. Continue reading “Life-Size Steel Wire Sculptures of Emotional Figures Trapped in Boxes” »
Sci-fi enthusiasts are going to love this next cake, which is also a great birthday surprise idea for someone who loves space. The amazing multi-layered cake was created by Naushee or Pedagiggle, and she baked it for her 4-year old son who loves outer space.
The exterior is decorated with specific thematic, a spaceship, stars, and planets, but once the cake is cut the mysteries of the universe reveal themselves. The interior of the cake is a splash of colors and hides different sizes of colorful planets and a spongy blue inside. Continue reading “Space-Themed Birthday Cake Reveals an Entire Universe When Sliced” »
Whenever NASA has an announcement that it will release new footage, you know that quality content is coming your way. These newly shared pictures are of Jupiter and its largest moon, Ganymede, and were taken by NASA’s Juno probe. Continue reading “NASA beams back spectacular images of Jupiter and our solar system’s biggest moon, Ganymede” »
Refrigerator trucks are an important piece of our capitalist economic systems, as without them a lot of products would be damaged and wasted.
But like everything that runs on diesel engines, Continue reading “Solar-Powered Refrigeration Trucks Will Cut Pollution From Idling Diesel Engines” »
This lab-made paint has been declared the world’s whitest paint and it was created with the intention of reflecting sunlight away from buildings.
The paint was made at Purdue University and has an efficiency of 98.1% in reflecting sunrays which would help reduce the need for air conditioning and implicitly help fight global warming. Continue reading “Scientists created the world’s whitest paint. It could eliminate the need for air conditioning.” »
Bill Gates from Microsoft is well-known for backing and investing in state-of-the-art technologies, and his newest investment is in sun-dimming technology.
The name behind the initiative is the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx) and is led by scientists from Harvard University who want to attempt to reflect Earth’s sunlight out of the atmosphere. Continue reading “A Bill Gates Venture Aims To Spray Dust Into The Atmosphere To Block The Sun. What Could Go Wrong?” »
Halloween is just around the corner, and even though the pandemics might prevent people from trick or treating this year, it does not mean that decorating your house needs to be postponed too. If you want to scare your neighbors or simply bring a bit of the Halloween spirit in your yard, you can make these amazing ghost shapes out of chicken wire. Continue reading “People Are Making Ghosts Out of Chicken Wire For Halloween and They All Look So Real” »
