What if the solution to removing harmful lead from our drinking water is sitting in the trash bins behind breweries? An exciting innovation from researchers at MIT and Georgia Tech proves that this long-overlooked resource could be a game-changer for communities, according to Interesting Engineering. The scientists created special capsules filled with waste yeast discarded […]
This is how decades-old space junk drifting in Earth’s orbit would look like seen from just 50 meters (164 feet) away. You are looking at the spent upper stage of a discarded Japanese rocket that launched an Earth observation satellite back in 2009. The rocket body was imaged up close on May 23 by the […]
Littered needles found scattered across a Boston playground are bringing attention to safety concerns heading into the warmer months. The syringes and other belongings found at Newland Street Park in Boston’s South End were reported to 311 and cleaned up quickly. The neighbor who captured the photos told Boston 25 News that he’s concerned for […]
A community group has found a novel way of using discarded protective Covid-19 guards by turning them into ‘screen’ houses for gardens. Tús Community Employment Scheme members have finished a prototype of the green house they built from the disused screens from their own offices and are now planning to roll out the project so […]
Space junk just got an epic close-up. The ADRAS-J satellite, operated by the Japanese company Astroscale, successfully maneuvered to within a few hundred meters of a discarded rocket body this month, snapping a striking photo to memorialize the achievement. “Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our […]