BY: DANIEL KORN The amount of people using solar energy to power their households independently has been steadily rising in the US over the past decade or so. Data from the US Department of Energy shows that the number of…
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Why USB flash drives with mystery files are being cemented into walls of major cities
BY: LAURA ROJAS Berlin-based conceptual and multimedia artist Aram Bartholl started his project, Dead Drops, in 2010 during his time as an artist in residence at EYEBEAM, an art and technology centre in NYC. Dead Drops is essentially an offline…
You can donate your poop to science for $13,000 and save lives in the process
BY: DANIEL KORN Are you strapped for cash? Waiting for a potential employer to call you back about that dream job you interviewed for? Don’t have any marketable skills? Well I’ve got good news for you—all you need to do…
Autonomous cars are coming and they will change the face of transportation
BY: DANIEL KORN Think about your last couple purchases from Amazon. Maybe your cart contained a new videogame, or a wolf t-shirt, or a box of fresh Abba-zaba, or a bag of 1500 live ladybugs. There’s a lot of different…
This device allows blind people to see through their tongues
BY: LAURA ROJAS The story of Emilie Goissiaux, a 25-year-old artist living in Brooklyn but originally from New Orleans, is an amazing one. In 2010, an 18-wheel truck hit Emilie, giving her a traumatic brain injury, multiple fractures, and leaving…
In 2024, one of these five candidates may be selected to live and die on Mars (Video)
2024 is looking like it will be one of the most historically significant years in all of human history. Yielding over 200,000 applicants from all over the globe, and only 660 remaining, in the end only four will be given…
Why George Orwell would never buy a SmartTV by Samsung
BY: KHADIJA KHAN Many companies have recently capitalized on the growing trend of Internet-enabled devices, which allow you to access the Internet from, say, your TV. However, it seems now that the biggest screen in your house will be listening…
This 20-year-old millionaire throws NYC’s wildest illegal parties (PHOTOS)
BY: KHADIJA KHAN Most 20-year-olds are unsure about what path they should take in life, but this entrepreneur formulated a master plan to get rich at the age of 15. Meet Alex Shlaferman. He started off by making up to…
Scientists discover a second Earth, and it may contain extra-terrestrial life (Video)
BY: DANIEL KORN About 500 light years away from Earth, within the constellation Cygnus, is a planet with the catchy name of Kepler-186f. This planet is about the size of Earth and completes its orbit around a red dwarf star—half…
The world’s first flying cars will be in skies and on highways in the next few years
BY: KHADIJA KHAN Growing up watching the Jetsons, I’ve always anticipated a time where flying cars would be a reality. And finally, the moment we’ve been waiting for is here. It’s called the AeroMobil, and it has been tested in…
This water filtration straw allows you to drink the world’s dirtiest water like a juice box (Video)
BY: KHADIJA KHAN Imagine sipping dirty water filled with feces, bacteria, disease and dead insects but instead tasting pure, clean, filtered water. Instant filtration is impossible, right? Now the LifeStraw by Vestergaard is rapidly changing the way we think about water…
This fork makes vegetables taste like chocolate
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS Have your cake and smell it too. A Montreal company has invented a fork that allows you to smell a flavour on top of what you are eating. The AROMAFORK is part of the molecular gastronomy trend,…
How cricket meat is crawling its way into the North American diet
BY: SINEAD MULHERN By 2050, the world’s population is estimated to reach nine billion. We are very likely to be in a global food crisis and Darren Goldin plans to do something about it by tackling a new method of…
Do we really need a scientific study for everything?
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS Eat this. Don’t eat that. With so much information out there about what we’re supposed to do and how we’re supposed to live in order to be our healthiest, happiest selves, it’s hard to know who to…
Why indoor farms are the future of food production
BY: DANIEL KORN Food shortage is a bigger problem than a lot of people realize. At the current growth rate of 1.1% a year, the population will see a 30 per cent increase by 2050. That means there has to…
If aliens exist, the Fermi Paradox is the reason we haven’t found them
BY: DANIEL KORN “Where are they?” This is the question that physicist Enrico Fermi asked his colleagues at lunch one day in 1950, after a jovial discussion about the prevalence of aliens in popular culture at the time. We’ve discussed…
This company will turn your loved one’s corpse into a diamond after they die
BY: DANIEL KORN My uncle had this dog, a King Charles cavalier spaniel, who died when I was a kid. The next time we visited him at his house in Ottawa, my mom noticed he had this urn on his…
How artificial intelligence is the next stage of evolution
BY: BRIAN CAPITAO The brightest mind in physics has declared the end of the world at the hands of Artificial Intelligence. It sounds like science fiction, but is in fact the real world we live in. Doomsday reports proliferated in…
This amazing urn will turn you into a tree after you die
BY: LISA CUMMING Bios Urn is the first biodegradable urn that has been engineered to convert the ashes of a person or pet into a tree. The Bios Urn, according to their website, has no expiration date and can support…
You could build a luxury tiny house with shipping containers for $2,000 (PHOTOS)
Living in luxury doesn’t always necessarily mean having a home with thousands of square feet, crystal chandeliers, and golden-plated toilets. With a little imagination a shipping container becomes a building block that you can use to design your own house.…