Category: Nature
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Floral Artist Chloe Berlin – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Within the art of floral arranging there’s traditional Japanese Ikebana, classic fresh and blooming bouquets, and then there’s Chloe Berlin, a Brooklyn-based artist whose work stretches from mini arrangements to large-scale sculptures and floral wall installations that sometimes don’t include any live flowers at all. Her studio—which employs dried and fresh flowers, branches, found…
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Inside Eastwind Oliverea Valley’s Foraging-Focused Restaurant, Dandelion – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Tucked into the hollow of a dead-end road, surrounded by hiking trails and nature on all sides, Eastwind Oliverea Valley is hotelier duo Bjorn Boyer and Julija Stoliarova’s newest property in the Catskills. Located about two-and-a-half hours from the city, the property continues the Scandinavian and A-frame design and ethos featured in the first…
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Cloud Climbing in the Dolomites with FORESTIS – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The Dolomites, a jagged range of ghostly peaks thrusting skyward, rose from a coral reef in a prehistoric sea over 200 million years ago. A UNESCO World Heritage site in the northeastern corner of Italy on the Austrian border, the jaw-dropping mountain landscape has a wild, savage beauty. Known as Monti Pallidi (meaning “pale…
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[ad_1] Fighting book bans with a free electronic library card, an obsidian hand-axe workshop, elephants against climate change and more A Robot That Melts and Reforms Researchers have devised a robot that can liquefy and then reform—an characteristic inspired by sea cucumbers that rapidly change their stiffness. The shape-shifting invention can move between liquid and…
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[ad_1] Controlling lightning with lasers, transforming dumps into parks, mapping subterranean passageways and more The First 3D-Printed Two-Story Home in the US New York design firm Hannah, Germany-based company Peri 3D Construction, and Texas engineering and construction firm Cive have partnered to create the first 3D-printed two-story home in the US—currently being built in Houston.…
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Transforming a Dumping Ground Into a Floating Forest in China – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Fish Tail Park is a new 126-acre floating forest in Nanchang, China that helps regulate floods, restore wildlife habitation and create a recreational area for the city. Transforming what was once a dumping ground, Beijing-based landscape architecture firm Turenscape built numerous islets, created by recycling coal ash found on location and mixing it with…
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[ad_1] Self-healing concrete, gemstones on Mars, a viable alternative to palm oil and more World’s First Vaccine for Honeybees Approved The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made a significant advancement in the mission to save honeybees and will be using the world’s first vaccine produced to protect the insects from American foulbrood disease. Caused…
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Vermont’s Honeybee-Inspired Bar Hill Gin – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Once covered in vast swathes of pristine forest, New England began suffering habitat loss in the 1600s when European colonizers sowed the seeds of deforestation for both timber and agriculture. It was a massive blow to the biodiversity of the region, but not all hope is lost in the modern era. People—from their homes…
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[ad_1] An “upcycled” skyscraper, a magnet for microplastics, a swimming dinosaur discovery and more Paleontologists Discover a Swimming Dinosaur In Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, scientists discovered the bones of a previously unknown dinosaur species, Natovenator polydontus, the first and only dinosaur found that had specific adaptions suited for swimming. Hailing from prehistoric Mongolia about 71 million years…
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[ad_1] Fossilized worm brains, cranberry packaging, the wet history of Mars and more inspiration from nature World’s Oldest Fossilized Brain Discovered A 525-million-year-old fossil of an extinct worm-like animal known as the Cardiodictyon catenulum was first discovered in China in 1984, but only recently have scientists found that the barely half-an-inch animal has a brain.…
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New Research Supports the Idea that There Was Once Life on Mars – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] A recent study from the journal “Earth and Planetary Science Letters” presents new findings about the early evolution of Mars. By creating a newly developed model of Martian atmosphere through time, researchers found that Mars—in contrast to the frozen desert it is now—was born with lots of water and a dense atmosphere that could…
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Jellyfish Relative Could Improve the Design of Swimming Robots – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The Nanomia bijug is a gelatinous marine animal related to jellyfish that uses a dozen or more independent jets to swim. This design enables two swimming styles: one that syncs all of the jets up for increased speed and another that powers jets individually to save energy. The dual-swimming capabilities—which are exclusive to the Nanomia‘s…
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Suchi Reddy’s Ethereal “Shaped by Air” Collaboration With Lexus – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Mist, leaves, sunlight and shadows all play intrinsic roles in artist and architect Suchi Reddy’s latest work, unveiled today at ICA Miami. While they might not be elements often conjured up when thinking about cars, the project is a collaboration between Reddy (along with her NYC-based studio Reddymade Architecture and Design) and Japanese carmaker Lexus.…
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[ad_1] SF guarantees income for trans people, Detroit’s Ruth Ellis Center has a new home and more from around the web San Francisco Program Will Provide Guaranteed Income for Trans People San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently announced the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People (GIFT) program, a no-strings-attached monthly stipend that will be delivered for…
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[ad_1] Underwater sculptures, meteor material, uncovered demos from The Velvet Underground and more from around the internet Remarkable Sea Creatures Discovered Thousands of Meters Deep Deep below the surface of the Indian Ocean—thousands of meters down—several remarkable creatures have been discovered by biologists. There are animals “decked out in twinkling lights, with velvety black skin…