Grist List
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The next space shuttle could be made out of trash
Researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center have devised a trash compactor that turns waste into 8-inch radiation-shielding tiles.
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Don’t like burgers? Maybe you’d prefer eating the moon or a vampire
Fat & Furious Burger kind of elevates the burger above a mere food item and turns it into more of an artistic genre.
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Here’s an airport entirely filled with cars wrecked in Hurricane Sandy
After Hurricane Sandy, Insurance Auto Auctions Corp. found itself with an overload of damaged cars. The company had to store them somewhere.
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These architects want to build a tiny fairy forest in Detroit
In addition to your basic forest paths and trees, the park features a knoll that can host concerts, movie screenings, and plays, with the forest as a backdrop.
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Starbucks is now selling reusable cups for a dollar
Starbucks has just kneecapped your excuses for not bringing reusable cups to the coffee shop.
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If these kids can understand why mountaintop-removal mining is stupid, the government can too
Their pitch is this: "We're children. We're not scientists. But we understand what's happening."
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Hot chocolate tastes better in an orange cup
The next time you drink hot chocolate, get yourself an orange cup. Sound like too much trouble? Well. Enjoy it less then!
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Concord, Mass., is the first city to ban plastic water bottles
The ban comes as the result of a three-year fight from local activists, who are quite understandably appalled that Americans use 1,500 bottles every second.
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This nursing home cheers up patients with therapeutic llamas
Hanging out with animals lowers blood pressure, increases serotonin, and just generally makes patients feel better about the world. The llamas probably don't mind it either.
