water
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California drought leads to a black market for water
California's worst-in-history drought is creating a whole new revenue stream for water poachers.
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Matt Damon says he’s going to stop using the toilet
He was looking for a way to, and we quote, "persuade people to give a shit about toilets."
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Snow made from sewage looks like someone peed on it
It wasn't supposed to be this way.
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Nature-inspired water bottle could fill itself using moisture from the air
To keep from drying out in its incredibly arid habitat, the Namib desert beetle gathers moisture from ocean breezes on its wings.
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This beautiful waterfall is also essentially a flaming fart
In a park in upstate New York, there's a flame that never goes out. OK, it almost never goes out. But we'll still give it credit for being pretty tenacious, because it lives behind a waterfall.
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Climate change means you’re going to have to ski on snow made out of sewage
In the future, all the ski slopes will be doing what Arizona Snowbowl is doing this season: making snow out of sewage effluent.
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After three days of water rationing, an entire city flushes its toilets at the same time
It was called the Big Flush.
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Activist group sends Obama a message by carving it into a cornfield
Hot tip from an ex-resident of D.C. to all you activists out there: If you want to get the president’s attention, standing outside the White House with some signs and bullhorns is not going to do it. Everyone does that. You have to get creative. Like these guys, who cut their message into a field […]
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What to do when an elephant crashes your pool party
How cool would it be to catch an elephant wandering up to your pool and checking out the scene? And how terrifying would it be if you were actually in the pool, the size of which would not accommodate both you and the elephant? You know these guys are thinking: “HOLY SHIT. THIS IS AWESOME. […]