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Probably the cutest Kickstarter yet

March 19, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

What good is science if it doesn’t inspire the younger generations? Not much good at all, really, which is why this fourth grade class from North Carolina is positively joy-inducing. […]

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How Things Work, Our Environment, Science News, Technology

How an entrepreneur could help green Chicago

March 11, 2013by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

Vince Cushing Jr. has a pretty impressive pedigree when it comes to building things. His grandfather, John Cushing, was a civil engineer, and the namesake of  Notre Dame’s Cushing Hall, […]

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Our Environment, Science in Chicago, Science News, Technology

Greening the Shedd

February 19, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s easy enough for we normal folk to buy LED lights, re-seal our windows or use the cold cycle in the wash to save some energy. But how do you […]

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Animals, Our Environment, Science in Chicago, Science News, Technology

Coal is not just our problem

January 30, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a massive Pixar fan, so you’ll have to forgive this reference…but the latest findings by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) kind of reminds […]

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Algae-powered building in the works

October 24, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The stuff you clean off the inside of your goldfish bowl may soon power an entire office building. Austrian-based Splitterwerk Architects has come up with a building concept called BIQ, […]

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