Kids News - Green
Finally, An Authentic 'Tea-Shirt'
Coming soon to a store near you - A t-shirt made from 'tea' - And we are not talking something simply dyed with the leaves, but a totally new material made from the world's favorite drink!
Will The 'Swindon Super Bee' Save Our Honeybees?
For the last two decades, scientists all over the world have been scratching their brains, trying to figure out why honeybees have been dying. The problem, referred to as colony collapse disorder, is so severe that they have even resorted to fitting the bees with microchips to figure out what is going on.
Gluttonous Microbes Devour Gulf Oil
Not too long ago it seemed that the Gulf oil spill nightmare would never end - All of BP's efforts to stop the leak kept failing and even after they succeeded, experts fretted about the clean-up and the impact on the region's wildlife. Now, it seems nature has joined us in our clean-up efforts in the form of a gluttonous oil-eating bacteria.
Yabba Dabba Doo! Flintstone Like Vehicle May Be The Ultimate 'Green' Car
Green cars have a come a long way -There are hybrids, pure electric cars and even those that run on biodiesel fuel. Now, there is the Imagine PS, a vehicle propelled by the ultimate green energy - Humans!
'Sally Centrifuge' - A Salad Spinner That Saves Lives!
While salad spinners, (those plastic bowls that 'spin' dry your leafy greens to keep them crisp), are useful kitchen tools, they are a one-trick pony. Now, two innovative girls have figured out a way to turn them into life-saving devices!
Petermann Glacier Loses Huge Chunk Of Ice
On August 5th, a large chunk of ice broke off from the Arctic's Petermann Glacier, creating a floating island that measures 100sq.miles or four times the size of Manhattan. While icebergs calving off the Northern Hemisphere's largest glacier is not an unusual event, it is the size that has aroused everyone's interest.
Plastiki, The Plastic Bottle Catamaran Completes Historic Voyage
On March 20th, 2010, six intrepid explorers set off from San Francisco, California to Sydney, Australia on what was described as the 'adventure of the century', aboard Plastiki, a revolutionary catamaran made entirely from recycled plastic.
Can Plants 'Remember' And 'React' Like Humans?
A team of Scientists led by Professor Karpinski at Warsaw's University of Life Sciences recently revealed that they had conducted tests, which proved plants can remember and process information, just like human beings.
The World's Biggest Commuter Is - A Tiny Seabird!
While almost all birds migrate between seasons, few take it as seriously as the Arctic Tern, a small seabird that flies a distance of between 70,000 - 81,600 km annually, from its breeding grounds in the Arctic to its winter home in the Antarctic.
Solar-Powered Plane Keeps Going And Going And . . .
Just like the Energizer Bunny, the Zephyr keeps going and going. However, this unmanned aircraft is not powered by an Energizer battery but, by Solar Power!
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