Patrick JamesNils Völker's grid of inflating and deflating plastic trash bags is mesmerizing.
I don't know if this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, but Völker definitely gives that pensive neighbor kid from American Beauty a run for his money.
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Military chocolate milk and Jimmy Choos are being served up in today's daily roundup of what we're reading at GOOD Food HQ. Enjoy!
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You don't use plastic bags at the grocery checkout. So why do you still use them in the produce department?
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Watch this mock music video and learn everything you need to know about why plastic bags are really, really dumb.
A firm in Brazil is taking plastic bottles out of landfills and repurposing them as high quality rope. According to the Arteplas Web site, the...
Granted, there are some big problems inherent in using a consumer spending index as a yardstick of national health. However, an interactive...
Subway offers sandwiches on 9-grain bread. You can find 10-grain, 12-grain, and even 15-grain breads in supermarkets. What do all these claims mean?
In a study conducted in 37 cities across the country, Drug Enforcement Administration agents found that cocaine is not only more expensive than...
A new study appearing the Journal of Economic Perspectives examines grade inflation, a little quirk of college politics that pits majors...
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Behold the flip side of the standardized testing quagmire, where education secretaries (as opposed to teachers and students) are taken to task for...
Behold a stylish girl wearing an invisible airbag-the genius new invention for bikers from (where else?) Sweden.
