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biosolid fertilizer, gardening, waste water treatment, environment

How D.C.’s ‘humanure’ fertilizer creates lush gardens and big profits while improving the environment

Human waste is helping grow lush greenery.

Erik Barnes – 7/21/2026

donkey, wildfire, environment, forest

A Spanish park has been free of wildfires for over a decade thanks to 18 donkeys

giraffes, math, science, experiment

Spanish zoo study suggests that giraffes can do basic math

Does that look tasty?

Beyond birds and mice, free‑ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects

plastic bottles, clean energy, hydrogen, environment

The University of Cambridge found a way to reduce plastic waste and create clean hydrogen energy at the same time

drinking water, jacket, science, technology, environment

Texas engineers develop a jacket that pulls fresh drinking water out of thin air

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy

“This could be the new space of our civilization.”

Erik Barnes – 08/29/25

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy — Lei Zhang believes our future lies in a desolate desert.

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air pollution, earth prize, teenagers, innovation

Kenyan teens create award-winning, affordable car exhaust filters made with corn cobs and algae

Erik Barnes – 6/25/2026

This look familiar?

The drawer problem: Why so many of us can’t let go of our old electronics, and what we can do about it

Good Partner – 6/24/2026

Many U.S. apartments have individual heating and cooling systems that are less efficient than current technology.

How window‑mounted heat pumps can give tenants efficient heating and cooling

Good Partner – 6/17/2026

environment, pollution, ocean cleanup, olympics, plastic pollution

Solar-powered boat feasts on trash and could solve the ocean’s plastic waste problem

Erik Barnes – 6/16/2026

bonobo, Kanzi, imagination, creativity, human, evolution

A bonobo’s make-believe tea party has scientists rethinking whether imagination belongs only to humans

Mark Wales – 6/5/2026

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flooding, beavers, climate change, environment, conservation

As climate change causes flooding in London, experts found an effective, low-cost solution: beavers

Erik Barnes – 6/3/2026

It’s all too easy – by design – to agree to a privacy policy without checking the voluminous fine print to find out what you’re giving away.

Privacy isn’t dead – it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient

Good Partner – 5/27/2026

dog, plants, vegetation, garden, reseed

Wildlife reserves and gardens alike can be regrown thanks to dogs wearing backpacks with seeds

Erik Barnes – 5/20/2026