Global Warming Effects

Nature is full of surprises and amazing things. Just when you believe you are sure that there is no any chance that fruit can grow directly on the trunk of the tree someone will take a camera and bring you a proof of existence of such plant. This tree is called Jabuticaba, also known as the Grape Tree. As you can see, it's trunk is almost completely covered with tiny fruits. It can be found in South America. Scientists believe that this w...

When you come in forest all you can see is straight trees, a lot of them, some plants and similar. Well, from a place to place you can find some irregular shaped tree but you know that's fine. If you came to Dancing Forest in Kaliningrad, better prepare yourself to experience horror-like atmosphere. That's right, those trees are so regularly irregular so you would be scared when you see such thing. They are all curved in knots and strange loop...

Building bridge is never easy even if you build smallest one, especially for people who do not have tools to do that properly. Nature amazed us once again with those 'living bridges' which are growing in India's rainforests. Here you can see the photos of 'living bridges' that were grown in Cherraphunji, Meghalaya, India. Ficus elastica is the plant that produces secondary roots and those bridges are formed by them naturaly. Some local tri...

New scientific research has unveiled that bacteria has become more resistant to antibiotics more than it was believed.Scientists have long known that exposing bacteria to the right antibiotics will kill most of them, but leave a few mutants that happen to resist the drug better than the rest. These mutants go on to multiply, and eventually the whole strain evolves resistance. Image source Now a new study paints a more complicated picture of...

Floating settlements could become more and more popular. The main reason that this type of settlements could became a future of housing is that it doesn't requires a fixed land where homes could be built and, if we speak about particular homes, they are very mobile and can be moved easily. Here you can find 5 awarded designs of floating settlements at Seasteading contest. The fifth place is awarded to this design. This floating settlement co...

If you look this construction from outside you'd probably think that this is some nice built shed which is used to put old and unnecessary things there, even if its outer design is pretty tasty. But, when you look inside this building you will really want to have something like this in your backyard. This cabin was built and designed by Pier Hein Eek who built it for his friend Hans Liberg. Hans Liberg, who is musician, wanted to have ...

American designer Joanna Borek Clement has designed an interesting house that actually floats in the water. Traditional understanding of way how we live considers that home is stable building that is built on the ground. This way of thinking often brings a lot of troubles for young people who are trying to establish their own home and to start separate life from their parents. For building ground-based home first what you need is a grou...

Harmony is a creation of a Chinese designer called Weili Feng. The vehicle is purely recreational and to top all, its eco-friendly. The vehicle would be your best companion over the weekends. This would not only allow having as much fun you want to have but at the same time is quite stylish as well. Harmony can run on land and on water as well, it is propelled by hydrogen. This also has solar panel to get the solar energy while it’s on...

Green architecture has now becoming widespread to almost every corner of the world. The Sozawe by NL Architects is just another wonder addition to the eco-friendly building we have today. Located in Groningen City, the Sozawe building has office spaces, large interior public space, and 215 parking spaces.The building’s concrete floor cools the building during summer and warms on the winter season, which made the Sozawe a sustainable one as ...

A common mistake when searching for alien life forms is to look up into the sky for something big. But alien life is right here, at our feet, in our backyards. Millions of tiny but frightening aliens, many just a few millimeters long. ...