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Harlem Grown grows greens and girls in New York City

In the middle of Harlem on a derelict plot of land where old men used to play cards, with no kids allowed, is growing...

Grow lettuce like astronauts at American Hydroponics course

Now that I am  developing flux, a space-age gadget for making hydroponics simple and efficient I can't help but promote hydroponics everywhere -- even and especially hydroponics...

Myswapp is like Tinder for old stuff – check out pics and trade up!

There are loads of ways to unload your junk. You can haul it away to the landfill, leave it at the end of your...

UN: Innovation needed to feed people of the future

Strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand should contribute to a gradual decline in real prices for agricultural products over...

Khalifa hydroponic farm’s paying off

As spring turns into summer, the Khalifa fund's investment in Abu Dhabi hydroponic agriculture is beginning to pay off. The Khalifa fund for enterprise development...

Jupiter and Venus meet in Middle Eastern skies

A celestial tryst between the CEO of Roman gods and the Roman goddess of love and beauty? This seems hardly a match made in heaven....

Solar ovens in Gaza

Here’s a story about ingenuity and creativity. About a man who uses a solar cooker to prepare meals using the sun.

CropX nails precision agriculture with $9 million investment

In the same space as the American agtech company flux, built on Israeli R&D to help people grow food in cities, another Israeli-founded, American-managed company...

Millions of newborn stars discovered

“My God, it’s full of stars!” Fans of Arthur C. Clarke’s classic science fiction novel 2001 A Space Odyssey might recognize these as the words...

The things I do to feed the world

Even the US Customs guy at the New Jersey airport gave me an approving nod: "A technology for hydroponics?" He flips over my business...

The surprising economic history of salt

Oil prices have fallen considerably over the past two years. But this isn’t the first time the price of a core society resource has...

AgMania in the land of milk and honey

The flux team, one of the featured companies at the Innovation Pavillion at the annual Agritech Conference. Agrivest for investors kicked off the week of...

Eddy is artificial intelligence for vertical farms and hydroponics

Eddy is like the "easy button" for hydroponics The United Nations is screaming it –– and California is feeling it: drought caused by climate change is...

10 Inventions to Save Earth’s Water

With drought looming in California, but in many regions of the world include Yemen, Green Prophet honors Earth Day by digging into the archives...

Futuristic dome collectors collect dew for drinking water and crops

Still another device, called the Roots Up Dew Collector, is now being developed for Ethiopia in a project together with the University of Gondar. The device, which can also be used to grow vegetables and other crops, is dew trapping and will be used in the country's arid northern regions.

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How skinny medicine is reshaping the fashion industry, an interview with Katie Jones

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are changing more than waistlines. Fashion researcher Katie Baker Jones explains how weight-loss drugs could reshape clothing sizes, body positivity, textile consumption and the fashion industry.

Magic mushrooms may block chemotherapy side-effects

A new study published in Science finds that psilocybin may prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy by protecting sensory nerves and keeping their mitochondrial energy supply functioning.

Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

AI surveillance cameras are spreading across American cities. As Virginia residents question Flock Safety over privacy and data sharing, another issue emerges: what is the environmental cost of watching and storing everything?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

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How skinny medicine is reshaping the fashion industry, an interview with Katie Jones

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are changing more than waistlines. Fashion researcher Katie Baker Jones explains how weight-loss drugs could reshape clothing sizes, body positivity, textile consumption and the fashion industry.

Magic mushrooms may block chemotherapy side-effects

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Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

AI surveillance cameras are spreading across American cities. As Virginia residents question Flock Safety over privacy and data sharing, another issue emerges: what is the environmental cost of watching and storing everything?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

GLP-1 drugs are shrinking appetites and waistlines, but could they shrink our environmental footprint too? From fashion and food waste to lighter airplanes, packaging and transportation, Ozempic-era weight loss could have unexpected effects across the economy.

A billion dollar bet on Pacific Fusion’s New Mexico campus

Pacific Fusion is building a $1 billion fusion research facility in New Mexico, betting that enormous electrical pulses can help push fusion energy beyond the laboratory and toward practical clean power.

Europe’s circular fashion mandate in effect by 2030

Europe is forcing fashion to confront its waste problem. New EU rules ban large companies from destroying unsold clothing and are expanding producer responsibility for textile waste, pushing brands toward repair, resale, recycling and circular design.

Plastic Beverage Bottles and Caps Most Prevalent Pollutants Worldwide

Plastic bottles remain one of the most stubborn forms of ocean pollution, according to new results from Ocean Conservancy’s 2025 International Coastal Cleanup, the massive volunteer effort that removes and records trash from beaches and waterways around the world.
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