smarterplanet:

Secrets of the First Practical Artificial Leaf

A detailed description of development of the first practical artificial leaf — a milestone in the drive for sustainable energy that mimics the process, photosynthesis, that green plants use to convert water and sunlight into energy — appears in the ACS journal Accounts of Chemical Research. The article notes that unlike earlier devices, which used costly ingredients, the new device is made from inexpensive materials and employs low-cost engineering and manufacturing processes.

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theclearlydope:

I want to slap him with that slice of pizza. Slap him in the face.

theclearlydope:

Cool nips bro.

theclearlydope:

Target will be selling this in their douche-y little hat section in 3,2,1…

ratsoff:

How To: Make a Banana Peel Trucker Hat (for bananas) by Brock Davis

I just legit LOL’d at this picture pre-7am.

Instructions here.

(via ianbrooks.)

Sweet Banana

laughingsquid:

ROFLCon brings a convention of Internet hit-makers to MIT

laughingsquid:

Planet Earth Sculptural Fire Pit

singularitarian:

That’s not photoshop; that’s an actual cloud hovering inside an actual room. Artist Berndnaut Smilde merges art and science to create small man-made clouds that exist — albeit for just a moment — indoors.

laughingsquid:

Butt Cleavage Dress

Flatulence forbidden

thisnewurbanity:

Anish Kapoor’s famous Cloudgate, in Millennium Park, Chicago, now has an equally mesmerising choreographed light show, Luminous Field, by Luftwerk, enhancing the experience of the work furthermore.