Lopez Family’s Amazing Feat (and Feet)

Congratulations to the Lopez family for bringing home three medals in an Olympics where Taekwondo was marred with controversy.
Men’s Heavyweight (Over 80 kg)
Gold Dongmin Cha KOR
Silver Alexandros Nikolaidis GRE
Bronze Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije NGR
Bronze Arman Chilmanov KAZ
Women’s Heavyweight (Over 80 kg)
Gold Maria del Rosario Espinoza MEX
Silver Nina Solheim NOR
Bronze Natalia Falavigna BRA
Bronze Sarah Stevenson GBR
Men’s [...]

Smog Eating Concrete? Someone Call Beijing!

Apparently the Dutch don’t spend all their time getting high and visiting prostitutes, (yes I’m kidding – of course I know they do!). The small Dutch town of Hengelo is trying out a special concrete that turns car exhaust into “harmless nitrates.”
In laboratory conditions, the additive — under the influence of sunlight — binds the [...]