Using 3D-printed joints, sail material and feather-light carbon rods, this seemingly heavy cube is actually a kite that can fly.

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Here is an interesting buisness idea; grow butterflies to let fly at special ocasions and at the same time help the enviornment as well as people with special needs. The project is called Mariposeando (Spanish for something like ‘butterflying’) and has just hatched out in the North of Spain. The idea behind it is to help the population of Monarch Butterflies (Danaus Plexippus) grow as it has been declared as a species that needs protecting b…Read the full story on TreeHugger

Nature is plumb full of bizarre genitalia. Even more bizarre is how often we as humans choose to study the topic–or blog about it.

For example, if you’re inclined to look at fly genitalia, you’d notice…Read the full story on TreeHugger

The Copenhagen Accord was a deal and not a deal, and its real implications remain uncertain. Nonetheless, thanks to fly-on-the-wall accounts by participants like Ed Milliband and Mark Lynas (“How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room”), China’s been taking heavy blame for keeping the …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Think you’re among the greenest of the green? Or maybe you’re not, but you are interested in all of this green, and how it can help you make green? Too bad there is no symbol or banner you can fly from your front yard to identify your eco-savviness. Turns out, there is, with the new PineMark cer…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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We’re not sure how to say this, politely, erm, before you board, can you please remove your shoes, empty your water bottles, and well, your bladders too. Whew, that wasn’t so bad. Now, if you fly Japan’s Nippon Airlines in the month of October, you just might hear those words too as the airline tries out its own experiment to lighten its passengers and thus it’s load, reports the Read the full story on TreeHugger