Easypalletideas.com may have your next quarantine project sorted: the pallet swimming pool. Whether it be a river, a pond, a lake, an ocean, or a pool, there is no better feeling than diving into cool, refreshing water on a hot summer day. Not all of us are lucky enough to live ocean or lake-side, however,...
Relentless poaching has remained one of the major concerns plaguing the conservation efforts of African wildlife [1]. Many formerly thriving species have faced declining populations in recent decades, and the situation just keeps getting worse. However, governments are becoming innovative with anti-poaching strategies, and it’s a gold star for the attack-dog initiative that has helped...
As the warmer weather begins to settle in, we are all being met with the familiar signs of the season: the sound of lawnmowers, the smell of the neighbors’ barbecue, the feeling of a warm breeze against our skin, are all synonymous with summer. There is one sound, however, that when you hear it you...
As housing becomes more expensive around the world and the health of the planet becomes increasingly at risk, more scientists, architects, and engineers are looking at ways to redefine housing. Renewable energy sources and ways to live “off the grid” are at the top of many people’s minds. In some places in the world, the...
In case you didn’t know, Dyson, the famed vacuum company, had an electric car in development until it was canceled last October. For a while, the automobile was a mystery, since only a few engineers had seen the working prototype. Then the company decided to reveal its electric car in an exclusive interview with the...
Standing in the middle of a forest at midnight in the pitch dark, surrounded by glowing mushrooms may sound like something out of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world in Lord of the Rings, but in New South Wales, Australia, the ghost mushroom makes this a very real scenario. Following a cold and wet Autumn, national parks...
Not all superheroes can lift airplanes or climb up buildings with their bare hands. Some are just regular dads who would go to any lengths to make their little girls stop crying. COVID-19 was about to ruin his daughter’s four-year-old dream of walking down the black carpet and stage at her graduation, but this Memphis...
Animal shelters do some of the most amazing work in any country. Hundreds of thousands of animals without homes are taken in, cared for, protected, and fed until they can find permanent homes of their own. However, these shelters are not always the most comfortable places and animals have to share cramped spaces and limited...
The Strawberry season is upon us! Of course, raw strawberries are nature’s candy, but just wait until you’ve tried them baked into bread. ‘Bread’ here is used loosely. It’s the same idea as banana bread. It’s technically cake, but we want to eat it for breakfast, so let’s pretend it’s bread. Soft, sweet, and tasty with a...
It’s a common sight- garbage tossed into the ditch on a roadside, trash blowing across our sidewalks and getting caught in sewer drains, and wrappers, plastic bags, and even clothing flowing down our rivers and streams. It’s sad but true- many people operate with the “out of sight, out of mind” mentality, and carelessly dispose...
For many years, travel, whether for business or pleasure, has often involved small, less-than-comfortable hotel rooms with dark, stuffy hallways. Over the last couple of decades, however, travelers have begun to demand better, and have looked for alternative places to stay while they’re away from home. Shipping container homes are one of those alternatives. One...
Since the beginning of time, people have always loved a good brain teaser. We grew up reading Where’s Waldo? books and putting together puzzles. Though highly frustrating at times, we just can’t seem to resist a good riddle, challenging crossword, or game of sudoku. In the age of the internet, brain games, riddles, and optical...
