By: The Mind Unleashed If you presently suffer from a mad case of wanderlust, you’re sure to appreciate this new motorhome unveiled by RV company Dethleffs. With a sleek design and head-to-toe solar panels, the vehicle was made for the open road. It’s especially perfect for those who seek to go off-grid for a while, as it runs…
This 1-Acre Permaculture Farm In Australia Can Feed 50 Families
By: The Mind Unleashed By 2050, the world’s human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion. Considering 795 million people still go to bed hungry each evening, this is concerning. Fortunately, sustainable solutions exist, and they include vertical gardening and permaculture farming — among others. The latter has been employed on a one-acre farm in Australia and reportedly works so…
These Weird Brain-Like Blobby Creatures Have Taken Over A Lagoon In Canada
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Hide your kids and drain your ponds. These strange brain-like blob creatures have emerged at a lake in a park in Canada and ecologists have basically no idea why. These things are known as a bryozoan. This strange beast is actually a colony of small organisms bound together in a gelatinous gooey…
Heavy Monsoon Causing Extreme Flooding In South Asia Has Killed 1,200 People So Far
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science With much of the world’s media focusing on the historic floods currently washing through Texas and the American South, little attention has been given to the even more deadly monsoon rains that have been washing over South Asia at exactly the same time. Currently, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh are being hit by the…
If Your Child Shows Any of These 15 Signs They Are A Natural Born Empath
By: Educate Inspire Change Empathetic children are highly sensitive and during their younger years have a much harder time managing sensory overload. Their senses are just far more intense than those of the rest of the world. Just about everyone fails to truly understand the child empath, and this is something that breaks my heart. When it…
Tropical Storm Harvey Just Made A Second Landfall
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Hurricane Harvey, which is now a tropical storm, looked as if it would finally drift away from Texas and out to sea yesterday. Forecasters then predicted it would make a rare second landfall in the Lone Star State further down the coast, but now it appears to have drifted upwards instead…
Kenya Imposes World’s Toughest Laws Against Using Or Producing Single-Use Plastic Bags
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science Using an innocuous plastic bag in Kenya may well be something you come to regret. The East African nation has now imposed what is believed to be the world’s toughest laws for those caught producing, selling, or even using single-use plastic bags, the result of which involves being sent to jail for…
“Unprecedented” Hurricane Harvey Is “One Of The Worst Disasters In US History”
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Harvey may have been downgraded to a storm from a Category 4 hurricane, but it will sit over Texas until the middle of the week – and its legacy will be felt for years to come. It’s being described by the National Weather Service (NWS) as an “unprecedented event”, whose “impacts are unknown…
Cargo Ship Crosses The Arctic Without Aid Of Ice Breaker For First Time Ever
By: Katy Evans/IFL Science Once upon a time, crossing the Arctic was the ultimate challenge. From Franklin to Peary, the Arctic didn’t make it easy, and not every expedition was successful. Now, a Russian tanker has sailed through the usually icy waters without any kind of ice breaker for the first time ever. A success for…