WebEcoist | Archived Articles for November, 2009

Glaring Answers: How We're Taking A New Shine To UV

Sunburn and skin-damage, sun-cream and sea-damage...can't we make our relationship to UV light a healthier one? You bet - take a look at these examples!

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33 Excellent OLED Energy Saving & Eco-Friendly Designs

The creative possibilities of OLEDs in clothing, jewelry, and art is limitless. Here are 33 excellent OLED eco-friendly designs, from super-sly spy to the interactive.

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Literal Tree Houses: Amazing Homes Built with Whole Trees

There's something primitive about the sophisticated homes designed by Whole Trees Architecture: they use whole, young-growth trees in amazing, beautiful ways.

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Do The White Thing: 7 More Amazing Albino Animals

The distinctive lack of skin pigment displayed by albino animals, as these 7 examples show, is complemented by the beauty and rarity of its presentation.

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13 of Nature’s Most Disgusting Parasites

Horror movies are made of these: shockingly gross, bizarre parasites that will have you scratching yourself in paranoia.

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Padlocked By The Earth: Cycle Sheds Go Underground

Why park our bicycles in full view, at the mercy of the elements and the unscrupulous, when we can bury them in the depths of the earth?

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Hungry, Hungry Animals: 10 Unique Stories of Consumption

From bonobos ranking food by sound to rats falling in love with junk food, animal appetites, eating habits and consumption are tales of the cool and absurd.

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Water On Lens: Underwater Stage Filming and Photography

Here are 23 images taken from Pinewood Studios underwater movie shoots like The Da Vinci Code and Casino Royale, as well as some extra underwater stage filming photos.

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Size Matters: Largest Web Spinning Spider Found

Scientists have identified an interesting new species of spider in South Africa. The females are gigantic, the males are tiny, and their webs huge works of art.

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Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die

As fragile as they are beautiful, fulgurites (so-called "petrified lightning") are the next best thing to holding a lightning bolt in your hand!

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Don’t Look Down! Terrifyingly Tall Towers & Lookouts

Afraid of heights? Even the photos of some of these insanely tall towers, lookouts and glass balconies will make your head swim.

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A Greener Way To Queue: 3 Eco Bus Shelters

Winter is here: time to shiver in a bleak, nasty cubicle as you wait for your bus? Not so, as these three eco-innovative shelters demonstrate.

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