
At 7:00pm local time on Tuesday January 18th, the Israeli army initiated an attack on Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, Palestine. The attack, lasting 20 minutes according to eyewitnesses, was after dark, in empty streets and unprovoked, launched from a military base that overlooks the camp.ย It impacted Lajee Center, a youth and community organization…

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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter๐ก Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Plucking ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, and heads of lettuce all year long in your apartment sounds like a dream to both a couch potato and a houseplant hobbyist. Thanks to hydroponic cultivation, this is possible, even without playing hours ofย Stardew Valleyย orย Terrarium. Hydroponic…

The Italian designed micro garden, measuring 30 x 10 x 10 centimetres, launched into orbit on the ESAโs VEGA-C Vector from Kourou in French Guinea last month. Scientists contributing to its creation came the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Federico II University of Naples, Sapienza University of Rome,…

In the climate crisisย landscape, we seem to be experiencing a shift; sustainability is now a widely accepted necessity, weโve stopped talking about single-use plastic and are realising ideas aimed at reducing (and undoing) our impact on the planet. Weโre seeing aquaponicย farming in cities,ย bridges made from manipulated vines,ย stone quarries turned into cultural spacesย andย houses designed to be…

Itโs time for a winter catch up. Iโll start with an update on my hydroponic experiment. When I started this project, I was skeptical. Maybe Iโd been burned too many times on other gardening kits that promised all the answers and was approaching this experiment the same way. Not anymore. I must now say that…

Setting up an indoor gardenย gives you the same health benefits as an outdoor garden. It can really improve your lifestyle when it comes to reducing stress levels and enhancing relaxation time, plus it allows you year-round access to fresh homegrown produce. If you live in the city and don’t have your own yard you can…

Hydroponic gardening has been steadily growing its fan base ever since the pandemic, when so many of us started getting into growing our own produce and being creative with crops in even the tightest of urban spaces.ย It might sound a little scientific but simply put hydroponics is an indoor garden system of growing plants…