Harvesting Rainwater in Urban and Suburban Areas
Most families in populated areas rely on city water supplies for clean water. In a disaster, though, that water source may be disrupted. Choose one of these simple yet effective ways to collect rainwater in urban and suburban areas and make sure you
US makes second attempt at commercial Moon landing
The US is taking another stab at landing a privately owned and operated spacecraft on the Moon. At 1:05 am EST today, the Odysseus lander lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 29A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Amish: Test Case For COVID Policies
The experience of the Amish during COVID serves as a good test case for the COVID policies because – like Sweden – they chose to ignore most of them.
Get Ready for the Planting Season
Now is the time to get ready for the planting season. Check out these great books and top-of-the-line products. Whether you're an experienced gardener or planting a few tomatoes in a bucket, you'll find these items useful.
DARPA's ground-effect X-plane will haul 100 tons of cargo
Aurora Flight Sciences has updated the design of its Liberty Lifter seaborne military heavy-lift transport – a highly efficient X-plane the company is developing for DARPA that achieves bulk lift by using wing-in-ground effect.
Piezoelectric "bone bandage" heals cracked bones faster
Researchers have successfully regenerated damaged skull bones in mice by creating a freestanding, biomimetic scaffold that combines a piezoelectric framework and the growth-promoting properties of a naturally occurring mineral.
Huntress hybrid drone packs a 300+ mph turbojet core
Connecticut-based WaveAerospace has announced "the world's fastest multirotor UAS," a "new class of aircraft" that's effectively a quadcopter drone with a raging jet turbine in the middle, capable of insane speeds and all-weather operation.
How efficient is this Army generator? MEP-831A
How much energy can we make per gallon of diesel fuel? I'll be testing an Army generator's fuel economy while re-charging my off grid solar battery bank.
The military generator is model MEP-831A. It's a single cylinder, Yanmar L-70 diesel engine
Grow Blueberries In Containers the RIGHT Way!
Blueberries are an intimidating plant to grow due to some of their 'unique' growing requirements. But today, all of that goes away, because @meggrowsplants is joining the Epic Ecosystem to drop her expert blueberry knowledge so you know exactly what