Man Lives in Air-Tight Tent with 200 Plants to See If They Could Generate Enough Oxygen for Him
A self-described “whimsical scientist” locked himself in a small air-tight plastic foil tent with 200 plants to see if they could covert CO2 into oxygen fast enough to keep him alive. Kurtis Baute sealed himself in a 3m by 3m plastic-wrapped biodome in his brother’s backyard in British Columbia, Canada, last week, but he announced his audacious […]
Finnish Cocktail Bar Bans the Use of Smartphones To Encourage Real-World Social Interaction
Chihuahua Julep, a cocktail bar that opened in central Helsinki, Finland, in August, has banned patrons from using smartphones inside the venue to encourage real-world social interaction. Initially, the owners of Chihuahua Julep only encouraged visitors to put their smartphones away so that the light from their screens wouldn’t ruin the bar’s ambience, but after […]
Man Moves to Indian Jungle to Escape Student Debt
A 29-year-old American man decided to leave the United States behind and move to a remote jungle village in India so he wouldn’t have to constantly worry about paying back his student loan. Like many other Americans, Chad Haag had to rely on a student loan to pay for his college education, but he struggled to […]