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Women may suffer more from rheumatoid arthritis than men, as research suggests they suffer more symptoms of the disease.

Posted on January 13th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

England and Wales have been urged to follow the lead of Scotland to help tackle a hepatitis C “time-bomb”.

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Seems like Chilean designers are really embracing the reuse culture and taking it to whole new levels. After discovering some really cool boots from plastic bags and a set of clothes with (yes) cigarette butts reuse from Chilean creators, now we stumbled upon these eight weird but somehow attractive products from reclaimed Puma trainers.
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Posted on January 13th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

We do love demonstrations of adapting and living in small spaces; it is interesting how many of them come from artists, such as Andrea Zittel or James Westwater. Now Australian artist Adam Norton presents the Generic Escape Capsule, a complete machine for living hidden in an old wardrobe. …

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From 1888 in Montreal, Quebec to 2009 in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, buildings made of ice have been the rage. We take a slideshow tour of some of the most interesting ones at Frosty Receptions: Snow Palaces and Ice Hotels Around the World…

Posted on January 13th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

google image via New York Times
Allison Arieff asks the question in the New York Times, and reminds us that we should no longer be worrying about how we are going to design communities in the future; Right now we have to worry about what we are going to do with the communities we are left […]

Posted on January 13th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

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Detroit is on a lot of people’s minds these days, what with the bailouts and the auto show. TreeHugger has looked at Detroit real estate before, questioning how such a valuable asset could be left to rot like this. Economist Ryan Avent has an idea: “a bunch of us new media types should pack […]

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Daryl Visscher for The New York Times
We have shown so many awful projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi that it was hard to take projects like Masdar seriously; are they real or greenwashing? Now it appears that Lord Foster’s Masdar is under construction and they are getting serious. Elisabeth Rosenthal quotes Khaled Awad, a […]

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image from London on Tap

This carafe is called the “Tap Top” and it is the winner of a competition to design a container to serve drinking water at London restaurants. As they say: “Tap Top is tip top for London’s tap water.” Won by industrial designer Neil Barron, the container will come in […]

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