There’s A Plastic-Free Food Wrap You Kind Of Spray On (Cool Weird Awesome 820)
Plastic food wrap is useful stuff, but not eco-friendly. Now Rutgers University has a green alternative, and it’s not exactly wrap. You kind of spray it on.
Colorful Crosswalks May Be Safer Crosswalks (Cool Weird Awesome 767)
A new study finds colorful painted murals around, or in place of, traditional striped crosswalks may cause drivers to yield more around pedestrians and keep them safe.
The Face Masks Of Today Could Become The Roads Of Tomorrow (Cool Weird Awesome 477)
Millions of people are wearing masks these days to protect themselves and others. And researchers in Australia have found a way to reuse those single-use, disposable masks to make new roads. Plus: it's National Pizza Day, so here's a very geometry-heavy way to slice up a pizza and still make it equal for two eaters.
Why Does A Water Tower In Kentucky Say “Florence Y’All”? (Cool Weird Awesome 368)
What's In A Name Week continues with the story of a water tower in northern Kentucky that was supposed to be an advertisement, but ended up becoming a local landmark. Plus: we'll explain one version of how Chicken Dinner Road in Idaho got its name.
Bouncy Pavement Could Be Safer Pavement (Cool Weird Awesome 278)
Falls on hard pavement can be very, very dangerous for some of us. That's why a research group called SAFERUP is trying to make safer, bouncier pavement. Plus: the Rakuten Monkeys baseball team in Taiwan is planning to have robot mannequins in the stands to cheer them on until fans can return to the ballpark.
Recycled Milk Bottles Apparently Make Great Road Surfaces (Cool Weird Awesome 208)
In South Africa, a construction company has started producing and using a more eco-friendly asphalt that contains plastic pellets that come from recycled milk bottles. Plus: meet a mayor in Texas who’s bringing a VERY fresh perspective to the job.