Emerging Technologies That Will Change Our World

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They Dumped 2 Million Tires Into The Ocean. Fifty Years Later You Won’t Believe the Results!

Every year, 18 billion pounds of plastic trash gets dumped into our oceans. That’s enough to cover every foot of coastline around the world with five full trash bags. Pollution has turned our oceans into a ticking time bomb. But back in the 1970s, a little-known development off t ...  Show more

Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions

Have you ever dreamed of making an incredible discovery? Whether that’s curing cancer or finding a way to end world hunger, we all want to have a positive impact on the world, right? Sadly, for the inventors on this list, their weird and wonderful creations turned against them in ...  Show more

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