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Avec le succès du dystopique Hunger Games, on est bien loin du presque gentillet Harry Potter. Les romans d'ado deviennent de plus en plus trash, reflet de notre société angoissée ou simple réinterprétation des genres?

Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment.

California has named the remains of the Apollo 11 mission a state historical resource. "Space archaeologists" fear that the trash and equipment left behind by the United States' journeys to the moon could someday wind up for sale on eBay if they aren't protected.

People fill their trash cans one day, and it's all gone the next – but no one can be sure where it goes. A pioneering experiment will find out

Could we vaporise all our trash and get clean energy? As pilot gasification plants begin too spring up around the world, this apparent environmentalist's dream is nor being universally welcomed. Opponents argue that the process is far from clean and can hardly be considered green!