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Multifunction and multi-user desk is shared by people and cats

The CATable will keep the cat off the keyboard.




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Iconic bay window becomes multifunctional 'spine' in this apartment renovation

An under-utilized element becomes a bench, a place to eat, nap and store things in this redesigned scheme.




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Walk Turkey's Beautiful 'Honey Road' This Summer for a Sweet Taste of Local Culture

An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.




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A bike parking facility in Tilburg is even more beautiful than their bus station

It even has moving sidewalks for bikes. This is how you get people out of cars.




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Jewel-like micro-apartment gets multifunctional makeover in Paris

This small 118-square-foot apartment holds a few pleasant, space-saving surprises.




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Multifunctional 172 sq. ft. live-work space uses nano-tech materials (Video)

This small and versatile apartment in the heart of Paris uses innovative modern materials for its furniture and cabinetry.




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NASA mission reveals beautiful swirling gases on Jupiter (Video)

These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter.




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Meet Neptune’s tiny new moon, beautifully named after a mythological seahorse

For billions of years, a tiny moon has been slyly orbiting the ice giant – now the little lovely has a poetic name, as well as a surprisingly violent backstory.




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The most beautiful cosmic bauble of all

Hubble's image of Messier 3 reveals what astronomers say is one of the prettiest "globular clusters" in the universe.




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Photo: Beautiful Isle of Skye offers news of birds

We are officially in love with Loch Pooltiel.




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Sphelar Lantern uses micro-sphere solar beads to make solar lighting beautiful

These devices help solar lighting move beyond the flatness of traditional photovoltaic cells.




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Multifunctional loft system expands small San Francisco apartment

A custom-made addition to this small condo packs in extra features and functionality, creating more spaces in one.




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Smart robotic multifunctional unit for micro-apartments transforms with touch of a button (Video)

This automated smart home system for small apartments takes the effort out of having to transform your all-in-one furniture unit by hand.




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Theatrical mobile unit creates multifunctional micro-apartment for two

Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.




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Seeing Earth as a beautiful calamity

The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.




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Well-crafted 28' tiny house is a beautiful modern home

Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.




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This beautiful, simple drying rack is made by Bee's Wrap

It is designed to dry beeswax wraps more easily, but its usefulness goes beyond that.




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10 beautiful underwater views from Google Street View

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.




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Yellow brightens up this apartment's multifunctional walls

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.




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The surprisingly bold and beautiful world of sea slugs

On land, slugs are far from nature's most beautiful creatures--but underwater, the family of shell-less creatures known as nudibranchs come in bright neons, glowing pastels, and vibrant primary colors. The 3,000 different kinds of nudibranchs get their




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The Surprisingly Bold and Beautiful World of Sea Slugs (Slideshow)

Slugs as we know them aren't the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning "naked gills"), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members




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Beautiful Handbags - From Your Cat's Fur

"Chatangora" — that's what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling "cat hair yarn" — used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle




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Photographer’s tribute to his dog is heartbreakingly beautiful

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.




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Beautiful Time-Scale Transit Maps by Peter Dunn

I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.




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Hypnotically beautiful real-time wind map of Earth created by supercomputers

The wind has never been this beautiful...




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ALL the rivers in the United States on a single beautiful interactive map!

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...




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Listen to the beautifully eerie singing of an Antarctic ice shelf

Wind on the snow dunes of the Ross Ice Shelf causes a near-constant hum that is as beautiful as it is haunting.




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Buildings can be boxy but beautiful if you have a good eye

And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.




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Photo: Beautiful barn owl soars over a field

Our photo of the day comes from the Essex countryside.




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13 facts about the beautiful bald eagle

Here's what to know about America's favorite bird of prey.




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Lovewild Designs crafts beautiful confetti and stationery that blooms

A sustainably-minded designer makes cards and paper coins that you can plant.




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Beautiful Black Teahouse In Czech Republic Uses Traditional Japanese Finishing Technique

Charred wood never looked so good.




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Beautifully simple corrugated plywood furniture is lightweight, strong & user-friendly (Video)

Made with a patented energy- and wood-saving technique, this Corelam collection is perfect for those who move a lot.




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Chairs hidden everywhere in this multifunctional furniture collection (Video)

Chairs take up a lot of space, but not in this line of space-saving furniture.




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Beautiful new see-through frog puts whole heart on display

The new-to-science Amazonian glassfrog has skin so transparent that its tiny heart can be seen beating in its chest.




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Eerily beautiful photos show Alaskan 'ice formations' of CO2 & methane

What do greenhouse gases bubbling up look like? In these starkly elegant images, we get to seem them up close.




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Sky the avalanche dog is having a beautiful retirement (video)

After spending most of her life in search and rescue, this grand 13-year-old Australian Shepherd is enjoying her golden years with her companion human.




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Arctic foxes are 'ecosystem engineers' who grow beautiful gardens

Researchers discover how Arctic foxes modify their dens to make the surrounding land more fertile.




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For Green Design To Be Good Design, It Must Be Beautiful and Functional Today, Tomorrow--and Yesterday

Apple remains our culture's most lauded example of great design. But could it be that the company considered to have reached the pinnacle of design is, in fact, an impostor? The definition of good design is changing. It used




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Valencia Design Week 2010: Rugs! Natural, Ethical and Beautiful. (Photos)

At this year's Valencia Design Week in Spain, not a huge amount of companies convinced us about their products being truly good for our planet, in fact, we noticed a




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How to clean a beautiful wool rug

Rule #1: Never let it get soaking wet!




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This beautiful, tropical urban park has something for everyone

Parks in North American cities could really take a lesson from this one in Recife, Brazil.




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Rio de Janeiro is beautiful, yet rotten with pollution

A new book called "Dancing with the Devil in the City of God" shines the spotlight on the widespread environmental degradation occurring in one of the world's most geographically stunning cities.




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Bulgaria is getting a beautiful new forest

Soon, willow, alder, ash and oaks will grace the banks of the Maritza river once again.




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Stair of the week is a multifunctional chameleon in small family apartment

This stair does it all: it's a connector, a partition, a bench, a counter and a concealer of clutter.




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Meet the beautiful, remarkable tree that survived 9/11

After a month under rubble, a nearly lifeless callery pear tree was found by 9/11 workers who were determined to save it.




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Photo: Beautiful batwing slug flies through the sea

Our photo of the day comes from the watery wilds of Wilsons Promontory in southern Australia.




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Beautifully minimalist Sowelo tiny home is built using renewable energy

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.




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Trees & Turkeys: a bountiful partnership

This Thanksgiving, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) express gratitude for another productive year working together toward common goals, including ...




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Apple Park is almost complete; it is still beautiful and still wrong

It is a jewel in suburban isolation.