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Lichen loves to grow on tall, rocky mountains. But it doesn't know the difference between that and a skyscraper. Covering our buildings in it would keep them cool for free, if one artist's experiments work out.

We know what ingredients are in many of the products we buy, but often have no idea what the buildings we spend our lives in are made of. The Building Product Transparency Project is trying to change that

Microbes are everywhere, and most are harmless. But tightly sealed buildings--like hospitals or offices--create places where only dangerous bugs survive