Shutterstock Most of the time, mold is just a sign that you need to throw out that sandwich at the back of the fridge. However, some household mold can actually be really dangerous. A small number of mold species produce a substance called mycotoxin, which may lead to breathing problems, headaches, and even permanent […]
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Mold costs the retail industry millions of dollars every year — this company is solving the problem
Vimeo Embed:http://www.vimeo.com/video/231752862Width: 640pxHeight: 360px After learning that the retail industry was plagued by the same ongoing issue —mold — Martin Berman decided to tackle it head on. Berman, founder of Hong Kong-based Micro-Pak, recognized that mold can jeopardize any retailer that doesn’t take the necessary precautions to keep mold at bay. So, Micro-Pak provides an end-to-end solution to help retail companies fight […]
We inhale up to 10 billion mold spores daily; here’s why you haven’t died yet
Enlarge / Dangerous molds fill the walls of a flooded home in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 14, 2006, six months after Katrina. (credit: Getty | Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Humans inhale somewhere between 1,000 and 10 billion mold spores on an average day—let alone on days after catastrophic flooding or a Category 5 hurricane hits, when […]
Nearly 850 rape kits growing mold at Austin Police Dept
Mold has been found growing on the outside of hundreds of backlogged sexual assault kits sitting in a storage refrigerator at the Austin Police Department, raising concerns about the validity of test results from DNA samples. On Monday, the Austin Police Department (APD) sent a memo to Austin Mayor Steve Adler and other Council members, […]
A World Of Clay Is Yours To Mold In Claybook
Claybook is a physics-based game where you can control a blob of clay that morphs into different objects to solve the puzzles in each chapter. It’s very realistic in that as you roll around, you get smears of color – which makes me wonder if I’ll always end up that weird shade of grey-brown. In […]
90-Year-Old Mold Sold for Almost $15k
Photo: AP The idea that a bit of gross mold would be worth $ 14,617 seems absurd until you realize it may be the most important mold to that was ever grown. Advertisement Bonhamsauctioned off the mold that belonged to Dr. Alexander Fleming earlier today, along with a handwritten inscription from Fleming himself that describes […]
Teens have turned political, and the CEO of a $650 million video company wants to mold that into shows
Getty/Laura Cavanaugh President Trump has turned teens into voracious consumers of politics, according to Brian Robbins, the CEO of $ 650 million video powerhouse AwesomenessTV. At the Code Media conference earlier this week, Robbins said that he wants to open AwesomenessTV up to political coverage, since that’s what his Generation Z audience has a new appetite for. “I’ve […]
