These Cultural Treasures Are Made of Plastic. Now They’re Falling Apart.

Buzz Aldrin’s spacesuit has stood alone at the National Air and Space Museum for over 12 years, after its companion Neil Armstrong’s suit was put in storage to prevent its plastic materials from deteriorating further.

New York Times – Museum conservators are racing to figure out how to preserve modern artworks and historical objects that are disintegrating.

How heat from the Sun can keep us all cool

Solar thermal collectors on a hotel's roof near Zion National Park in Utah.

Nature – As demand for air conditioning climbs, some see a solution in the very thing that makes us sweat: the Sun.