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The iPhone has no doubt been a crazy success since the early days. But how did the iPhone end up being such a success? Speculation, rumors and the lack of a design-first company in the market left Apple wide-open to squeeze into a already crowding market of cell phones and catalyze the smartphone industry into […]
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A simple reinforced rubble cement wall can re-capture millions of gallons of water normally lost during the rain seasons in arid regions.
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Turns out that a formal name designation really matters when fighting an epidemic.
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The Coronavirus is essentially a flu-like respiratory-illness. Here’s what we know so far: It’s contagious like SARS, and about 2x more infectious than the seasonal flu. So far, the fatality rate is less than 3%. There’s already been more fatalities than the last SARS outbreak in China. Keeping that number low is going to have […]
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Larry Fink’s annual letter to investors, he recommends divesting from fossil fuel producing industries and confronting climate change.
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Chinese tourists are being recruited by the Chinese PLA to bring back sensitive military gear, a violation of international arms trafficking regulations.
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Skull fragments were unearthed in 1931. Only recently has it become clear they are the youngest link from Homo erectus to who we are now — Homo sapien.
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An unlikely tale of The Beigel Bakers Union Local 338 fighting back the mafia stronghold on New York City’s lifeblood: the bagel.
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Sometimes, advertising can be really really fun. BBC really outdid themselves here. Drive or walk by this billboard during the day and you see one thing — but at night you see a ghastly vampire visage. Very clever: (shared via u/lllDUNN at r/gifs – Reddit)
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Perhaps 2020 will be the year of no road-related deaths in Oslo