If you’ve ever had the thought “I like these windows, but I wish they were even MORE transparent to everyone outside,” Japanese design firm Suppose Design Office has you covered — well, the opposite of “covered,” actually. At the end of 2013, the firm had created an amazing three-story residential building made of translucent walls, which allow […]
Read MoreInternet domain company GoDaddy has crossed the fine line between “funny” and “offensive” with a preview of its featured commercial.GoDaddy is no stranger to controversial Super Bowl ads; in the past, the company got attention by featuring scantily clad supermodels in its commercials. This year, GoDaddy decided to take a different route in its Super […]
Read MoreEvery year, Americans bet more than $8.2 billion on the Super Bowl. Though many gamblers are able to win small fortunes by studying the two teams, there’s one expert whose analysis is eerily accurate, and it’s not even human. Each year, EA Sports puts out a little football video game called Madden, and each year, […]
Read MoreThanks to movies like “Interstellar” and “Gravity,” most people have some idea of how dangerous space travel can be. The threat of being lost to the void of space or left stranded in a malfunctioning space station is terrifying, a fact that demonstrates how brave many of the people who choose to pursue this feat […]
Read MoreAs snow continued to fall during the blizzard that pummeled New England Jan. 26 through Jan. 27, a 61-year-old Massachusetts woman was arrested for allegedly attacking her neighbor with a snowblower. The victim was also a 60-something woman who called police around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday due to lacerations on her foot. The accused, who […]
Read MoreTransportation company Norfolk Southern Corp. announced on Tuesday, Jan. 27, that it would close its office in Roanoke, affecting 500 of the area’s 1,700 Norfolk Southern employees. Workers in the Roanoke office, who perform white-collar jobs in the areas of marketing, accounting and information technology, will have the opportunity to relocate to Norfolk or Atlanta. […]
Read MoreOn Monday night, all of New York City lay dormant in anticipation of a “crippling,” “historic” snowstorm. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had declared a state of emergency, shutting down the city’s subway system for the first time in its history. Private cars and city buses were banned from driving on city roads, and people were urged […]
Read MoreThis week, the most populous areas of the Northeast U.S. were hit with a historic blizzard that was predicted to drop as much as three feet of snow, as well as torrents of freezing rain, on cities like New York City and Philadelphia by its end. According to a January 26 Reuters article, the blizzard […]
Read MoreSharks have always been known for their copious amounts of sharp, durable teeth — you probably learned about them in grade school science class, and maybe even collected old shark teeth that had washed up on the beach. But when a group of researchers made an actual power saw out of shark’s teeth, it became […]
Read MoreIt’s likely that seven states will consider legislation governing the sale of used tires in the coming year, online industry publication Tire Business reported Jan. 23. Such legislation would set safety standards and ban the sale of tires that do not meet those standards. “Safety is the highest priority of the tire industry,” Dan Zielinski, […]
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