The CEO and co-founder of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, gave the ultimate gift for the graduation of 285 graduates from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Through his non-profit located in the Westchester area in LA, he announced that together with his wife, the CEO of KORA Organics, […]
Being the largest geothermal installation in North America, these Google campus buildings feature solar roofs boasting a unique, textured coating that collects the solar rays. This state-of-the-art campus also boasts plenty of other creative, energy-saving aspects. Named the Dragonscale, this building is already catching worldwide attention. This 1.1 million square […]
Edinburgh has been developing the first ever 3D printed wood log beehive in an effort to reverse the honeybee decline happening on a global scale. The group of scientists from the Lacrima Foundation, a conservation charity from Edinburgh, hope that this innovative, state-of-the-art beehive will help mitigate the global decline […]
The first time that Teeanna Brisco saw her dad after he got out of prison was shortly before her graduation from law school when she waited for him at the airport. Her dad, Bernard Brisco, spent two decades in prison due to being charged with non-violent drug crimes. He was […]
For one Laurie Rabyor, May 5th is something she remembers in flashes only. One of these flashes is being assisted by an emergency medical worker and the other is being carried into an emergency room. Absent from her memory is one of the pivotal parts of this day-it’s the moment […]
During the pandemic, 17-year-old teen Benjamin Choi used his time to design a device that may remove the need for brain surgery in people with amputations. 10 years ago, when Choi was in third grade, he watched a documentary on 60 Minutes about prostheses controlled by the mind. The researchers […]
А team of scientists successfully used algae to power a low-energy computer chip for a period of six months. The team from the University of Cambridge closed a cyanobacteria colony (blue-green algae) in a metal enclosure the size of an AA battery. They left the unit near a window and […]
In the early period of the space age, Apollo astronauts participated in a visionary plan, i.e., to bring samples of regolith, a lunar surface material, back to Earth to be studied with premium equipment and also saved for research in the future. Rewinding 50 years in the future from that […]
This sweet, three-legged dog is undergoing treatment for cancer and he came to the rescue of a lost baby otter in the St. Croix River in Lakeland, Minnesota on Easter Sunday this year. The friendly Goldendoodle named Gus who had to have an amputation because of a malignant tumor jumped […]
Skin biopsies aren’t fun at all. Doctors have to cut away small sections of the tissue to be tested in the laboratory which results in aching wounds in the patients that can last for weeks. However, this is a price many individuals are ready to pay as it helps identify […]