Can cities make room for woodpeckers?
Researchers are deploying the latest mapping techniques to identify the most important suburban habitat for North America's largest woodpecker......»»
Environment: Honey bees provide a snapshot of city landscape and health
Urban honey bees could be used to gain insight into the microbiome of the cities in which they forage, which can potentially provide information on both hive and human health, reports a study published in Environmental Microbiome......»»
Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to fire up public debate about.....»»
The role of our parks in the fight against climate change
Urban green areas, including parks and gardens, are a fundamental part of our cities and are, on many occasions, the only contact that humans have with nature......»»
A final present from birds killed in window collisions: poop that reveals their microbiomes
Every year, millions of birds crash into windows in cities along their migratory path. For decades, scientists and volunteers have risen at dawn in spring and fall to collect the fallen birds, rehabilitating the injured and documenting the dead. The.....»»
Escape Academy’s competitive escape room mode is the Mario Kart of puzzle games
We tried our hands at Escape Academy’s Tournament of Puzzles mode at GDC, which turns its escape rooms into PVP battles......»»
Resident Evil 4 remake vastly improves the original’s most annoying room
How different is the Resident Evil 4 remake from the 2005 version? Here's how one of the original's worst rooms has been fully improved......»»
Cities: Skylines 2: release date window, trailers, gameplay, and more
Have the developers designed the perfect system for this sequel to thrive? Let's take a bird's eye view and see what has been laid out for Cities: Skylines 2......»»
Star Wars: Earth will never be an "ecumenopolis" like Coruscant, but our cities are devouring the world
Any fan of the galaxy far, far away will have loved the newest information gleaned from The Mandalorian about life on the planet-city Coruscant. The latest installments of Disney's streaming series, now in its third season, have seen a new storyline.....»»
Bushfire safe rooms may save lives
QUT researchers have built and tested a bushfire safe room that exceeds current Australian standards and could keep people alive or protect valuables when evacuation is no longer an option......»»
This 77-inch LG OLED TV just got a massive $1,000 price cut
If you've got space for it in your living room, you should take advantage of LG's $800 discount for the 77-inch LG B2 OLED TV that lowers its price to $2,300......»»
Inside Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive at Twitter
His lieutenants have upended the company by IDing who to fire, refusing to pay vendors. Enlarge (credit: FT montage/Getty Images/Bloomberg) From a secretive “war room” at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters last m.....»»
Apple Maps Detailed City Experience now in Boston
Apple Maps Detailed City Experience is now available for Boston, Massachusetts, which adds detailed 3D landmarks, street markings, and more.Fenway Park in Apple MapsApple has been slowly adding new cities to its list of those with highly detailed map.....»»
Apple TV+ baseball fans will get live looks into bad call appeals
When baseball umpires make a bad call and a dugout appeals, fans watching on Apple TV+ will get live footage of the replay room for transparency into how calls are made.Major League Baseball on Apple TV+Apple hosts Friday Night Baseball with the Appl.....»»
We"re building harder, hotter cities: it"s vital we protect and grow urban green spaces—new report
Recent extreme weather events have provided a foretaste of how supercharged storms might threaten our future. So the release today of a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) is very good timing......»»
Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction
Parts of California are under water, the Rocky Mountains are bracing for more snow, flood warnings are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to make room for an expected bountiful spring runoff......»»
Major Indian metros witness 50% commercial EV penetration, says Euler Motors
In a major shift towards sustainable transportation, the penetration of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) has as reached as much as 50 percent in some of the major Indian metropolitan cities, according to Euler Motors, a leading cargo EV maker in th.....»»
The cheapest Sonos sales and deals for March 2023
Building a multi-room Sonos speaker setup? Check out these great Sonos deals on Play:1, Play:3, the Beam, and the Playbase......»»
The best cheap soundbar deals for March 2023
These cheap soundbar deals prove that you don't need to spend a fortune on spectacular, room-filling sound......»»
System Shock gets May 30 PC release date after successful demo
It's been a long road since the project's 2016 Kickstarter funding. Enlarge / Nearly 30 years later, a room full of dismembered bodies looks a lot more vivid. We'll have to wait just a bit longer for Nightdive Studios'.....»»
U.S. opens $2.5B funding program to build EV chargers in urban, rural communities
The discretionary grant program was created by the bipartisan infrastructure law and provides the multibillion-dollar funding over five years to eligible applicants including states, cities, local agencies and tribes......»»