Grande Marble Look tiles by Marazzi
Dezeen Showroom: Marazzi has expanded its Grande Marble Look range of porcelain slab tiles, which the brand says delivers greater clarity and sustainability than actual marble. Read more Dezeen Showroom: Marazzi has expanded its Grande Marb.....»»
Del Grande dealerships get ahead of California turf crackdown with low-water landscaping
When California announced a coming ban on watering ornamental turf, Del Grande Dealer Group made a plan to save water, save money and upgrade its Silicon Valley landscaping with native plants.....»»
Powerful Typhoon Shanshan slams into southern Japan
Typhoon Shanshan hit Japan with full force on Thursday, injuring dozens as howling winds smashed windows and blew tiles off houses while torrential rains turned rivers into raging torrents......»»
California dealership to pay $290,000 to settle environmental violations complaint
Del Grande Dealer Group, in California's Bay Area, improperly disposed of automotive waste and failed to shred documents with customer information, authorities said......»»
Brazilian researchers discover dinosaur fossil after heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul
A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered a fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world's oldest dinosaurs after heavy rains in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul accelerated the natural process of erosion......»»
Brazil needs a new approach to measure climate migration
Devastating floods led to more than 175 deaths and 423,000 people displaced in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in May. It was the state's worst natural catastrophe in almost a century, but Brazil is no stranger to mass population mo.....»»
Wicked trailer: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande experience the wonders of Oz
Are people born wicked? That is the question posed in the latest trailer for Wicked, the long-awaited adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical......»»
First Dream Chaser spaceplane needs more work when it gets to launch site
The rest of Dream Chaser's heat shield tiles will be installed at Kennedy Space Center. Enlarge / Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane inside a NASA test chamber in Ohio. (credit: Sierra Space) There is still some work.....»»
Windows 11 may bring Live Tiles back from the dead — sort of
Start Menu Companions seem to behave like the now discontinued Live TIles feature from Windows 8......»»
Coldplay, Drake, Ariana Grande and other UMG artists return to TikTok
Songs from UMG artists are now again available to TikTok creators, after a dispute over royalty payments and AI policies was resolved. This has seen the return of a lengthy list of artists, including Bad Bunny, Sting, The Weeknd, Alicia Keys, Drak.....»»
Apple updates homepage with new services carousel featuring Music, Arcade and Fitness content
Alongside the WWDC 2024 announcement, Apple has refreshed the apple.com homepage. The updated look features a minor design change with the use of rounded rectangle shapes for the ‘learn more’ and ‘buy’ buttons on the various product tiles......»»
Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
Two researchers have proved that Penrose tilings, famous patterns that never repeat, are mathematically equivalent to a kind of quantum error correction......»»
AI will let us read "lost" ancient works in the library at Herculaneum for the first time
On 19 October 1752, a discovery was made 20 meters underneath the town of Resina, near Naples in Italy. Peasants digging wells in the area around Mount Vesuvius had struck marble statuary and mosaic pavements—and they also found lumps of carbon......»»
Study shows that Rio Grande Rise was once a giant mineral-rich tropical island near Brazil
A study led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has shown that the Rio Grande Rise (RGR), a possibly continental basaltic plateau and chain of seamounts now submerged in the South Atlantic Ocean some 1,200 km from the coast.....»»
Despite intensive scientific analyses, this centaur head remains a mystery
At the National Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, there is a marble head that was once part of the ancient Greek Parthenon temple on the Acropolis in Athens. The head originally belonged to a centaur figure and was part of a scene depicting the Greek my.....»»
Watch this AI robot beat a human world record in Labyrinth, a wooden marble game
Researchers at ETH Zurich have designed an AI robot that can play the wooden Labyrinth game faster than the human world record. Here's how they did it. We all know AI can regularly beat humans at intellectual games like chess. But now, AI has p.....»»
Survey results suggest men with expensive cars seen as having a higher mating value
A team of behavioral scientists at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil, has found via survey results that people view men who drive luxurious cars as having a higher mating value and other positive attributes. In their study, reporte.....»»
How to get Marble in Lego Fortnite
What even is Marble in Lego Fortnite? If you don't know the first place to look for this white rock, we'll show you where and how to collect this hidden stone......»»
New fossil assemblage highlights complexity of classifying silesaurid phylogeny
A set of fossils recovered in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, has brought an extra layer of complexity to the study of the evolutionary history of silesaurids, a family of dinosauriforms (dinosaurs and their close relatives) that live.....»»
Filmmakers Drop Piracy Lawsuit Against Texas Internet Provider
Several filmmakers behind a piracy liability lawsuit targeting Texas-based internet provider, Grande Communications, have dismissed their complaint. The case was scheduled to go to trial next year with potentially millions of dollars in damages on th.....»»
The Rio Grande isn"t just a border—it"s a river in crisis
The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U.S. and Mexican states, and forms the border betwe.....»»