Merooficina carves up former fisherman"s house into two bright apartments
Porto architecture practice Merooficina has converted a former fisherman's house in Aveiro, Portugal, into two apartments that blend original features with new interventions. Read more Porto architecture practice Merooficina has converted a.....»»
Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
With its bright colors, easy-to-learn rules and familiar music, the video game Tetris has endured as a pop culture icon over the last 40 years. Many people, like me, have been playing the game for decades, and it has evolved to adapt to new technolog.....»»
Biden deputy press secretary leaving White House for Apple
Apple is reportedly hiring away the current White House deputy press secretary. Olivia Alair Dalton currently serves as Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary. more….....»»
White House: Use memory-safe programming languages to protect the nation
The White House is asking the technical community to switch to using memory-safe programming languages – such as Rust, Python, Swift, C#, Java, and Go – to prevent memory corruption vulnerabilities from entering the digital ecosystem. Acc.....»»
Future Apple hardware could work together to tell you about sounds in other rooms
If you're reading this, you've probably got a lot of Apple devices in your house. Apple is working on technology to get them all to listen to your house, and tell you at your desk when something is going on in another room.Apple wants homes to be fil.....»»
Further study of bright gamma-ray burst GRB 230307A shows it was caused by neutron stars merging
An international team of astronomers and astrophysicists has found evidence that the bright gamma-ray burst GRB 230307A observed last year was caused by two neutron stars merging, not from a collapsing massive star. In their study, published in the j.....»»
Russia"s space weapon: Anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone"s spacecraft
In a week where national security has taken center stage in Washington, the White House confirmed on Thursday that it had evidence that Russia was developing a space-based nuclear anti satellite weapon......»»
U.S. lawmakers urge VW to exit Xinjiang operations
The chair of a U.S. House Committee on China and the top Democrat on the panel urged Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE to halt operations in Xinjiang after thousands of vehicles with a small Chinese-made electronic component were held at U.S. ports......»»
Bright and tough: A material that heals itself and glows
A research team at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) has succeeded in developing a self-healing material that is also capable of emitting a high amount of fluorescence when absorbing light. The research, published in the Journa.....»»
How a New Bipartisan Task Force Is Thinking About Artificial Intelligence
TIME spoke to members of the House's new Task Force about their priorities—and finding common ground on AI. On Tuesday, speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries launched a bipartis.....»»
Newly spotted black hole has mass of 17 billion Suns, adding another daily
An accretion disk 7 light-years across powers an exceptionally bright galaxy. Enlarge (credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser) Quasars initially confused astronomers when they were discovered. First identified as sources of radio-fre.....»»
House of Ninjas is Netflix’s newest hit action show. Here’s why you should watch it
The Japanese action series House of Ninja is taking Netflix by storm, and we're sharing three reasons why you should watch it......»»
Failure to pass fire levies can lower house values
Cuts to fire protection funding initially have a larger effect on home prices than crime, school quality, or environmental quality, but the short-term decreases don't persist, the University of Cincinnati economists found......»»
Darwin Online has virtually reassembled the naturalist’s personal library
Previous catalogs only listed about 15 percent of the naturalist's extensive collection. Enlarge / Oil painting by Victor Eustaphieff of Charles Darwin in his study at Down House. One of the many bookcases that made up his extens.....»»
White House to weaken climate-fighting fuel efficiency targets for 2030
The plan faced opposition from OEMs, car dealers, and the United Auto Workers. Enlarge / Polluted street scenes like this will remain common in the United States, which will abandon ambitious fuel efficiency standards in the face.....»»
Astronomers are figuring out what causes incredibly bright flashes in space
Some of the oddest cosmic phenomena are short but powerful flashes called fast radio bursts. Now astronomers have observed one before and after it occurred,.....»»
Car dealers step up opposition to White House fuel efficiency targets
It's hard to buy a new EV if dealerships aren't interested in selling them. Enlarge (credit: Richard Newstead/Getty Images) Electric vehicle sales had a pretty good 2023 in North America, with more than 1.1 million batte.....»»
Spot the king of planets: Observe Jupiter
Jupiter is our solar system's undisputed king of the planets. Jupiter is bright and easy to spot from our vantage point on Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops. Jupiter even possesses moons the size of planets: Ganymede.....»»
TV and monitor halo effect and blooming: what are they and should you care?
Sometimes your TV or monitor can let light bleed from bright areas to dark areas, causing a halo effect. Here's why it happens and what you can do about it......»»
How to have a successful double date
Double and group date tips from experts and daters who have gone on fun double dates themselves. Dating can be fun, but the novelty of meeting a stranger for a drink in a pub 40 minutes away from your house tends to wear off over time. It's als.....»»
Get whole-house connectivity with a 3-pack of Amazon eero Pro 6 mesh WiFi routers for 60% off
A 3-pack of Amazon eero Pro 6 mesh WiFi routers is just $239.99, down from the normal price of $604.96. That's a 60% discount. SAVE 60%: A three-pack of the Amazon eero Pro 6 mesh WiFi 6 router is just $239.99 at Amazon, down from the standard.....»»