Nick Lavars – The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts in Taiwan houses a huge public plaza under its undulating roof (Credit: Iwan Baan/National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts – Weiwuying). Billed as a new cultural hub for East Asia, the National Kaohsiung …
College test prep scams are happening. By Ari Lazarus – Consumer Education Specialist, FTC. Recently, we heard about scams targeting parents of high school students preparing for college. The scammers claim to be from The College Board – the organization responsible for …
Nick Lavars – Sculpture by the Sea: Horizon, by Mu Boyan (Credit: R. Duggan). Now in its 22nd edition, the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Sydney’s Bondi Beach turns one of Australia’s most iconic stretches of coastline into a huge …
George Dvorsky – Image: NASA/IceBridge. Well here’s something you don’t see everyday: an iceberg so unbelievably geometric in shape you’d think it was deliberately carved with a gigantic chainsaw. Scientists have documented this sort of thing before, but this latest ‘berg, which …
Alan Taylor – Based in Nantes, France, the street theater company Royal de Luxe performs around the world, primarily using gigantic, elaborate marionettes to tell stories that take place over several days and wind through entire cities. Puppeteers maneuver the huge marionettes — …
By Ben Hooper – Hardy, a beagle employed by Customs inspectors at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, poses with the pig head he sniffed out in the checked luggage of a traveler arriving from Ecuador. Photo by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Oct. 16 …
Have you looked at the length of your index and ring fingers? Women whose left index and ring fingers are different lengths are more likely to be lesbians, a study suggests. Getty Images. Scientists measured the fingers of 18 pairs of female identical …
By Lisa Drayer, CNN – Vegan soy bratwurst has become a popular choice in Germany, allowing meat-lovers to cut meat from their diets without necessarily changing them too much. Meat-free diets have come a long way, with a variety of alternative options. (CNN) …
Nick Lavars – Skysource/Skywater Alliance develops deployable machines that can harvest freshwater from the air (Credit: Skysource/Skywater Alliance). Two years ago, XPrize extended its list of pioneering technology competitions with a new contest aimed at the problem of global water security. After …
By Ruben Kimmelman – Bear 409 was named “Fattest Bear” at Katmai National Park and Preserve on Tuesday. Used with permission from Katmai National Park and Preserve. The results are in. And this year’s winner in Katmai National Park and Reserve‘s annual “fattest …
