The Post Office (USPS) is honoring the greatest industrial designers that shaped our daily lives. The things we use daily that we take for granted and some believe they were there forever. If not for these people we would still be peddling our cars like Fred Flintstone. The 12 stamps pay homage to the male […]
By the end of 2011 somebody on this planet will become the 7th billionth person to be born. Since 1880 we had a population of only 1 billion people, we increased seven fold. Just how big can we sustain as a race? Seven billion can fit into Los Angeles shoulder to shoulder if you are […]
There so much we still have to learn about the sun. New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Professor Philip R. Good and the Big Bear Solar Observatory have given us a new glimpse into the sun and the sunspot. No longer a black blotch but a detailed Van Gogh like surface of yellow and orange, the […]
Mike Brown is the man who killed Pluto. He is the planet killer in 2005 who started the debate that Pluto is not a planet. His discovery of a tenth planet made him notoriously hated by Pluto planet lovers. Astronomy has not had an uproar since Copernicus was fingered out for his believes. How I […]
The insignificant little bee might be nothing to you on your own bustling world. The bee represents billions of dollars just to the economy, a dead bee is a troubling aspect to many at the dinner table. If you have not heard of colony collapse disorder, or honey bee depopulation syndrome, then you must be […]
One Thing I’ve Learnt campaign is all hands on. The hand puppet extreme is a clever way to get your message across and attention at the same time. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email […]
Food bills are getting higher and not lower. In North America we waste a lot of food, most of what is on our plate ends up in the garbage. It’s alarming when we are throwing away good food. We are taking away from the reserve of world supplies and future generations and driving up prices […]
Some men like to dream big. In 1911, Dr T. Kennard Thomson wanted to expand New York City by 50 square miles. He wanted to fill neighboring waters with soil. Big dreams involve big money. The estimation of the project would cost between $50-100 million in 1916 terms. At the time, they had small pockets, […]
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments was supposedly banned by the government due to the fact that kids could seriously injure themselves. There are only 126 copies of this book in libraries worldwide. They didn’t want little Bruce Banner building any hydrogen bombs that might level part of suburbia. Now you can view the book […]
Got Milk? Well, you might be needing a lot more of it. Scientists have come up with a way to make biodegradable styrofoam from milk. Here is one commodity that might just shoot through the roof if a big industry gets involved with speculative stock trading. This is one true milkshake if this industry takes off.
Many cities are encouraging you to leave your car at home to have a cleaner eco-friendly city. Less emissions from car and new bus routes to accommodate more passengers. Bus Roots is a further exploration on making the bus greener by having an eco-system on top of each bus. The bus is reclaiming some needed […]
Aspirins – Cutter by Alex Harrison is a carousel of playful sounds and plastic mechanically dancing in ambiance. It has a little Modern Times homage of sprocket genius. As the wheels of progress keep chiming away life just keeps on beating away around us. The rainbow like colors allure the senses as the marriage of […]