When most of us think of housing shortages, we think of the micro-apartments of Hong Kong or New York. But Stockholm is in the midst of its own shortage, and with it, incredibly resourceful solutions. Take, for example, this 387-square-foot apartment in an old storage unit. Read more…
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This Tiny Apartment Is Built Inside a 30-Year-Old Storage Unit
Have you been listening to SOMETHING LOUD? If so, you might have a ringing in your ears—but what, exactly, causes it? Read more…
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What Makes Your Ears Ring?
It looks like something out of a movie, but is very much real life: you’re looking at the Aurora Borealis as they illuminate a huge cave in Iceland. It’s pretty humbling. Read more…
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Look at the Aurora Borealis Lighting Up a Frozen Icelandic Cave
In Lord of the Rings , Legolas claims to be able to count the exact number of horsemen five leagues away—that’s over 17 miles—even discerning their leader as very tall. But would that ever be possible? Read more…
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How Far Could Legolas Really See?
If you work in a lab, you’ve probably used lab glass made from quartz. But you probably haven’t realized that the reason those test tubes are so durable is exactly what makes them so hard to mold. These beautiful GIFs, shot at GE’s Global Research in upstate New York, shows exactly what it takes to make those beakers. Read more…
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The Beautiful Process of Turning Quartz Into Lab Glass at 3,000 Degrees
This little superconducting magnet may look serene, but it in fact it’s a record breaker, capable of creating three metric tons of force. Read more…
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This Golf Ball-Sized Magnet Creates Three Metric Tons of Force
The nearest Earth-like planet is only 16 light-years away from us. It has a mass that is more than five times the mass of the Earth and it orbits a red dwarf star that has half the mass and radius of our sun. Read more…
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This Is The Most Earth-Like Planet Discovered Yet
An old MUNI bus in San Francisco is getting a second life with a noble cause. Outfitted with toilets and showers, Lava Mae ‘s refurbished bus will bring mobile bathrooms to homeless people around the city. The long-awaited bus will make its first rounds this weekend . Read more…
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A Refurbished Bus Will Bring Showers to the Homeless in San Francisco
In some parts of the world a mosquito bite is a minor inconvenience that might result in a few days of uncomfortable itching. In other parts, though, the pests spread deadly diseases like malaria and dengue fever. So for the 2014 World Health Day, ad agency Leo Burnett created the world’s first mosquito-repelling newspaper in Sri Lanka. Read more…
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Citronella Ink Helps This Clever Newspaper Keep Mosquitoes At Bay
The late 1990s were a fascinating period in the evolution of cinema technology. Film, the only physical medium cinema had ever known, was slowly being replaced by newfangled digital technology. And it was in 2000 that the Academy Award winning film O Brother, Where Art Thou gorgeously illustrated the potential of digital filmmaking. Read more…
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O Brother, This Was the First Movie to Use All-Digital Color Grading