Part of what makes fantasy and sci-fi appealing is that it’s not just a bunch of characters — it’s a whole world. One you want to live in.
That’s true even if it’s an objectively bad place — Gotham City looks like a shithole, but who wouldn’t trade their current life with a chance to go [...]
The image of a farmers’ market doesn’t immediately evoke “high-tech.” Over the years, however, farmers’ markets have slowly adopted digital technologies to reach an increasingly connected consumer.
The move toward digital often began with building simple email lists.
“I would use [a list] to do a weekly pre-market pump up, tell them what would be there,” says [...]
As the clock ticks closer to the year 2012 — and, to be more specific in many cases, Dec. 21, 2012 — discussion regarding what exactly will happen to the world and human civilization continues to heat up. While the most popular and widely discussed theories stem from the Mayan calendar, and predictions generally involve great societal upheaval, astronomical alignment or terrifying doomsday scenarios, the rumor mills keep churning as the planets line up.
On this day in 1934, a series of incredible dust storms ripped across the Midwestern and Eastern United States, blanketing half the country in a devastating cloud of dirt, much like “The Nothing” in Never Ending Story. Since then the world has documented some incredible dust storm photos that seem to come straight out of a Hollywood film.
When it comes to defining the perfect climate, a multitude of factors have to be considered Do you prefer rain or snow? Are you a sunbather or a snowboarder? Do you enjoy the sauna-like heat of the desert? Or would you prefer that your hair poof out like a cloud every time you walk outside?
From the “Yoda bat” to a “walking” shark see 20 new and rare species spotted during two decades of “ecological SWAT team” expeditions.
Here at Mashable we love our computers, phones and other gadgetry, but what we certainly don’t love is the tangled mess of wires that comes along with them. If you’ve got more than a few wires crossed under your desk, then to help you out of cable chaos we’ve found 10 great solutions to help [...]
Most of us know that baking soda can be used for more than just making homemade cookies and other dough rise. It’s not uncommon to see an open box of this leavening agent deodorizing refrigerators, for example. But did you know that there are at least 40 different ways to use baking soda?
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As the Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows little sign of abating, TIME takes a look back at history’s greatest environmental tragedies.
When it comes to air pollution, coal is enemy #1. We were curious to know which countries burned the most, so we compiled a list of the top 10 coal-burning countries in the world based on the latest statistics from the U.S.
With our previous posts on free wallpapers for your desktop, today, we bring you a wide array of another type of wallpapers that you can also download for free… These wallpapers are mostly themed around amazing nature images that will surely take your breath away. The wallpapers are created for dual screens users with astonishing [...]
Keeping your living space presentable and sanitary can sometimes feel like a daunting task — it seems as if there are always more cleaning projects than time in the day! Day-to-day tidying is a must, not to mention those bigger cleaning projects (such as washing the windows or getting the dust out of the curtains) [...]
As consumption of fossil fuels and other, damaging non-renewable energy materials reaches it’s greatest extent, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that sustainable power will play a significant part in shaping (and possibly saving) the future of the planet. Here’s our list of 10 of the most promising new green technologies – some can be implemented on [...]
