If you want to learn how dangerous cooking can be, ask my cousin. When she was three, growing up in the small town of Saram, India, she knocked over her mother’s kerosene stove, scalding herself badly. Her face was scarred for the rest of her life. The dangers of some fuels aren’t always so obvious….
Linen closets are workhorse spaces: small areas that get a lot of use and are often overstuffed with sheets, table linens, towels, pillows, extra toiletries and medicine. Having to dig through all of that just to find a clean towel or pillowcase is the opposite of simplifying your life. Take heart, though. With a few…
Wing, the drone delivery company operated by Google parent Alphabet, unveiled a series of new prototype aircraft designed to handle a variety of payloads. The company said the new drones will share the same underlying components with the aircraft currently in use delivering pharmaceuticals and other small packages in the suburbs outside of Dallas-Fort Worth….
As the Covid-19 crisis enters its third year and the Omicron variant surges, organizations around the world are contemplating how, when, and even if to have their knowledge workers resume regular in-office hours. And they do so at a time when the views and priorities of their employees have shifted. A recent McKinsey study showed that well-being, flexibility,…
From a small office overlooking an airfield, once home to the UK’s first Spitfire squadron, a tiny British start-up is hoping to make a little history of its own – as one of the pioneers of commercial electrified aviation. Faradair is planning to develop and sell a hybrid-electric passenger plane, aimed at the regional aviation…
Look online for a single-family home and there are very few listings for under $350,000 left in metro Denver. Most are either decades old or in need of significant repairs. But in Green Valley Ranch, Oakwood Homes has launched a new line of stand-alone starter homes called On2 starting in the low $300,000 range. The…
The collapse in the value of the pound has led the global super-rich to buy up 61 luxury London properties each worth more than £10m in the first six months of 2022 – the highest number in a decade. The total value of £10m-plus homes changing hands so far this year has topped £1bn as international buyers…
Vinyl flooring is a synthetic material favored for its durability and functionality. It has become an increasingly popular flooring material in recent years because of its ability to fight off moisture and its versatile appearance. Plus, it’s one of the most affordable flooring options. Vinyl flooring can realistically mimic wood, stone, marble and a vast array…
Earth is constantly evolving, changing from day-to-day. As its population continues to grow, cities are getting more crowded and resources are becoming increasingly scarce. Looking back to ancient times, researchers estimate that the worlds’ population in the year 1,000 AD was anywhere from 275,000,000 to 300,000,000. Today, it is thought to be in the neighborhood…
Mafia 2 is criminally underrated. It’s a lavish gangster spectacle with some of the best world-building on PC. The setting is stunning, the story is gripping, and the attention to detail is obscene. Sure, it has a few problems. There’s a little too much combat. The car handling is twitchy. Some of the checkpointing is…
