Experts in Hanoi have captured a legendary giant turtle for medical treatment, a milestone in a case that has grabbed national attention and cast a spotlight on environmental degradation in Vietnam — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Nazi submarine mission to the United States during World War II ended in farce after being hit by a series of disasters, newly-released files show — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Millions of e-mail addresses and names were obtained in a cyberattack on marketing firm Epsilon, whose 2,500 clients include household names. The clients, including JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Walgreens and Disney, have warned customers to beware of phishing attempts. The Epsilon attack is another example of criminals targeting corporations — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Texas Instruments will purchase fellow analog chipmaker National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion, the companies announced today.
TI is paying cash for National, and both boards have already approved the deal. TI says the company will be “10 times larger” after the acquisition. Combined, the two could capture 17 to 18 percent market share, company executives said on a conference call this afternoon. Because it will have to clear some regulatory hurdles, executives expect the deal to close in six to nine months — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Even though chickens make a very benefic pet, not a lot of people would consider having them. Here’s something that might make you change your mind. It’s called The Nogg and it was designed by furniture designer and engineer Matthew Hayward and Creative Director Nadia Turan — via homedit
I’m not usually in to perfection, but I am in to helpful sewing tips and this short tutorial on sewing perfect corners from Eerika of Rag Pets looks to be highly useful. You’ll also love reading about her elementary school textiles class, complete with a sewing machine driver’s license
. Awesome — via CRAFT
Drogo Michie wanted a bike for the streets of London, and chose a stock 1978 Yamaha XS650 as his starting point — via Bike EXIF
The Lizamoon website attack seems to have ensnared relatively few victims.
The massive attack managed to inject the name of several rogue domains into hundreds of thousands of websites — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Angry ravens might kick and chase each other, but if they are close allies they make up afterwards.
Plenty of primates and other mammals reconcile after a conflict, but previously no birds were known to do so, says Orlaith Fraser of the University of Vienna in Austria — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Spanish architects A-cero have completed the Open Box House house in Madrid, Spain — via CONTEMPORIST
Five more genes which increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease have been identified, scientists say — via redwolf.newsvine.com
When Paul Farrell filmed a man being forcibly restrained by RailCorp transit officers, laws that don’t even exist were invoked to try to stop him — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Cyber-shoppers are costing the federal government $1.3 million a day by buying tax-free imports over the internet, the Treasury has revealed.
Lost revenue from the GST — and the savings to consumers — are forecast to grow 10 per cent each year to hit $610m by 2013-14 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Essentially, the small house [Gangoly & Kristiner Architekten] for two people consists of one living floor between fair-faced concrete slabs, which cantilever far towards the west. Its immediate environment is characterised by agriculture; the view over orchards, pastures and copses up to the Plabutsch hills west of Graz scarcely indicates the proximity of a large town. The cantilevering volume rests on a basement which is partly carved into the hill. The ceiling of this storey is both entrance and parking area, sheltered with a porch roof that is planted with greenery — via ArchDaily
Within the urban plan of Nieuw Leyden, 24H > architecture design two ecological houses. The building block consists of 18 houses, designed by different architects. There are no regulations of the beauty commission, so the future owners are free to design their house, as long as it fits within the provided building envelope — via ArchDaily
This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace — via RSA
The new expo pavilion has been built in a former industrial area previously occupied by a pasta factory. The building [MMAA], which features a coated iron structure and envelope made of titanium-zinc panels and vast glazed surfaces, takes the form of a long parallelepiped, folded over on itself, that soars up from the ground, jutting out sharply at the end to shelter the entrance facing the pre-existing multiplex. The shape of the building is based on the idea of creating an architectural promenade that unfurls from the highest point of the building, through an exhibition space, down to the bottom — via ArchDaily
Fresh doubts have been cast about how useful helmets are in preventing head injuries to cyclists.
An analysis by Norwegian researchers of existing studies has suggested previous scrutiny was biased towards helmets and relied too heavily on research into 1980s stack-hat
style hard-shell helmets. They argued that today’s soft-shell
helmets were less effective at reducing brain injuries — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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