Design

Raanan Stern’s tiny Tel Aviv artist studio boasts stellar space management

Square footage comes at a premium in Tel Aviv, as it does in New York and many other global cities, so designers Raanan Stern...

Broken trees from epic storm sprout public art at Jordan University

If a tree falls in the woods, it will be immortalized as amazingly clever artwork if Fu'ad Khasawneh is anywhere nearby. The Assistant Dean...

Forams up close reveal jewels at the beach

Drop some sand under a high-definition, three-dimensional light microscope and you’ll never look at a beach the same way again. Magnified 250 times, the...

Beit Ha-Ahava: CA architect builds a house wrapped in love

Bob Hale, of Rios Clementi Hale Studios, wrapped his house in LA's Cheviot Hills neighborhood in a perforated-metal screen like the Arabian screens the mashrabiya,...

3D printed guns by Cody Wilson for art, liberation or moral perversion?

Liberator gun, 3D printed by Cody Wilson. He is using benevolent ideas to create weapons to kill.

Iranian rock gym in Polur village to overlook Mount Damavand

Iran offers some of the world's most epic rock climbing, but only a small handful of hard core international rock climbers have tested...

This boot sole detects land mines nearby

Colombia and Egypt share at least one unfortunate plague: land mines. Nearly 20 percent of the world's land mines are strewn throughout Egypt's western...

Shading fabric shields King Fahad National Library from Saudi sun

Saudi Arabia isn't well known for its architectural subtlety, but Gerber Architekten's renovation of the King Fahad National Library in Riyadh suggests that the...

Architect Red Hong Yi Plays with Her Food and Cooks Up Delicious Art (PHOTOS)

It began as a goofy Instagram project. Malaysian artist and architect Red Hong Yi went on a month-long mission, creating a piece of edible...

The Shard is getting a neighbor and Qatar is footing the bill

There was great hullabaloo when The Shard was completed just one year ago. Not only was it financed by Qatar, but the 306 meter...

Offshore crescent-shaped moons and modular land buildings for futuristic metropolis in the UAE

Luca Curci architects have designed a concept for a futuristic metropolis in the United Arab Emirates that is comprised of modular "organic" buildings on land and offshore crescent-shaped "moons."

Ex-Israeli soldier designs a brilliant collapsible camping grill

A former soldier in the Israeli Defense Force, Roee Magdassi knows how bulky and unsteady camping grills can be. Now a student at the Bezalel Academy...

These houses shade with sliding Islamic shutters

Dom Arquitectura designed 4 Houses in Jeddah, a large city in western Saudi Arabia, where summer temperatures often surpass 109 °F. Hit the jump to...

Watch Qatar’s Palm Tower Burn Down to the Ground

We're not the biggest fans of all the Middle East's skyscrapers - the Burj Khalifa, the Kingdom Tower coming to Saudi and other soaring glass...

Calatrava’s Sharq Crossing adds 3 bridges and an elevated park to Doha’s skyline

Renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, who is most famous for his spectacular bridges, has unveiled a radical new design for three bridges and an elevated...

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Canada's forests generate billions of dollars in economic value each year, yet vast amounts of irregular timber are downgraded to wood chips or biomass. A collaboration between researchers at Carleton University and Aalto University is challenging that model, demonstrating how "ugly wood" can be transformed into high-value architecture while reducing waste and storing more carbon in buildings.

A Face Swap Tool for Training and Internal Comms

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How Torvinen Jaakko’s ugly wood can lay the foundations for green building

Canada's forests generate billions of dollars in economic value each year, yet vast amounts of irregular timber are downgraded to wood chips or biomass. A collaboration between researchers at Carleton University and Aalto University is challenging that model, demonstrating how "ugly wood" can be transformed into high-value architecture while reducing waste and storing more carbon in buildings.

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Corporate training videos often require repeated filming, travel, and production resources every time policies or personnel change. AI-powered face swap tools offer a more sustainable approach by extending the life of digital training content, reducing unnecessary reshoots, and helping organizations communicate more efficiently—provided they are used transparently with clear consent and ethical governance.

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Imagine developing a severe allergy to steak after a single tick bite. That's the reality for people with alpha-gal syndrome, a rapidly emerging condition linked to lone star ticks and other tick species. As researchers uncover how tick saliva rewires the immune system, health officials warn that hundreds of thousands of Americans may already be living with this unusual red meat allergy.

Russia’s Arctic superdeep oil drill revives debunked ‘infinite oil’ theory

Russia is reviving the controversial abiotic oil theory with plans to drill superdeep holes in the Arctic. While small amounts of abiotic methane exist deep within the Earth, most geologists reject the idea that commercial oil reserves originate from non-biological processes, raising questions about the environmental cost and scientific value of the project.

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AI will crack the codes from the Dead Sea Scrolls

Artificial intelligence is opening a new chapter in Dead Sea Scrolls research. By combining machine learning with chemical analysis, scientists hope to uncover where the ancient manuscripts were produced, identify connections between scribes, and reveal hidden patterns across more than 25,000 fragments that have remained unsolved for decades.

90% of Americans worry about microplastics

Microplastics are showing up everywhere—from dollar store toys and synthetic clothing to bottled water, toothbrushes and even human sperm. A new Ocean Conservancy survey finds that nearly 9 in 10 Americans are concerned about the health impacts of microplastics, while support is growing for tougher regulations. As scientists uncover plastic particles in the heart, placenta and reproductive organs, the question is no longer whether microplastics are affecting our lives, but how much damage they are already doing.

Understanding Food Production: Karl Studer on the Urban-Rural Knowledge Gap

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