Britain avoids recession with faster than expected growth Britain skirted a "triple dip" recession by growing faster than expected in the first three months of the year, providing some cover for a government under fire over its austerity drive. More
Boston blasts prompt UK review of London Marathon British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the deadly bombs that hit the race in Boston.... More
BBC faces dilemma as anti-Thatcher song tops chart Opponents of the late Margaret Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest over her polarizing policies. More
Nobel prizewinner, IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead Robert Edwards, a Nobel prizewinner from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died Wednesday at age 87.... More
Morgan Schneiderlin: ‘Even if it was difficult sometimes, Everton is a great club with a fantastic fan base’ “I’ll try to find my words!” Not that any rustiness on his part shows ... In July, Lukaku made the reverse move to that of Schneiderlin six months earlier, when Everton’s record Premier League scorer ... 04/9/2021 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Tommy Raudonikis was certainly ‘terrific’, but also completely terrifying Tommy Raudonikis was one of a kind, and stories of his exploits around rugby league will live on with his legend. 04/8/2021 - 11:15 am | View Link
Winston-Salem native Hubert Davis officially named new UNC head basketball coach Tar Heels assistant coach Hubert Davis will be UNC's next men's basketball coach, according to multiple reports. The University Board of Trustees is meeting this afternoon to consider a contract. The ... 04/6/2021 - 8:58 am | View Link
Demetrious Johnson on ONE title fight, UFC departure, retirement plans One of the greatest fighters of all time is looking to add another piece of hardware to his collection.Former UFC champion Demetrious Johnson is set to challenge Adriano Moraes for the ONE ... 04/5/2021 - 1:56 am | View Link
'A dream manifested:' Notre Dame's 2001 national championship team a blueprint for success Ratay’s rarity of words, though, just made them resonate more when at halftime ... still tied for the largest deficit ever overcome in a Final Four game. “We didn’t like losing to them at all,” Siemon ... 04/3/2021 - 11:06 pm | View Link
Located in the Italian city of Turin, this residential building from the ’60s has undergone a sustainable renovation with energy-efficient upgrades. Though the new structure is virtually unrecognizable from its former design, the building kept its original skeleton and overall shape and volume. Now, it has been reinforced to improve its earthquake-resistance and completely restyled to give it a modern feel.
Characterized by solid colors and large, square voids, the building now boasts a stylish, sandy color throughout, three finishing textures on the facade and a pale teal tone for the outer staircase.
Brooklyn-based design firm Efficiency Lab for Architecture has recently transformed an existing, three-story commercial office building into the Community Information Center, a marketing center for Avenues: The World School’s new campus in San Jose, California. Located in a former office park, the Community Information Center redefines the nondescript environment with a fresh building entrance framed by redwood trees and a series of artsy concrete portals that the architects say “free people’s minds from the stressful reality of California’s driving culture before entering the facility.”
Completed in June 2020, the Community Information Center is part of the first phase in the new San Jose campus for Avenues: The World School, a famous system of for-profit private schools for pre-K to 12th grades with international locations including New York City, São Paulo and Shenzhen.
Ten years after an earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has announced plans to release contaminated water from the plant into the ocean. China, South Korea and the local fishing industry are opposed to this move.
Workers used more than 1 million metric tons of water to cool the three reactors that melted down in 2011.
Marine life is migrating from the equator to the tropics, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study shows that many species known to reside in the equator’s warm waters are migrating to cooler waters. Scientists behind the study have linked this situation to global warming, saying that water at the equator has become too warm for some species.
How can people live in harmony with global warming and rising water levels? In Amsterdam, a group of forward-thinking people decided to go with the flow. Schoonschip, a self-sustaining floating community of more than 100 residents, boasts innovative technology like 500 solar panels and a green roof on every house.
International design firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) has unveiled designs for the Cascina Merlata Lot R7/2, a social housing complex that will function as a “city within the city” where residents can walk or ride their bicycles to everything they need for their daily lives. Created as part of the Cascina Merlata pedestrian-friendly masterplan that ACPV developed back in 2011, the new, 12,600-square-meter residential complex consists of two structures that have already obtained a ‘Class A’ rating from Italy’s Energy Performance Certification in recognition of their energy-efficient, low-impact design.