The best airport in the world has just gotten better. You can't find a more ergonomic terminal anywhere else though several other airports that come close to Changi are also in Asia. Now though, Changi's probably making them run for their money.
It has added some new installations inside the terminal including a giant indoor waterfall and a garden. It looks more luxurious now, I'll give you that but in the future, they might continue to improve it so that it will become more eco-friendly (than it is now) and convenient for travelers.
A seven-story waterfall designed by Safdie Architects has become the shining focal point of Singapore’s Jewel Changi Airport. The 130-foot “Rain Vortex” is supplied by collected rainwater, and flows at the center of a greenhouse topped by an inverted glass dome.
The new addition also includes five stories of shopping, a netted play area, and a terraced garden called the Shiseido Forest Valley that is dotted with smaller waterfalls accessed by trails.
Faith in humanity is restored. Turns out the whole incident was a simple misunderstanding. A woman thought that Lucy, the pet rat of Chris, had been abandoned and so decided to bring her home. Police were able to track Lucy and reunite her with Chris.
Has anybody ever wondered what Wi-Fi means? I have, though I never got a satisfactory answer to it and I still have no idea why it's called Wi-Fi.
Actually, I kind of thought the "Wi" part stood for wireless since it is a wireless connection but I couldn't wrap my head around the "Fi" part and what it could be in relation to the whole term.
Wi-Fi Alliance founding member Phil Belanger shared the history of the term with Boing Boing back in 2005. It seems the wireless industry was seeking a user-friendly name to refer to technology that adhered to standards known as IEEE 802.11.
“We needed something that was a little catchier than ‘IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence,’” he explained. The Wi-Fi Alliance hired Interbrand to come up with ideas, and the brand consultancy proposed 10 names, including Wi-Fi (which sounds lot like “hi-fi,” AKA “high fidelity”).
The US has had strained relations with Cuba for the past several decades only restoring the diplomatic relations that existed way back before being severed during the Cold War. But now, as the Trump administration issues some new restrictions regarding travel to Cuba, this leaves many confused with the state of affairs.
To get some clarity regarding the new rules, check out this short guide from Conde Nast that will help explain the vague policies.
Friendships can be born through sharing in other people's struggles, rivalry can spark the deepest bonds, and just being open with oneself to others can draw people toward you as you are surrounded by those who share the same things and who give you the support you need.
For the Gotham Volleyball League, they wanted to create a safe space for LGBT people not only to develop friendships through sports but also to give support to those who are going through mental health issues. It has been through difficulties and victories throughout its 40 years in existence and this is their story.
There are so many measures we can take to cut down on our carbon emissions in order to turn the tides on climate change and save our world. But there are some things that we might not have as much control over.
Most greenhouse gas emissions come from human activities and it's mostly carbon dioxide. But there are other gases as well like methane, which is produced as we digest food and comes out as gas. That shouldn't be a big problem since we can contain the gas somewhat. When it comes to livestock, however, things get complicated.
Cows and other ruminates, like deer, giraffes and goats, tend to eat highly fibrous material like grass. Those microbes in cow stomachs break down some of that food into carbon dioxide and hydrogen — while other microbes turn the carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methane. The cows belch out the gas, and it wafts up into the atmosphere. Since the methane is produced in cattle stomachs, the vast majority of the gas comes out of the cow's mouths, not the rear.
So far the emissions coming from cows are minimal but not negligible. And as demand continues to spur livestock production, scientists predict that by the year 2050, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock will account for 70% of the allowable emissions to keep climate change in check.
Several options are being considered to address this issue. The first is for people to stop eating meat which is near impossible. Another solution is to create an alternative to meat, something that tastes like meat but produced in a different way. In other words, use plant-based substitutes. It's possible but not everyone might be on board with that.
Far more promising is the chance to change how cattle process their food. That's where seaweed comes in.
"It has an active ingredient called bromoform," Kebreab says. That natural ingredient inhibits the conversion of the hydrogen in the cow's stomach into methane. By adding about 3 to 7 ounces of seaweed to the cow's diet a day, his research has shown, you could reduce the amount of methane emissions by up to 60 percent.
Of course, this is not a cut and dry solution. There are still challenges that need to be considered like how much seaweed do you need to feed all the livestock just in the US? And how will you get that much seaweed?
A new contestant in Jeopardy! has been raking up big wins on the game show for over a week now and there is no sign of stopping him especially with the strategy he employs, one that is derived from game theory.
If you haven't heard of James Holzhauer, then you will be surprised that he has been breaking records left and right on the trivia game show, somewhat comparable to how former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings had done before. Jennings was impressed and even commented that Holzhauer's performance was "absolutely insane".
For the rest of the world, the Notre Dame fire is a big tragedy, as a piece of history had crumbled and fallen. People regarded it as a cultural symbol but it also formed part of the French identity.
Within the city of Paris however, the burning of Notre Dame goes deeper into its roots and may reveal a certain malaise that is sweeping through the veins of France. Chris Knapp gives us a more intimate perspective of the recent event and the implications it has on the French and the world.
Or so says Casey Johnston who shares her sudden realization regarding the matter. Wind is the worst type of weather she has ever and will ever encounter, apart from very large-scale disasters of course. There are little to no safeguards against wind, nothing that could protect you save a big concrete wall firmly anchored on the ground.
Wind’s behavior alone is not what makes wind the worst; it also super-charges other weathers to be the worst version of themselves. Wind so strong the rain goes horizontal, as we all know, is one of the worse weathers. But if it were just the rain, it’s not as bad; the wind is what makes it bad.
Because leprechauns are fictional characters, why does it have to be strictly male? That was exactly the question that Lynnette Wukie from the University of Notre Dame posed and so with that in mind, she auditioned to be the school mascot and landed the role.
"I talked about being a role model (during the tryout process) because even through high school and into college, it's always been important to me to be someone people can look up to," Wukie said. "I think I hadn't (yet) found that thing, like I wasn't fulfilling my true purpose here to be that face and that role model, so when this opportunity came about I thought it was destiny. This is what I'm meant to be doing."
Wukie won her spot "thanks to her passionate outlook and dedication to leadership," the university said.
Donning the green suit, Wukie will not only be the first woman to be the mascot but she will also be the second black student to represent the school.
Apart from Wukie, there are two others, Samuel Jackson and Conal Fagan, who will also masquerade as leprechauns as the school has three leprechaun spots: gold, blue, and green, each with their own responsibility. -via Jezebel
Many proponents of digital detoxing would tell us that there are several benefits to switching off our phones and our laptops for a time to take a break. Unplugging can definitely give us the breathing space we need to recollect ourselves, to pause and reflect on the information overload we receive online.
Whatever your tech-related problem, someone will tell you that the solution is to simply unplug. In this respect, the off-switch resembles nothing so much as the humble leech, long used as a go-to treatment for a mind-boggling assortment of maladies.
But a general or blanket unplugging may not bear as much results. Rather it would be best to ask yourself why you should unplug and what you will gain from it instead of simply doing it without thinking about the effects it will have on you no matter how short or long a time you spend offline.
But we’re well within our rights to ask for a more precise diagnosis before submitting to the surgical removal of our devices, particularly since the relationship between digital causes and human effects is still so murky.
While we’re still trying to figure out which of society’s problems can be attributed to technology use, we can at least get clear on which of our personal or professional problems we’re trying to address by unplugging.
Inevitably, in a world that is increasingly getting hyper-connected and digital, one way or another we need to adapt to the changing social, economic, and cultural landscape.
And as the majority consumes and is consumed within the system, perhaps there are better ways of dealing with our issues directly associated with the technoscape, instead of just doing away with the internet altogether. These four questions will help us navigate living in this reality of increased online presence and its ubiquity in our daily lives.
If you are in any way aware of internet culture, memes, and the anime community, you might have heard of the phrase "notice me senpai" which usually involves a young, teenage girl adoring an older guy, usually her senior in high school, and wanting him to reciprocate her affections.
But often anime caricatures or representations aren't completely accurate in its depictions of ordinary life in Japan. And the term "senpai" doesn't generally convey a romantic connotation. In this guide, you may learn a little bit more about the term, its meaning, and how to properly use it in context.
Any type of work that consists of you sitting on a chair for eight hours straight or more needs to be reconsidered. There are many health risks in living an inactive or sedentary life, something that Shawn Kittelsen found out a couple of years ago.
He had been working as a writer for two years, all day sitting on a chair writing. Until one day, a jolt shot through his back and he was unable to move. He developed herniated discs which left him immobile for the better part of several months.
Of course, he knew that the best solution was to exercise and get his body moving but it caused him too much pain and suffering to do so. He was trying to look for other methods to deal with his situation and he found salvation in VR. This is his story.
There has been a recent dispute between the startups Bird and Lime against a San Diego company which they allege have been taking abandoned scooters from the streets and giving them back to the startups in exchange for money.
Scooter Removal says that they are doing this for a noble cause both for the environment and the city which they say have been littered with a lot of scooters.
The dispute highlights a larger tension in tech, in that it lays bare some pretty fundamental questions about Silicon Valley, i.e. are so-called mobility companies actually helping us solve some of our larger transportation issues? Or is really what we have at the end of the day just a bunch of new trash?
But Bird and Lime retaliated by saying that Scooter Removal's motivations aren't purely altruistic.
Both scooter-rental startups sued the company—known as Scooter Removal—and its founders last month, arguing that the company’s removal of scooters was in many cases illegal.
Workers from the company, Bird and Lime say, “lay in wait” for tourists and other scooter riders to get off the scooters in San Diego, before “swooping in” and loading them onto a truck, taking them to storage and holding them for “ransom.”
When I sleep, I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night only to find that I have tossed aside my sheets unconsciously and was lying bare to the cold air and all the other elements of the night. So at times, I decide to go to sleep without them which is fine considering the conditions in a tropical country.
Still though, bed sheets can offer added protection while you sleep. But not all bed sheets may be perfect for you. Food52 lists different types of sheets that could meet the needs of every type of sleeper. Check them out here.
