The city paid $2.4 million for the closed mall; it will spend $8 million to $10 million on demolition and cleanup
Read More Forums offered to give seniors information on consumer protection
Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition will host a series of free forums for Baltimore seniors to offer information about financial fraud and tax liens, teach them how to prepare a will and connect them to legal services.
The nonprofit will offer the event — called Securing Older Adult Resources, or…
A Crazy Plan To Literally Move The World’s Continents To Create Climate Consensus
If the U.S. were right next to China and Russia, we might start feeling as if we’re all in the same (sinking) boat.
Think about geoengineering for climate change, and you might think of sucking carbon from the air, dumping iron in the ocean, or blocking sunlight with mirrors. Artist and “experimental philosopher” Jonathon Keats has an even crazier suggestion: What if we literally reshaped the Earth?
Disney’s Crazy New Tech Brings Coloring Books To Life
That elephant you just colored is now a 3-D cartoon character, prancing around your iPad.
In the age of iPads and apps, coloring books are evolving from the go-to distraction for kids into a hobby for mindful adults. But Disney Research’s latest invention—bringing coloring books to life through augmented reality—might make the children’s version cool again.
Fast Company Is Hiring A Technology Reporter
We’re hiring a New York- or San Francisco-based technology reporter.
FastCompany.com is hiring a technology reporter to cover the companies that are driving consumer computing hardware and software forward—and battling to build the operating system for our lives. Examples of these types of companies include, but are not limited to, Samsung, Google, and Apple.
Photographer Rachel Boillot Documents The Rural American Post Office’s Decline
Post Script is an ode to diminishing industries.
When the U.S. Postal Service announced controversial plans to shutter over 3,600 rural offices, it was framed as a necessary cost-saving measure based on high operation expenses versus low revenue. But the equation didn’t capture the human element: people who depend on the post office as a lifeline to their community.
The Strange Second Life Of Vintage Pizza Huts
From pawn shops to mosques, a new project aims to document all the ways that the franchise’s once-iconic huts have been repurposed.
These days, you’ll find Pizza Huts everywhere, from shopping mall food courts to nondescript retail storefronts. But in their glory days, Pizza Hut locations were every bit as iconic for their odd, hut-shaped structures as McDonald’s is for its golden arches. And over the years, the rule that every Pizza Hut franchise should be shaped like a hut has lapsed. The old huts still live on, however, passing into a second life where they’ve been repurposed into everything from grocery stores to funeral homes.
Why Brands Should Be Against “Logo-rrhea”
Marketers need to stick to their guns when it comes to corporate rebranding.
In early September, Verizon unveiled a new logo, part of a larger rebranding effort aimed at projecting transparency in a product category known for complexity and opacity. According to Michael Bierut, a partner at Pentagram, which created the new logo, “simplicity, reliability, and focus on the customer” was the guiding spirit.
The Most Bizarre Foods Andrew Zimmern Has Ever Had On “Bizarre Foods”
As the show kicks off its latest season, host Andrew Zimmern gives us a glimpse at some of his most bizarre food adventures yet.
The culinary conga line that is Bizarre Foods has been on the air for almost 10 years, and in that time, host Andrew Zimmern has had to eat enough suspicious, ridiculous dishes to last a lifetime.
Even Styrofoam Doesn’t Last Forever, In The Face Of These Hungry Worms
Scientists are discovering that no matter how unappetizing a substance seems, there’s always someone in the animal kingdom willing to eat it.
Plastics like polystyrene—otherwise known as styrofoam—have long been thought nonbiodegradable. In landfills or the open environment, they’re known for staying intact, even as they break into pieces. They change shape and form, but never completely go away.
