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Read More The Making Of An Icon: How The “Peace For Paris” Sign Spread Around The World
Following the terrorist attacks on Paris Friday, one graphic designer’s raw reaction becomes a global symbol of peace and solidarity.
In the wake of the horrific acts of terrorism that ripped through France on Friday, November 13, killing at least 129 people and injuring hundreds, an image with a message of peace has emerged amid the darkness and gone viral. It’s simple, haunting, and has served as a tool for people across the globe to express solidarity. It has been shared across social media, displayed at vigils, and even scrawled on concrete in public spaces.
How Google And Others Help Employees Burn Off Stress In Unique Ways
Recognizing the wear and tear of workplace stress, companies are getting creative about how to combat it.
It’s no surprise that job-related stress has serious consequences—both on an individual level and for workplaces as a whole, costing U.S. companies alone an estimated $300 billion a year.
This New Personal Poop Banking Service Lets You Save Your Microbiome For A Rainy Day
Make a deposit today.
Nowadays when you take a course of antibiotics, many doctors will recommend eating a lot of yogurt or popping some probiotics to restore the good bacteria that the drugs wipe out. But how well does that work? One recent study found it can take up to a full year for the gut’s microbial ecosystem to recover from a single antibiotic course.
Why The Golden Gate Bridge Is Orange
Dave Eggers partners with illustrator Tucker Nichols on a new children’s book detailing the Golden Gate Bridge’s surprising color history.
Imagine this: It’s 1933 and construction has begun on the world’s longest and tallest suspension bridge over the Golden Gate Strait, the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Years of planning, rigorous engineering, and debate have gone into the design. The 80 miles of galvanized steel needed for the two main towers of the bridge have been ordered, as well as the 1.2 million steel rivets that will hold the bridge together. Workers have started to plunge the towers into the foundation in the sea floor, and yet, there’s one important detail still missing. The color.
Frog Reveals Its Secret To Working With Your Competition (And Succeeding)
In a 90-minute workshop, frog design made a case for why walling your company off from the rest of the industry can be detrimental.
“Most organizations are not very good at collaborating with others inside an ecosystem.”
Track Your Baby’s Temperature With A Cool Stick-On Tattoo
Fever Scout is like a medical device given a Nike makeover.
It’s 3 a.m., and your baby is crying. You go into the room and realize he’s burning up. The options from here are bleak—probe your thrashing child with a steel-tipped rectal thermometer, or swipe across his head with an unreliable skin thermometer. And even if he’s in the safe range and falls back asleep, chances are good you’ll be up for the rest of the night worrying.
Buy A Luxury Condo, Give A Slum Dweller A New Home
Can the buy-one-give-one model work for housing?
On a flight to Vancouver, two real estate developers happened to sit next to Toms shoes founder Blake Mycoskie. They started to talk, and had an idea: Could the one-for-one model pioneered by Mycoskie also be applied to housing?
Where ISIS Attacks
And how the terrorist group’s coordinated attacks in Paris represent a disturbing turn of events
ISIS has marched across the Middle East and North Africa, recruiting fighters in what has seemed a frightening, if largely contained, threat. But a new set of visualizations on the New York Times suggests that things might have changed with last week’s Paris attacks. If ISIS is indeed responsible as it has claimed, it’s the first time the organization has launched an organized attack outside of its normal provinces.
Apple And Amazon May Face Antitrust Charges In Germany Over Audiobooks Deal
German regulators are investigating claims that Apple’s agreement with Amazon subsidiary Audible has helped it monopolize audiobook sales.
Germany’s competition regulator, the Federal Cartel Office, has launched an investigation into the deal Apple inked years ago with Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobooks company, according to Reuters. The probe should address allegations that Apple’s agreement with the tech company has given Amazon an unfair advantage in the audiobooks business in Germany.
