To help curb the problem of deadly wildfires down under, one scientist is proposing a novel idea: import elephants to eat the grass that fuels the flames. Crazy? Maybe--but not any crazier than what's already happening to Australia's ...READ»
Is it possible to brand an entire country for less than $200,000? Or, for less than $2,000, can you brand a person so successfully that they create headlines worldwide? Here are three cases of successful, yet cheap marketing stunts.READ»
How fast is the universe expanding? We could give you a number, but it’d be meaningless to those of you who aren’t Stephen Hawking. So here’s a video. Prepare to have your mind blown straight into orbit:
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Pre-pay cell phones globally dominate 70% of the market. As Android explodes and Apple ponders an iPhone Lite, prepare yourself for the true smartphone skirmish. READ»
The iPhone isn't just a U.S. affair, remember, and new data from Australia shows it's rocketed to the top of sales. This is at Nokia's expense, and its shipments have actually halved across the entire phone space. Nokia may be done.READ»
If Australia beats Obama to a high-speed rail system, that's just going to be embarrassing. But they are discussing it down under, and Australian design firm Hassell took the initiative to draw up an idea of what the trains themselves ...READ»
Sick of hearing that climate change doesn't exist from people who haven't studied the matter, climate scientists get together to fix the problem the only way they know how: hip-hop.READ»
The trash-culture symbolism of trailers started fading long ago, 'round about the 5,000th time an Airstream was hauled into the slick pages of Dwell magazine. Here to deliver the death knell is Australia’s Parallax: The Adelaide ...READ»
Water is becoming a high-stakes business where there's money to be made everywhere you look -- from greasy wool to microchips. | Illustration by Brock DavisREAD»
You’re probably as tired of hearing about whimsical little pop-up stores as we are talking about them. But! This one’s just too damned good -- it’s got hosiery strung up every which way, creating a massive, silky web that looks ...READ»
This is the story of an eccentric multi-millionaire, erotic art, Damien Hirst, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and the bassist of the Violent Femmes. Oh, and the country's efforts to increase its population, too. READ»
Australian scientists are debating whether "at least some of the intensity of the monsoon in Queensland can be attributed to climate change." El Nino and La Nina, meanwhile, could be exacerbated by our hotter planet.READ»
Cambodia is the "missing link," but millions of dollars are being poured in to repair its fragmented portion of the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link Project.READ»
Gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley, is found in everything
from beer to bread to vitamins to licorice. But all manner of
rice-flour doughnuts and quinoa pasta, once relegated to specialty
shops, are now invading mainstream ...READ»
