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A Schoolhouse in Brazil Just Took Home One of the World’s Most Prestigious Architectural Awards

RIBA awards international prize for world’s best new building to a boarding school in Brazil. In architectural circles, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is no less important than the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is to … Continue reading

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Operation Jane Walk

OPERATION JANE WALK Robin Klengel & Leonhard Müllner Winner of the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA). leonhardmuellner.at/operation-janewalk/ A city tour through the architecture of an Online Shooter Operation Jane Walk is based on … Continue reading

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Scrambled

After Esra misses her train late one evening, a discarded, living Rubik’s cube tries to get her attention in an attempt to get solved.

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Making the Thinnest Sheet of Paper in the World

Great Big Story Published on 14 Nov 2018 In Japan, one company is taking paper thinner than it’s ever been before. Hidaka Washi Ltd. creates paper as thin as human skin, using methods that date back a thousand years. The … Continue reading

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Sirius, Brazil’s largest scientific infrastructure, is inaugurated — Toucan News

The first stage of Sirius, the new Brazilian Synchrotron* Light Source, was inaugurated this week. Occupying an area of 68 thousand meters it will be the largest and most complex scientific infrastructure ever built in Brazil and one of the … Continue reading

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To reduce food waste, scientists are making labels that track produce as it spoils

A new type of use-by label for milk bottles that decomposes as the liquid inside goes sour could appear on UK supermarket shelves later this year. Labels such as these, capable of telling consumers exactly when fresh produce has gone … Continue reading

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The world record holding Street Artist (Eduardo Kobra)

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Bursts of Stylized Flowers by ‘Ouizi’ Transform Buildings Into Floral Canvases

Artist Louise Jones (previously), known professionally as Ouizi, focuses on flowers in her multi-faceted practice. Whether creating towering outdoor murals, carving linoleum prints, completing indoor mural commissions, or painting on more traditional canvases, Jones creates groupings of real and imagined blossoms. In … Continue reading

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The Terrifying Beauty of Uniqlo’s Robotic Warehouse – Spoon & Tomago

Japanese retailing giant UNIQLO opened their Ariake offices back in 2015 but the warehouse was plagued with problems and inefficiencies. So the company committed to overhaul the warehouse, which was unveiled last week. The result, in which 90% of the … Continue reading

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The history of chocolate – Deanna Pucciarelli

If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate … Continue reading

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