Researchers hope 2,000-year-old date seed will help resurrect long-extinct species known in biblical times for sweetness of its fruit. globe & mail A resurrected Judean date palm tree, 26 months old and at a height of 121 centimetres, was grown from a date seed found at the ancient fortress... View full entry
The warning from the National Trust for Historic Preservation that the Lower East Side is one of the 11 most endangered places in America seems fast food for thought. Hasn’t that been the case ever since this sliver of Manhattan was laid bare more than a century ago as the crammed tenement... View full entry
THINGS are not as they seem in the 14th-floor apartment on upper Fifth Avenue. At first blush the family that occupies it looks to be very much of a type. The father, Steven B. Klinsky, 52, runs a private equity company; the mother, Maureen Sherry, 44, left her job as a managing director for Bear... View full entry
Unaffected by the economic woes besetting the masses, the super-rich are going on creating palace-like complexes. One builder says he knows of 20 houses of at least 20,000 square feet in the works. favorite quote of the article:"Does anybody need 40,000 square feet?" asks real estate agent... View full entry
Olafur Eliasson has seduced Mike Bloomberg with a spectacle to rival The Gates. NYMag | previously | Curbed | related exhibit @ MoMA: Take Your Time View full entry
Artist Chris Burden has created a 65 foot tall 'skyscraper' made from 16,000lbs of stainless steel in Rockefeller Plaza.NYT View full entry
Usually you don't think ESPN is the best place for design news, but in a short analysis of uniform design trends, reporter Paul Lukas makes a critical point to digest about all things designed to appeal. View full entry
Living library: people check out people for a 30-minute conversation to challenge their own prejudices. Imagine borrow an architect or client? CSM View full entry
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Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes. bbc + rebuilding America, fixing U.S. infrastructure View full entry
There's been a lot of ink spilled lately (in the New York Times, among other publications) on city chickens and the urban farming movement. Yes, movement. Whether they're screw-you-ing the chicken or the egg industries (or, of course, both), next-gen farmers seem to have read Michael Pollan very... View full entry
As cities become vertical, runners are following suit. The Guardian discusses the growing popularity of tower running. Read | Related? View full entry
2008 Aydın Doğan International Caricature Competition awards announced. See the winners | previous awards View full entry
Boldly go to no rich man has gone before, mingle with the poor, serve them soup, leave some money and hurry back without them. Feel good? Tell a friend. canada.com | reservations View full entry
From getting out of jury duty thread; mack- " pretend to know the defendant" holz.box- "really bad gas got a guy dismissed here in seattle" Astronouts without a toilet thread called plumbing problems; cryzko- "just piss in space....wtf........ not like it's going to harm anything" jasoncross... View full entry