Cochineals are parasites that live on cactuses, and the acid in their guts has been used as red dye for millennia. Today, cochineals are used to dye cosmetics and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait strawberry yogurt. But up against synthetic…
From veiny and earthy to sleek and spotless, our latest lookbook features eight kitchens from the Dezeen archive that prominently feature marble. Marble is a metamorphic stone formed when limestone rock is heated and pressured in the Earth’s crust, making…
By John Brinegar, director, IoT Solution Architecture, Hitachi Vantara, and David R. Brousell, co-founder, vice president and executive director, Manufacturing Leadership Council Though once considered a radical concept in the eyes of some, the necessity of digital transformation is now…
Xbox CEO Phil Spencer said Microsoft’s layoffs were “painful” in an email to staff. Video game blog Kotaku obtained a copy of Spencer’s email to staff working in Microsoft’s gaming division. Microsoft is just one of many major tech firms…
Australian architecture practice Alexander & Co has overhauled this oceanside home in Sydney to make it more suitable for family life. Before its renovation, the five-bedroom house had a disjointed floor plan that was proving inefficient for its two young…
Good morning. I’m senior reporter Phil Rosen, writing to you from a fast-warming winter in Southern California. I see betting on something to win as an optimists’ ideal path to wealth. The investor makes money, the company makes money, and…
Former Rep. Peter King in a New York Times op-ed questioned the effectiveness of George Santos. “How do committee witnesses take his questions seriously?” King wrote in the Times essay. King argued that Santos could very well threaten the reelection…
Interiors studio Crystal Sinclair Designs has renovated a loft apartment in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighbourhood to include a mezzanine with a wall of books and a bedroom behind a glass partition. Upstate New York studio Crystal Sinclair Designs overhauled the space…
Many pet adoption advertisements focus on the positive qualities a pet has to offer. But for Ralphie, a dog currently with the Niagara SPCA, the shelter decided to use a different strategy. A popular Facebook post shared over 700 times…
In January 1968, North Korean commandos slipped across the border into South Korea. They were headed to Seoul on a secret and daring mission to kill South Korea’s president. A half-century later, Pyongyang is finding new ways to threaten South…
