Following in a streak of celebrity divorce-triggered home listings, the former estate of the Gwen Stefani/Gavin Rosdale couple has now hit the market. Price tag: a hefty $35 million. The sprawling estate, set within a small guard-gated enclave in the famed 90210 zip code (despite a Studio City address), comes with a massive master suite with two large baths and walk-in […]
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The aim of smart home products and home automation is to make your life simpler. With connected products in your home, you don’t need to worry about mundane tasks like turning off all the lights before bed or venturing outside to be sure you remembered to close the garage door. Commanding all your smart home’s […]
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The Eurasian ice sheet was an enormous conveyor of ice that covered most of northern Europe some 23,000 years ago. Its extent was such that one could have skied 4,500 km continuously across it – from the far southwestern isles in Britain to Franz Josef Land in the Siberian Arctic. Suffice to say its existence […]
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Scientists have developed a new recipe for creating synthesis gas mixtures, or syngas, that involves adding a pinch of copper atoms sprinkled atop a gold surface. The new material supports a room-temperature electrochemical reaction that can convert carbon dioxide and water into syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and an important precursor […]
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Don’t Be Blindsided By The Law First things first: many of the laws in New York that bind homeowners aren’t the sort which are following the spirit of America’s founding principles. However, there are differences in social advancement which have predicted increased law. Is it good, or is it bad? It’s hard to tell. […]
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With their sheer size and economic gravity, cities like New York or Los Angeles will always appeal to wealthy buyers. But newcomers to the scene like Austin, TX, Boise, IN, or Minneapolis, MN leverage economic vitality and fast growth across all sectors (employment, population, income levels, lifestyle) to make significant gains on the luxury home […]
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Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust. According to a new study, airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy output by more than 25 percent in certain parts of the world. The regions hardest hit are also those investing the most in solar […]
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Taking inspiration from an unusual source, a Sandia National Laboratories team has dramatically improved the science of scintillators — objects that detect nuclear threats. According to the team, using organic glass scintillators could soon make it even harder to smuggle nuclear materials through America’s ports and borders. The Sandia Labs team developed a scintillator made […]
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Alexa is on so much more than just the Amazon Echo. Amazon executive Daniel Rausch stood onstage before a crowd of hundreds at Berlin’s IFA tech show Saturday to share a few big numbers about Alexa. ‘Just this year,’ he said, ‘Alexa has sung Happy Birthday millions of times to customers, and she’s told over […]
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California almond farmers who depend on commercial bee hives to pollinate their lucrative crops would benefit from increased efforts to protect essential bee foraging territory in northern prairie states, according a University of California, Berkeley, researcher. A new paper, published this week in the journal Land Use Policy, shows that a government program that pays farmers to […]
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