One of the most curious building in Japan is the Gate Tower Building in Osaka, Japan. The 5th, 6th and 7th floors of this 16-story office building is occupied by an express highway - passing right through the building. On the building's floor information board on the ground floor, the tenants for the three floors are listed as the Hanshin Expressway. You can’t alight there though as the elevator skips from the 4th floor to straight to the 8th.
Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans.
Scientists successfully turn back the clock in old human cells
Do you think it’s possible for people to live in underwater cities? Although it may sound like an idea for a sequel to Christopher Nolan’s hit sci-fi film Interstellar, a Japanese construction firm says it could be a reality by 2030.
The stick insect so big that it looks like a branch: Species almost two FEET long is discovered in Vietnam
Fitbit just announced the Fitbit Surge release date will be in early 2015 just like the Apple Watch. The Fitbit Surge is a fitness tracker with heart rate monitor, GPS and some smartwatch capabilities but is being marketed as a fitness ‘super watch’ rather than a smartwatch. With the Fitbit Surge going on sale around the same time as the Apple Watch, the two upcoming wearables will be competing head to head. Here’s how the two upcoming wrist devices compare:
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
US President Barack Obama insisted that he really has been paying his bills, after his credit card was turned down at a posh New York restaurant. First Lady Michelle was forced to pick up the tab following the hiccup.
Rooftop solar panels are becoming such a powerful factor in the energy market that they now can push the price of electricity to negative territory in the sunniest regions of the world.
The move came ahead of the 25th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, discussion of which is still strictly censored by the Chinese government.