Category: Culture

  • Texas Master Planned Community Developers Buy the Farm — Literally — to Compete for Business

    As more families seek luxury homes with plenty of amenities inside and outside, master planned community developers are becoming more competitive in terms of what they can offer their residents. Nowhere is that more evident than in Houston, TX, where some of the top developers in the nation are competing for business with more and…

  • Should Oil Producers Be Included in the Conversation About Global Climate Change?

    Later this year, some of the world’s leading scientists and environmentalists will gather in Paris to discuss global climate change — and some of the biggest oil companies also want a say in these negotiations. According to a May 26 Christian Science Monitor article, major oil producers like Total, Eni, Saudi Aramco, BG, Royal Dutch Shell and…

  • One in Seven One-Year-Olds Use Mobile Devices For Over an Hour Each Day

    As most already know, adults are pretty connected to their mobile devices. About 50% of mobile phone owners use their devices as their primary Internet source, 67% find themselves checking their phones for notifications even when it didn’t ring or vibrate, 44% sleep with their phones beside their beds out of fear of missing messages,…

  • Fifty Photos Celebrate President Obama’s Visits to All 50 States

    President Barack Obama has now officially visited all 50 states in the nation, making South Dakota the last stop during his presidency. Obama is only the fourth president to achieve this accomplishment. The other three were Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. How did the President end up in the 50th and final…

  • Food Trucks Take the United States By Storm

    Over the course of the past few years, food trucks have become an increasingly popular option for customers looking to grab lunch or simply take a quick coffee break. Just take Arizona, for example: food trucks are not only found parked on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus to draw in the student crowds, but events…

  • Star Wars Celebration 2015 Brings Beloved Franchise to Anaheim

    This year’s annual Star Wars Celebration brought some of the world’s biggest Star Wars enthusiasts to the Anaheim Convention Center last weekend. Thousands of fans lined up the night before the event began, sleeping on the sidewalk just for a shot at seeing Star Wars reboot director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. Apart…

  • NFL Star Returns to Hometown to Talk on the Importance of Youth Sports

    NFL great Jake Plummer, hailed as one of the greatest athletes to come from Boise, ID, recently returned to his hometown to give a talk on the importance of playing and coaching youth sports.According to an April 25 KTVB article, Plummer’s talk kicked off an event for the Idaho Youth Sports Commission (IYSC) held at…

  • California School Official Earns Widespread Backlash for Saying Latino Students Don’t Need Air Conditioning

    A California school board member recently took heat for implying that a predominantly white school should receive air conditioning while a predominantly Latino school shouldn’t, because Latino children are “more accustomed” to the heat. According to an April 17 Complex article, the Martinez Unified School District only has enough funding to install an air conditioning system in…

  • Paradoxical Hair Loss Treatment: New Study Finds Plucking Hair Out Could Undo Hair Loss

    There are tons of great ways to remove unwanted hair. Shaving is a quick, efficient way to get rid of hair in less than 10 minutes. Waxing can actually help keep unwanted hair from growing back by weakening the follicle. Tweezing can help get rid of specific, problematic hairs. But according to a new study,…

  • Men Wearing Jewelry Could Undermine Swiss Watch Market

    Several media outlets have reported that the release of the Apple Watch has Swiss watchmakers on the offensive. But what could really undercut their dominance in the market? “If men widely accepted that they could wear gemstones without a time-keeping pretext,” Sebastian Vivas, museum director for Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet, told The New Yorker for an article…