Imitation caviar invented in the 1930s could provide the solution to plastic pollution, claims Pierre Paslier, CEO of London-based packaging company Notpla. He discovered the cheap food alternative, invented by Unilever and made using seaweed, after quitting his job as a packaging engineer at L’Oréal. With cofounder and co-CEO Rodrigo García González, Paslier and Notpla have … Read more
Following the tragic death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, fans are now convinced that his character, Chandler Bing, was the inspiration behind a popular emoji. Although the cause of death is still under investigation, it is believed that Matthew Perry drowned as he was found unresponsive in his hot tub on October 28. Police did … Read more
Hidden amid its trademark satire of average American life, The Simpsons is riddled with mathematical Easter eggs. The show’s writing staff has boasted an impressive pedigree of Ivy League mathheads who couldn’t resist infusing America’s longest-running sitcom with inside jokes, scattered about like sprinkles on Homer’s doughnuts. The Hunger Games Director Francis Lawrence on Adapting … Read more
Google’s first information middle consisted of 40-foot, server-filled delivery containers, which enabled superior cooling and fewer development complications. It opened its personal information middle campus in Oregon in 2006, resembling the standard bland, boxy, and big buildings that now dot the world. However Barroso’s concepts made the insides distinctive. He and his Google colleagues turned … Read more