Cupolas are those square structures planted at the peak of a roof, usually where weather vanes reside. They are more than an aesthetic touch if they’re functional. Since heat rises, the most logical place to put a heat vent would be at the highest point in the ceiling, which i...
“i say, ‘oh, when i was a kid, i started playing this game. suddenly, i’m hanging out with nazis, learning how to build a republic on the back of slavery,’” he says. “but no one understands how. ‘it’s just a game.’” earlier this year, ferguson took me to rome. ...
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" Malgorzata explained. "The issue is that in the confined environment of a spacecraft, prolonged exposure to silver could have negative health effects for astronauts — we don't want a heavy metal buildup in the onboard water, for instance." That's because being exposed to too...
An ISS crewmember captured a picture of the space shuttle Endeavour as it neared docking in February 2010. It was Endeavour’s 10th flight to the ISS with the mission of delivering Tranquility (a berthing, life support, and exercise module) and Cupola (a robotics work station). ...
terrace fully accessible for visitors, Mott MacDonald’s fire engineers used the 3D model to generate predictive smoke models. The resulting fire evacuation strategy saw a single level lift installed in an empty shaft in one of the cupola towers for general disabled access and as an e...
Although Galileo is credited with inventing the pendulum clock, the first to build one was Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1656. His device achieved unprecedented accuracy of less than one minute per day (later improved to less than 10 seconds per day) by using a weighted pendulum, which...
Over the last week or so, every time I hear my wife say There's another one! Get it! I try to pretend that she's discussing slices of pizza or bottles of fine bourbon. She's not, though. She's talking about stink bugs. Like the one pictured above.
According to a statement from NASA, David Miller, NASA's chief technologist, showed that scene to a group of students at MIT. He pointed to the floating, laser-blasting bots and said, "I want you to build me some of those." Challenge met. Miller's request led to the creation of some...
Certain landowners and other powerful men began to build reputations and eventually came to be seen as local leaders. They were known as capos. The capos used their power to extract tributes from farmers under their authority (much like the feudal lords before them). Their authority was ...