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Stefano Boeri Architetti

A smog-eating tower will soon go up in the Netherlands city of  Utrecht.

On the outside, 10,000 trees and shrubs — nearly half the amount found in New York's Central Park — will fill the skyscraper's facade, roof, and balconies. Inside, it will feature 200 luxury apartment units, restaurants, a fitness center, and offices.

Called the Utrecht Vertical Forest, the 300-foot-tall tower will host around 30 different plant species. The plants will absorb 5.4 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year ... Читать дальше...

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What is the number one way humans behave when they are anxious? 

The answer is simple: We avoid what is making us anxious.

Unfortunately, this natural instinct could make us feel worse. Avoidance can work in certain situations. For example, when your "spidey senses" tell you to avoid a dark street, or when you say "nah" to walking through a poison ivy patch.

However, when you fear objectively safe situations, avoidance can actually worsen your anxiety. Читать дальше...

Lately the Congressional Budget Office just can't get any respect. Republicans from the White House on down have worked to discredit the nonpartisan agency, in an effort to undermine its … Click to Continue »

Former two-time claimant of a heavyweight title Shannon Briggs has been hit with a six month ban by the WBA, for failing a drugs test back in June; this event putting to bed his scheduled title fight with Fres Oquendo (a fight that might have seen Briggs make history, on paper at least, and seen him become a “three-time” champ).

The US says it will investigate the incident in Helmand, where 10 policemen were reportedly killed.

Get your bullshit detector ready.

These seven social media tactics simply don’t work the way you think they do:

If they want to repeal, replace or merely fix Obamacare, Senate Republicans now have no choice but to try to legislate piecemeal changes the old-fashioned way — with hearings, open debate and even a measure of bipartisanship.

Although Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather have completed their four press conferences before their fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26th, the promotional tour continues. On Thursday, UFC president Dana White went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to talk about "the biggest fight in combat sports history" and the wild press tour that came to its conclusion last week.

Gold prices log their highest settlement in a month on Friday, tacking on more than 2% for the week, as turmoil in the White House and a weaker dollar spur haven demand for the precious metal.

Microsoft beat earnings expectations Thursday, and analysts see the company’s cloud segment potentially overtaking Amazon as a leader in the space.

Microsoft beat earnings expectations Thursday, and analysts see the company’s cloud segment potentially overtaking Amazon as a leader in the space.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman in Minnesota isn't by any means the first time police in the U.S. have mistakenly killed someone who called them for help or to report a crime.

Officers around the nation have mistakenly slain or wounded people in other cases, including a pregnant Seattle mother shot to death earlier this year after reporting a break-in and a Georgia man who in 2014 reported that his girlfriend had been stabbed and was fatally shot by the responding officer. Matthew Barge, executive director of the Police Assessment Resource Center's New York City office, said additional training for officers on when to draw and fire their weapons is always a good idea. Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) - Alvaro Morata joined Chelsea from Real Madrid on Friday and is set to take over from Diego Costa as the main striker for the English champion.

LONDON (AP) - Alvaro Morata joined Chelsea from Real Madrid on Friday and is set to take over from Diego Costa as the main striker for the English champion.

Forms Capital Limited, a leading Finance house in Ghana and a partner of Asante Kotoko, has donated Ghc 5000 to the management of the team. The donation is to help cushion the management in the wake of the tragic accident the team bus got involved ...

The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 2:00 p.m. Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress has appointed a slate of new judges to the Supreme Court, and the government-stacked … Click to Continue »

The Latest on changes to the White House communications staff (all times local): 2 p.m. Outgoing press Secretary Sean Spicer says that he chose to resign from his position to … Click to Continue »

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 2:00 p.m. Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress has appointed a slate of new judges to the Supreme Court, and the government-stacked high court is wasting no time in declaring those nominations null and in violation of the constitution. Juan Jose Mendoza is head

The White House sought to use its first on-camera briefing in weeks Friday to downplay internal discord after a press shop shake-up, and President Donald Trump said in a statement that he was "grateful" to outgoing White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in again stressed the importance of creating new jobs Friday, calling it a fundamental solution to most serious problems facing the country, including its low child birth rate. His remarks came in a mee

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On the heels of Ben Affleck dropping out of the upcoming Netflix project, "Triple Frontier," it seems he also might be hanging up his Batman cape and mask.

In a story The Hollywood Reporter put up Friday, the trade reports that Warner Bros. is working on a way to phase out Affleck as the current Dark Knight.

Though Affleck will definitely be playing Batman in the upcoming "Justice League" movie, coming out November 17 (he's even scheduled to appear at Comic... Читать дальше...