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Mixing glass with cement may seem strange, but that is what Aron Losonczi, a Hungarian architect, has done to create a transparent concrete called LiTraCon. Glass in the form of fiber optics allows light to filter through the material, creating a surreal effect. Available in sheets 2 in. or more wide, LiTraCon is as strong as regular concrete and can be used for walls, flooring or sculpture. It is on display at the National Building Museum in Washington through...
...argue with the methods of the survey all you want. But Yale’s incompetent academic flailing of late is universally imminent—like a pantheistic god, just one that sucks. Every fiber of the Yale’s physical and metaphysical existence is tinted with the fluctuating incandescent glow of never quite being good enough...
...Coulter has made her name by speaking her mind--loudly, brashly and always from the right. Not everyone always appreciates what she says. Her column on the Democratic Convention--which she described as attended by "corn-fed, no makeup, natural fiber, no-bra-needing, sandal- wearing, hirsute, somewhat fragrant hippie chick pie wagons they call 'women'"--caused USA Today to drop her from its pages. But it's precisely that kind of tart talk that has turned Coulter's books, including her most recent, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), into best sellers and made...
...adopt the simpler, more efficient model of a state like California. A government premised on the rule of the people is made more legitimate by high voter turnout and especially high voter turnout across all slices of America. With a few simple changes, states could strengthen the democratic fiber of America by delivering the legitimacy the even slightly higher turnout would bring...
...cereals, including high-sugar brands like Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms. The company says it is capitalizing on healthier eating habits and signs that the low-carb craze, which shuns whole grains, may have peaked. But isn't General Mills' Total for the high-fiber crowd? And do kids--and adults--want the Wheaties experience as they eat their Cocoa Puffs? General Mills says the treats won't lose their taste. "We did tests with over 9,000 people," says the company's marketing V.P., John Haugen. "In some cases, the new and old versions were liked equally...