How to Design a Real Life Hot Wheels Loop

How to Design a Real-Life Hot Wheels Loop

You should absolutely not build this thing. But it’s still fun to think through the physics.

Tech - Wired - 5 hours ago

Barbie boom fades at Mattel, but Hot Wheels — and adult collectors — are on an upswing

Mattel Inc. reported mixed third-quarter results, as a drop in demand for Barbie toys weighed on sales overall — but management said it expects a solid holiday season ahead and a toy-centric film ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

Crypto has designs on real estate

Buying blockchain-listed ‘slices’ of properties is a nascent, niche and troubled market. Can it find its feet beyond the crypto crowd?

Business - Financial Times - October 18

The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin Review - The Real Warcraft Movie

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin isn't the first Warcraft film, but it is definitely the best one. Duncan Jones's big-budget Warcraft from 2016 focused on the "main" characters of developer Blizzard's ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 5

This $600 Buzz Lightyear Is The Closest Thing To Real-Life Toy Story

Toy manufacturer Robosen Robotics has announced its next collectible figure, and similar to its line of Transformers, this new toy combines an impressive number of high-tech features with a ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 18

A real-life Rosie the Riveter, Jennifer McMullen, turns 100

The "Rosies" were women recruited by U.S. defense manufacturers during WWII to help build tanks, ships and planes.

Ticker-tape synaesthesia – when real life comes with subtitles

A rare variation of the phenomenon in which people’s senses are intermingled involves the mind’s eye seeing speech in captions. Scientists believe the condition arises from excessive neural ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Real-life Rosie the Riveter celebrates 100 years of resilience

Jennifer McMullen is a real-life Rosie the Riveter celebrating her 100th birthday. She went from factory work during WWII to a career at California State San Bernardino.

DOC NYC documentary film festival: Real life on screen

America's largest nonfiction film festival, featuring more than 200 features and shorts, returns to New York City theaters and streaming.

Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to life for billions in fraud in government graft crackdown

A Vietnamese real estate tycoon has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining property worth billions of dollars and sentenced to life in prison in a case that has been a centerpiece of the ...

World - ABC News - October 17

‘His eye was full of blood’: the Halloween house of horrors that became a real-life torture den

It started as a spooky suburban attraction – and ended up leaving visitors injured and deeply traumatised. A new podcast takes a deep dive into the darkness. It all seemed like an innocent bit of ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Keri Russell has been thinking about the vice president — in 'The Diplomat' and real life

The actor discusses how she was able to tap into the news and the presidential election for her role on the Netflix series, which featured a surprising twist in the Season 2 finale.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 31

‘She doubled down on danger’: Lucy Lawless on making a movie about a real-life warrior princess

Margaret Moth, who was shot in the face while covering the Bosnian war, was wild, heroic and sexually adventurous – the perfect subject, Lawless says, for her directorial debut. Margaret Moth and ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

Part theater, part puzzles, this real life video game takes you across L.A. — literally

"Great Gold Bird," a theatrical mystery that touches on love and grief, turns audience members into participants who must travel from Arlington Heights to Los Feliz.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 6

'He's a real-life ironman': Dissecting Travis Hunter's two-way heroics for Colorado team in title contention

How is Hunter able to handle the workload? CBS Sports spoke with some experts who weighed in on the incredible feat

Sports - CBS Sports - 3 days ago

Everything In Lego Horizon Adventures Is Buildable In Real Life, If You Have Enough Bricks

Lego Horizon Adventures launches this week on PS5 and PC, and at first glance, it looks like a fairly convincing replica of a Lego toybox. That's an artistic direction by design, as co-developer ...

Tech - GameSpot - 3 days ago

How cities are breathing new life into their urban rivers

Of the 3.5 million miles of rivers in the U.S., 50% are too polluted for fishing, boating or swimming, according to American Rivers.

How Four Posts on Instagram Destroyed Her Life

On Oct. 7, an Israeli college student opened her phone. What she did next landed her in prison.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 3

Loop Switch 2 Review: Volume-Adjustable Earplugs

These earplugs let you fine-tune your noise reduction—within reason.

Tech - Wired - October 23

How a Hockey Goalie Mask Designer Helped Create an Iconic Movie Villain

The most famous mask Ed Cubberly ever made belongs to Hannibal Lecter.

Sports - The New York Times - October 31

Dangling a carrot: how Netflix are luring Hallmark viewers with a hot snowman

This festive season the streamer is bringing us a snowman as the buff-but-dim love interest in an erotically complicated romcom. Thanks to increased competition, rising subscription costs and a ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

How FTC Chair Lina Khan Became an Election Hot Topic

The Federal Trade Commission chair drew increasing political vitriol as the presidential vote neared. Her political future hangs in the balance.

Business - The New York Times - November 5

NASCAR Playoffs: How real are Kyle Larson's chances of elimination before Phoenix?

Larson has six wins this season but is fifth in the standings ahead of Sunday's race at Martinsville.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31

How those 'Twisters' tornadoes got to look so real — and scary

The film's director and effects team had one goal — to make their Oklahoma tornadoes look as real as possible.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago

The secret life of a careworker – ‘I was blown away by how meaningful and interesting it is’

When anxiety forced Kathryn Faulke to give up her NHS job and became a care worker, she never thought she would enjoy it. Now, she has written a ‘love story’ of a book about the profession. Care ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

How Steve Ballmer brought the Clippers' Intuit Dome to life

Ballmer's $2B investment makes its NBA debut as the Clippers open the regular season at the Intuit Dome.

Sports - ESPN - October 23

New Halo: Flashpoint Video Shows How The Tabletop Game Came To Life

In a new behind-the-scenes video, Mantic Games has shared more details on tabletop game Halo: Flashpoint ahead of its US release date of November 16, and the lengths the studio went to so that it ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 23

The big idea: how games can change your life

To get the most out of play, we should embrace it for what it is, not as way to hone skills or train our brains . A 93-year-old woman sits in a hospital bed. Facing her is a figure in a full hazmat ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

How Venture Capital Helped This Founder Secure a ‘Life-Changing Exit’

Moonshots Capital portfolio company eTailPet scaled up and attracted a buyer in just three years.

Business - Inc. - October 28

Henry Zeffman: How this Budget could change your life

Working Well: How to Find the Elusive Work-Life Balance

It can be hard to learn to slow down and find work-life balance.

Business - Inc. - November 3

'Submarining': How you sit in the passenger seat can save your life

World - Yahoo News - November 7

‘It took on a life of its own’ – how a bet started the inflatable craze in the 80s

English football grounds in the late 1980s could be grey and downbeat but that changed thanks to Manchester City fan Frank Newton . Amidst the depressing backdrop of hooliganism and the imminent ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Independent Senate candidate Osborn criticizes ‘two party doom loop’

Over the past few weeks, independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn has shaken up what many thought was a predictable race in Nebraska.

Suspect sought for armed robberies in Little Italy, South Loop

World - Yahoo News - November 2

'Wheel of Fortune' contestant goes viral for a meaty 'missolve'

swer to the puzzle in question was "Give yourself a round of applause."

How to increase or cut your exposure to Nvidia and other hot Big Tech stocks

Also: Tesla’s killer quarter, stock-market warnings and more positive predictions, and some World Series numbers.

Business - MarketWatch - October 26

The real-estate industry is battling over how homes are listed for sale. Here’s why that matters to buyers and sellers.

The outcome of a real-estate industry dispute could change how the average American finds for-sale home listings.

Business - MarketWatch - October 21

Do real estate agents have to disclose if someone died in a house? Here's how to find out

Disclosure laws around stigmas will depend on where you are buying a home. If a home's history matters to you in your home purchase, here's what to do.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Spirit Halloween bets on struggling real estate to fuel its growing business. Here's how

Spirit Halloween must strategically execute its real estate operations to open its more than 1,500 pop-up stores each year.

Business - CNBC - October 23

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