A full third of all Americans ride a bike for recreation. Well, for some Staten Island teenagers, the word “recreation” was taken a little too seriously. For the past few weeks, a group of teenagers has gained notoriety on social media for doing insane tricks on their bikes. The problem? They’re doing them in the […]
The asphalt roofing shingles that are so ubiquitous here in the United States are actually quite rare in most other countries. In fact, asphalt shingles are banned as a fire hazard in some parts of Europe. But now a popular type of eco-friendly roofing is spreading from the United States to the world. Across the […]
Vaccines are able to prevent more than 2.5 million deaths per year. That is if parents choose to vaccinate their children when they are young. The power of modern day technology has been able to almost completely eradicate many deadly diseases and viruses from the face of the earth, including polio, whooping cough, mumps, and […]
Some homeowners spend a lot of time thinking about interior design and renovation projects. Minor kitchen remodels, for example, can actually earn a return on investment (ROI) of 82.7%. Thanks to the help of some new and highly advanced technology, homeowners can now map out these remodeling projects before any tool is even lifted. Virtual […]
Having a mouth full of metal braces for years at a time can be embarrassing. In fact, 92% of teens feel like metal braces keep them from fitting in with their classmates and peers. Even though braces will be good for children in the long term, many parents hesitate to embrace a treatment that could […]
Metropolitan Transit Authority officials will meet this week to decide on a new program that would screen all bus, train, and subway operators for sleep apnea. The testing would cost the MTA an estimated $7.5 million over the next five years to administer tests to its nearly 20,000 drivers, conductors, and engineers, but in light […]
Unlike California’s booming tech industry, which has its own home base in Silicon Valley, New York’s technology community has led a mainly nomadic existence. That, however, is about to change as a new 254,000-square-foot facility is in the works and expected to break ground in 2018. This massive workspace, dubbed “14th @ Irving,” will act […]
While over 90% of adopted children over the age of five have positive feelings about their adoption, older adoptees haven’t always had the same experience. Considering the fact that the average age of retirement is 63, the majority of adopted retirees in New Jersey have had to go through the whole of their adult lives […]
Approximately 86,004 real estate brokerage firms are operating in the U.S. today, and with so much competition, they sometimes have to get a little creative. Prominent New York real estate agency Douglas Elliman, for instance, is advertising the U.S. Secret Service as a hot new “amenity” at Trump Tower in an attempt to lure clients […]
As technology advances each year, researchers are constantly looking to answer some of life’s most trying questions. Questions like is there life on Mars, how to successfully reach the bottom of the ocean, and the age-old question: how can we live longer. There have been numerous studies and experiments that have attempted to answer the […]