How Technology Transformed this Autistic Boy’s Life

In a video celebrating Autism Acceptance Month, Apple tells the touching story of young boy named Dillan Barmache, who overcomes the difficulties of his communication impediment through the use of an iPad. Using a special app to type out and then verbalize his thoughts, Dillan is able to express to his classmates, teachers, mom and friends the incredibly complex ideas going on inside his head. …

Whales Are Eating Our Trash

A recent surge in whale beachings (over 30 cases in Europe so far in 2016) is causing major concern for researchers and marine biologists. Not long ago, a necropsy of a beached whale revealed huge amounts of car parts and plastic waste, including buckets and netting in its stomach. Though the ocean waste may not have been the primary cause for the whales’ deaths (researchers …

A Time Capsule of Images Depicting Mid-Century Modernism

The University of Southern California has just digitized 1,300 architectural images captured during the heyday of mid-century modernism. The treasure trove of photos offers a never-before-seen look inside the works of famed architects—like Richard Neutra, Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Frey and more—raw, unfiltered and in their natural setting. As Fast Company points out, it’s almost like scrolling through the Instagram feed of an architectural photographer …