On Tuesday May 19, activist and recent college graduate Emma Sulkowicz carried her mattress across the stage of Columbia University’s graduation ceremony, with three friends helping her shoulder the weight. It would be a shocking spectacle for any other graduation…
The 51 largest cities in the U.S. received a scorecard last week from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, with Boston claiming the top spot for the second year in a row. “Our findings show that cities continue to…
It’s been six years since Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz’s unexpected wedding entrance dance set to Chris Brown’s “Forever” went viral, but the summer of 2015 has seen a resurgence in viral wedding videos. For years, surprise proposal videos, often…
Utah is slated to get a thoroughly unconventional theme park next year. Consisting of just seven 60-foot-square rooms scheduled to be built starting in the fall, the entertainment factor at The Void will come from virtual reality. “Why play a…
Driverless cars may sound like a technological pipe dream straight out of a Jetsons cartoon, but consumers could actually be seeing them out on the road sooner than expected. Not only are many American consumers concerned about how this will…
A Utah gun manufacturer recently sought bankruptcy protection to cope with its mounting expenses and bills, stemming from a three-year legal battle with convicted felon Ralph Merrill. According to the Wall Street Journal, Vector Arms Corp. — the self-described “source for…
This fall, a new brewery is set to open in a Cincinnati neighborhood. Cincinnati.com reports that The Woodburn Brewery will set up shop in East Walnut Hills later this year. Chris Mitchell and Dennis Chacón, the managing partners of the…
Researchers from Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business and Economics published a new study about the evolution of yoga in the American marketplace. They concluded that its rise has been largely associated with its perception as a fitness, rather than…
It’s no secret that the White House’s Secret Service guards have had some trouble preventing people from climbing and jumping over the fence that surrounds the Ellipse on Pennsylvania Ave. The obvious solution, according to the U.S. Secret Service and…
There has been a recent increase in the number of Canadian children and teens seeking treatment for mental health concerns, and they’re going to hospital emergency rooms for help.A recent report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) found…