In Phoenix, Homeless Battle Summer Heat

In Phoenix in the summer temperatures average 108F-42C and often hit 115F- 44C- with a record if 122F-59C. There is little rain with sunshine of 14 hours a day. Night time temperatures average 85F-29C= and often...

Being brown in a city of black and white

" DETROIT - In a city that would become famous for segregation, Linda Hutcherson’s early memories of her household in Detroit are of carefree times amid a pastiche of skin colors. She had loving parents — a...

A Leap Year Red Moon Lunar Eclipse Tonight :: Oblate Spheroid

[Ed. Note I've brought this story current so that it appears on the homepage as the eclipse is happening  now. I call on all NowPublic contributors to add footage of the eclipse. Go here to do so and don't...

M-velope 2 - Transformable structure for personal meditation

"M-velope 2 is one of Michael Jantzen’s latest functional art designs for a transformable structure. It is created to provide a special place for personal meditation. Made of wood, the shape can be altered according to your need, block the wind, add shade, etc. "

Lightness Perception and Lightness Illusions

A gray surface in sunlight may have much higher luminance than it has in the shade, but it still looks gray. To achieve the task of "lightness constancy," the visual system must discount the illumination and...

A whiter shade of guile

"in which a feisty but hapless black guy is whipped into shape by a white guy played by an actor who first achieved fame by playing a mentally handicapped boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? If there is anything black people the world over have learned from Hollywood - and...

It's all about the bed

In pursuit of sleep perfection, furniture style isn't really a factor. But a sturdy bed whose headboard is part of the frame is critical, says Maple Shade feng shui practitioner Melanie Lewandowski.

Lives sacrificed on illegal trip from Altar, Mexico

The flow of immigrants from Mexico continues. The season of death has arrived in the Arizona desert. There are more desert deaths during the summer months.

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