html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd" International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has revealed the design for the Sea Beyond Ocean Literacy Centre, located on San Servolo Island in Venice, Italy. This project is realized in a collaboration with UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the Prada Group. Science and storytelling, both driven by data, connect the Venetian Lagoon to the oceans.The Centre utilizes data science, data visualization, and storytelling to create an educational hub centered on ocean learning. This hub is part of Sea Beyond, a project initiated by the Prada Group in collaboration with UNESCO-IOC since 2019 aimed at promoting awareness of sustainability and ocean preservation.The experience of the visitor takes place in three rooms linked by the ocean. This approach, inspired by the “Power of 10” concept from Charles and Ray Eames’s 1977 film, guides visitors through various scales—starting with the immense global oceans (scale 10^9), then focusing on the detailed microbial biodiversity of Venice’s lagoon (scale 10^5), and culminating in user-led interactions on San Servolo Island (scale 10^1).The Ocean Literacy Centre, drawing on scientific studies and data, communicates the effects of individual and collective actions on the hydrological cycles of Earth, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all aquatic ecosystems at various scales. It encourages visitors to engage directly with marine ecosystems and the processes of aquatic science.Every room, created in collaboration with the multimedia design agency Dotdotdot, showcases the potential of data-driven storytelling to facilitate learning about water as both a resource and a living system. The first room showcases data regarding ocean currents and variations in water temperature, projected onto tables of water basins. The table is designed to resemble a world map, with oceans as the focal point, depicting them as a single interconnected entity. In the second room, water tables become interactive stations where visitors can scrutinize natural specimens from the Venetian lagoon under actual microscopes, linking them to marine environments both nearby and distant. The third room rounds out the experience with an Ocean Literacy Floor Game inspired by San Servolo island, where players confront marine conservation challenges through playful interactions and learning."Redefining our relationship with water is one of the greatest challenges of the climate crisis," said Carlo Ratti, Founding Partner of CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, Director of MIT Senseable City Lab, and Curator of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. "We're proud to collaborate with UNESCO-IOC on the SEA BEYOND Ocean Literacy Centre on the island of San Servolo, merging environmental advocacy with data-driven science and storytelling. Venice, with its fragility, can serve as a laboratory for the future–the challenges facing Venice today will soon be the world’s," he added.The project has utilized special approaches to materials. The floors inside are made from crushed oyster shells and seashells. The interactive water tables employ a closed-loop filtration system to save water, continuously recycling and purifying it without generating waste. This encourages visitors to contemplate approaches for safeguarding the delicate ecosystem of the Venice Lagoon.This initiative is based on CRA's continuous investigation of educational environments and museum design, which includes partnerships with the MEET Digital Culture Center in Milan and AGO Modena. It also questions the limits between natural and artificial, as seen during Milan Design Week 2019 with CRA’s Circular Garden installation, the largest structure ever created using mycelium. In the same vein, the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai—crafted by CRA in collaboration with Italo Rota, Matteo Gatto, and F&M Ingegneria—functioned as a “living lab” to promote circularity in architecture. It was built using nontraditional materials like coffee grounds, recycled plastic, and algae, bolstering sustainability through the inventive reuse of materials.Image © DotdotdotImage © DotdotdotImage © DotdotdotImage © DotdotdotImage © DotdotdotImage © DotdotdotImage © DotdotdotImage © DotdotdotThe 19th International Architecture Exhibition will take place from 10 May to 23 November 2025 at the Giardini, the Arsenale and various venues in Venice, Italy. Titled Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective, the exhibition is curated by architect and engineer Carlo Ratti.  Recently, Carlo Ratti said that: "Architecture Must Rethink Authorship And Become More Inclusive, Learning From Science". In addition, Carlo Ratti Associati has completed an earthy and sunken business canteen for Mutti, global leader in tomato-based products. Project factsA project: by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for The Prada Group and UNESCO-IOC CRA team: Carlo Ratti, Francesco Strocchio (partner-in-charge), Nicolette Marzovilla, Davide Scaglia; CRA Strategy: Luca Bussolino, Camilla Nicolini, Giulia d’AleoMultimedia Design and Research: DOTDOTDOT (Alessandro Masserdotti, Laura Dellamotta, Martina Merigo, Davide Bruno, Francesco Garavaglia, Nicola Buccioli, Martina Esposito)Gamelogist: Luca BorsaGraphic Design: Omnicom PR Group ItaliaFurniture, Contractor, and Electricity: EUROFIERE (Luca Bertoletti, Alessandro Bruno)Multimedia Systems: AVUELLE (Paolo Carresi, Tommaso Carovani, Claudio Cantini, Damiano Palagi)Security: INTERCONSULTING (Davide Bacchin, Cinzia Grandin)Technical on-site support: SAN SERVOLO TECHNICAL OFFICE (Eleonora Porcellato)All images © Giuseppe Miotto, Marco Cappelletti Studio unless otherwise stated. > via CRA 

Simpson Haugh’s 76-storey Viadux 2 tower and Sheppard Robson’s 44-storey Whitworth Street scheme among approvals Salboy’s 76-storey Viadux 2 tower, with an adjacent 23-storey affordable housing tower Manchester city council has approved another tranche of high-rise schemes including a 246m residential tower designed by Simpson Haugh which will be the UK’s tallest outside London. The £350m Viadux 2 scheme, designed for developer Salboy, consists of a 76-storey tower containing 452 apartments and a 160-bed hotel operated by Nobu, a brand part-owned by Robert De Niro. When complete it will be the UK’s fourth tallest building after The Shard, the yet-to-built 1 Undershaft and 22 Bishopsgate. The scheme also includes an adjacent 23-storey tower containing 133 affordable homes. The two blocks are the latest additions to a cluster of towers in the southern side of Manchester city centre which include the first phase of the Viadux development, a 40-storey building also designed by Simpson Haugh. View of the Viadux 2 tower’s base This was completed last year by Salboy’s construction partner Domis, which is also set to build both towers in the second phase.  The project team for the scheme includes Renaissance as structural engineer, Artal as project manager, WSP as facade engineer, SLR on transport, Ridge on building services, Deloitte on planning, GIA on daylight and Planit as landscape architect. The council’s approval for Viadux 2, made by seven votes to three at a planning committee yesterday afternoon, comes a month after the taller tower was reworked following the deal with Nobu, which will operate the entire building. The committee also signed off a 44-storey tower designed by Sheppard Robson at a site just south of Viadux, adding further to the area’s tall building cluster. Glenbrook’s 2-4 Whitworth Street The 2-4 Whitworth Street scheme for developer Glenbrook, approved by nine votes to one, will include 364 build-to-rent homes and 7,800 sq ft of commercial space. It features a podium faced with a ring of three-storey terracotta-coloured arches, framing the building’s street-level retail space, and surrounded by around 700 sq m of public realm. The project team includes Deloitte on planning, Quartz Project Services on costs, AKTII as structural engineer, Futurserv as M&E engineer, OFR Fire Consultants on fire and landscape architect Layer Studio. The plans replace a now-lapsed consent on the site for a seven-storey Travelodge designed by Glenn Howells for Aberdeen Asset Management which was approved in December 2020 but never implemented. Street-level view of the Whitworth Street scheme, showing the building’s arched podium The fourth tower approved yesterday, also located in the cluster, is a 33-storey scheme on First Street designed by Tim Groom Architects for student accommodation developer Vita, which will contain 841 student beds. Deloitte is again on the project team as planning consultant, with ROC Consulting acting as structural and civil engineer, Abacus as QS, Futerserv as M&E engineer and TPM Landscape as landscape architect. The south Manchester cluster currently includes a total of 12 completed towers and 19 which have been approved.

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April 11, 20252 min readDolphins Communicate with ‘Fountains of Pee’This discovery adds to a growing list of how animals talk with their urineBy Gennaro Tomma edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier EriCatarina/Getty ImagesHumans typically consider peeing a private act. But for many animals, it’s a crucial way to share information—one that goes way beyond simply marking territory. Scientists are increasingly aware of urine communication in all its startling forms.“Animals in general want to learn as much as they can about other animals, such as their sex, dominance, species, and so on,” says Thomas Breithaupt, a sensory ecologist at the University of Hull in England, “and a lot of information is in the urine.”Recently researchers documented Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) performing a curious behavior: aerial urination. A male turns on its back at the water’s surface and ejects a stream of pee into the air—and almost 70 percent of the time, the team reported in Behavioural Processes, a nearby male “receiver” approaches this spontaneous fountain.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.The researchers speculate that male dolphins might use aerial peeing to deliberately communicate their “social position or physical condition,” says study co-author Claryana Araújo-Wang, a biologist at Botos do Cerrado Research Project in Brazil. Further experiments are needed to pin down precisely what’s happening, says Joachim Frommen, a behavioral ecologist at Manchester Metropolitan University in England, who was not involved in the study.But this is just the latest in a long and varied list of the stories that urine can tell. In primates, it can provide clues about an individual’s species, gender and group membership “and could support both individual recognition and the finding of mating partners,” says Marlen Kücklich, a behavioral ecologist at Leipzig University in Germany. Some primates even wash themselves with their own pee. This behavior is not fully understood, but the authors of a study on capuchin monkeys proposed that males might attract females via urine’s testosterone content.In aquatic environments, some fish use urine to communicate their size and aggressiveness before fights. For a few crustaceans, such as lobsters—which pee from their heads—urine can also convey information about social status and readiness to mate. Female stickleback fish get information on a male’s immune system by sniffing its urine, and they tend to choose males with “immune systems that are very comparable to or compatible with their own,” Frommen says.“When it comes to communication, humans always focus on visual cues and acoustic cues because we are visual animals and acoustic animals,” Frommen adds. But smell is a crucial sense, too, though understudied in some species, and urine is a major provider of olfactory information. In recent years, he says, “people became more aware that we are focusing on a very limited area of communication, and more and more studies started thinking about smell.”

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You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Right now Dead By Daylight fans can participate in BeHaviour’s Blood Moon event. For April 2025, players can get over one million Bloodpoints in total by combining the event’s daily login rewards with BP from BeHaviour’s latest apology. While the Blood Moon event is a lot of fun, soon DBD players will be able to play as a new survivor. There are no official details as of writing, but BeHaviour has begun teasing the new Dead By Daylight survivor, meanwhile, an American Horror Story star has seemingly confirmed their involvement. New Dead By Daylight survivor The new Dead By Daylight survivor will come out at the beginning of May, but players on Steam will be able to experience the newcomer first in a PTB on April 15th. All we officially know about the character as of writing is that they are original, meaning they are not a crossover from another license. In addition, we know that they are a sole survivor, so they will not be accompanied by a map or anything else. This is as much as we know about the new survivor as of writing, but BeHaviour has uploaded a teaser on X. Image credit: @DeadbyDaylight on X The teaser is a recording, and BeHaviour has confirmed it is “not AI voice work”. The teaser seems to imply that we are getting a nurse, and many comments have pointed out that there’s a feeling of Grey’s Anatomy. While this is the only teaser shared by BeHaviour as of writing, it appears that the character could be voiced by American Horror Story’s Angelica Ross. As pointed out by Dvveet on X with a screenshot of proof, Angelica Ross liked an Instagram post from Dead By Daylight teasing the new survivor. Image credit: @Dveet on X This doesn’t confirm Angelica is involved, but it heavily suggests. From American Horror Story 1984, Angelica Ross is known for playing Donna Chambers, Nurse Rita, which could again lend credence to the belief we are getting a nurse. Even if Angelica Ross is involved, the new survivor is an original character. It’s possible the survivor could be inspired by Nurse Rita in American Horror Story, but it is not an official crossover. Make sure to keep an eye on DBD socials for more teasers ahead of the PTB on April 15th. For more Dead By Daylight content, check out our ranking of the top 10 DLC expansions to buy along with a ranking of the best killer perks and best survivor perks. Dead by Daylight Platform(s): Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X Genre(s): Action, Survival Horror 7 VideoGamer Related Topics Dead by Daylight Subscribe to our newsletters! By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime. Share

Justin didn’t stay long at the mammoth-size party pad. By the end of the year, he’d already moved onto a different spot, this time paying $59,000 a month for an unusually structured home in Beverly Hills known colloquially as the Salad Spinner House for its curved glass-and-steel framework. Originally designed by renowned architect Ed Niles (known for his industrial aesthetic), the mansion included six bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms, with a glass-enclosed courtyard and a seven-car garage. Justin ended up staying at the uniquely shaped dwelling for just two months, however; the circular walls of glass didn’t offer much privacy, and the singer moved out after running into issues with trespassing fans.Beverly Hills rentalIn early 2015, Justin shelled out $35,000 for his next rental property, a comparatively conservative five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 6,000-square-foot spot, also in Beverly Hills. Images of the home showed sleek stone floor-to-ceiling fireplaces, double-height hallways adorned with graffiti art, sleek dark wood floors, and a pool fed with an impressive fountain out back. There was also a home theater. The “Baby” singer stayed there for a little over a year before moving on once more, this time a little north to Toluca Lake.Toluca Lake estateBy early 2016, Justin and Hailey were spotted together on and off the red carpet, and though they both confirmed that there was something romantic between them—they denied that they were exclusively dating in separate interviews. Justin told GQ in an interview that Hailey was “someone I really love”; Hailey told E! News that the pair were dating but not exclusive. “Relationships at this age are already complicated, but I don’t really like to talk about it because it’s between me and him,” the model said at the time. Amid the romance rumors and his busy tour schedule, Justin snagged an $80,000-a-month rental in Toluca Lake, a ten-bedroom, 16-bathroom behemoth that measured 13,000 square feet. The residence also included a screening room, a separate guesthouse, and a pool, into which Bieber and his pals would reportedly cannonball from the estate’s roof.Free Hamptons rentalThat summer, Justin reportedly wanted to find a place to crash in the Hamptons, but the Sandcastle, a 26,500-square-foot megamansion he had his eye on, was unavailable. (Jay Z and Beyonce were previous renters of the impressive summer home.) With some creativity, however, the owner, housebuilder Joe Farrell, was able to find a viable solution for both the Biebs and himself (read: his 12-year-old daughter). Farrell gave Justin a different mansion of his—which typically rented for about $160,000 for half a month—for two weeks, completely free of charge. In exchange, Justin gifted Farrell and his daughter with a private concert at their home, as well as tickets to his concert in Hartford, Connecticut, later that year.London rentalJustin made his first foray into international real estate in late 2016, when he rented a $133,000-a-month mansion situated just northwest of London. The sprawling 1910 estate measured 27,000 square feet and was set on 2.5 acres, with 15 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, two kitchens, multiple dining and living areas, and a wine cellar. There was both an indoor and an outdoor pool, a five-car garage, tennis courts, and a courtyard and gardens. At the time, the Evening Standard reported that Bieber was planning on splitting his time between LA and London after “falling in love with the area” on a past visit, though it doesn’t appear this came to fruition. Justin was back Stateside several months later.Beverly Hills bachelor padAfter his brief stint in the UK, Justin found his way back to Beverly Hills in 2017 with a $55,000-a-month rental that boasted six bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms. The sleek bachelor pad measured 8,600 square feet, with clean lines, dark hardwood floors, recessed lighting, and large windows that opened completely for optimal indoor-outdoor flow. Notable features included a see-through fish tank set into the wall, a primary bathroom with a TV hanging across from the tub, and a pool that overflowed onto a second-level patio to create a moatlike waterway. Much of the pad’s exteriors were made up of cement and wood, making for a rather unique stone-like aesthetic.Ontario lakehouseFast-forward to 2018, after Justin and Hailey had broken up and then rekindled their romance at a church conference in Miami. (“The common denominator, I promise you, is always church,” Hailey told Vogue a year later of what brought them back together.) The pair got engaged in July and Justin dropped $5 million on a 101-acre property in his home province of Ontario, Canada, the following month. The lakeside residence features a 9,000-square-foot main house, with four bedrooms and six bathrooms, as well as a private gym, a game room, a movie theater, a two-story wine cellar, and three fireplaces. There is also private access to the nearby lake, as well as a private equestrian facility with a barn, stables, and a race track. The couple still own this estate, and this is where they spent much of the early part of the pandemic together, sharing TikTok dances with their fans.Toluca Lake rental mansionStateside, the couple rented a Spanish-contemporary-style home for $100,000 a month following their courthouse wedding in September 2018. At the time, the property was reportedly on the market for $8.5 million, but Justin negotiated a month-to-month lease, presumably because he and Hailey were only renting whilst searching for their dream home. The residence measured 7,000 square feet and included five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, with a professional recording studio, a gym, a chef’s kitchen, and a six-car garage. The house also had a private dock on Toluca Lake.Beverly Hills Colonial homeThe following spring, the newlyweds purchased their first LA home together, an $8.5 million 1930s Monterey colonial in Beverly Hills. The stunning brick house measured 6,132 square feet, with five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a sunken family room (featured frequently on both Justin and Hailey’s Instagram accounts), and a number of other chic amenities, including a wood-paneled library, a home theater, and an Art Deco–inspired wet bar and wine cellar outfitted with eye-catching Martinique print wallpaper. An infinity pool and a cabana out back made for a lush oasis. By fall, however, it appeared as though the singer was done with the home, posting images of the impressive pad on his Instagram in a seeming bid for buyers. “I think I wanna sell my home in Beverly Hills who wants it,” he captioned the post. In a later post, he said he was willing to sell the house with all the furniture in it. “MAKE AN OFFER,” he wrote. They later formally listed the home for $8.995 million in late 2020 and sold it at a loss for $7.995 million in early February 2021.Beverly Park primary residenceThe Biebers in Los Angeles in late 2023. Photo: Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

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Image: Zion Grassl / Nintendo LifeUK high street chain GAME is auctioning off a number of unusual items from its warehouse and head office in Basingstoke, which is closing down. Eurogamer has found a number of listings on NCM Auctions for items, ranging from standard warehouse units such as palette units, metal shelves, and fridges, and office furniture such as tables, chairs, and desks. But among the listings are a ship stand for TY Beanie Babies, a football table, a poster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and trading card holders. All of these are being sold as lots and are collection only. Both the warehouse and head office have been the headquarters of the company for over 20 years, and their closure is yet another blip in what seems to be the steady decline of the chain. GAME is owned by the Fraser Group, the same company that owns House of Fraser and Sports Direct, and in recent years, most GAME stores have been shuffled into Sports Direct as a concession. Last year, GAME ended its reward program, and reports circled that the store would also be ending physical sales of games and in-store pre-orders. Earlier this year, GAME was also called out for extortionate prices on Pokémon Trading Cards, which it later reduced. But the woes seem to continue for the retailer, which won't be offering in-store pre-orders for the Switch 2. Numerous changes at the company have resulted in lay-offs across the board in recent years, and we wish for the best for those working at the company. Let us know your thoughts on GAME in the comments below. You won't get one Most employees now under zero hour contracts [source bidonline.ncmauctions.co.uk, via eurogamer.net] Share:27 1 Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and while RPGs are her first love, Nintendo is a close second. She enjoys nothing more than overthinking battle strategies, characters, and stories. She also wishes she was a Sega air pirate. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment... Related Articles UK Switch 2 Fans, Don't Bother Going To GAME Stores For Your Pre-Order You won't get one Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes "Exclusivity kind of mitigates the sticker shock" Nintendo Shares Plummet In Wake Of Trump Tariff Action US pre-order postponement woes Nintendo Is (Kinda) Returning To Region-Locking With A Cheaper Japanese Switch 2 Priced 49,980 yen, which is around $333 USD Amazon UK's Switch 2 Pre-Orders Won't Be Invite-Only For Long Wrapping up soon

The business of moving goods in the United States is dominated by trucks, which handle about two-thirds of the 20.2 billion tons of freight that’s transported annually. Parallel Systems founder and CEO, Matt Soule, wants to change that by putting a modern autonomous and electric twist on the centuries-old railroad system.  The Los Angeles-based company is building battery-powered autonomous freight technology that works with existing freight cars and integrates with existing train control software. Soule’s pitch: Parallel’s system makes it less expensive for companies to use rail — not trucks — for short-distance deliveries. Rail has been traditionally underutilized because trains are typically powered by large and expensive locomotives that pull hundreds of freight cars at a time over long distances, Soule explained to TechCrunch. Businesses often turn to trucks for moving freight shorter distances.  Parallel Systems developed a system that allows train cars to attach and detach autonomously. This means companies can use Parallel’s tech for a variety of different delivery sizes and humans don’t have to manually connect and disconnect the cars — a dangerous process. Parallel’s tech also allows freight cars to brake significantly quicker than existing trains, Soule added. “We’re using a different physical architecture to accomplish truck competitive economics at small scale rather than big scale,” Soule said. “The vehicle itself is compatible with existing rail infrastructure. It is designed and being demonstrated to operate alongside traditional rail operations. We’re not proposing to replace existing freight trains with this.” Parallel’s tech fits on existing freight cars. Parallel recently was approved by the Federal Railroad Administration to start piloting the tech in Georgia. This program will allow the company to test its tech-enabled trains along a 160-mile stretch between the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Georgia, and multiple distribution sites in the state. Parallel also recently raised a $38 million Series B round co-led by Anthos Capital and Collaborative Fund with participation from Congruent Ventures and Riot Ventures, among others. This brings Parallel’s total funding to more than $100 million. The fresh capital will be put toward commercialization with the company hoping to host its initial commercial launch in 2026. Sophie Bakalar, a partner at Collaborative Fund, told TechCrunch that while Parallel doesn’t neatly fit into its consumer-leaning generalist thesis, the firm was intrigued by the company after getting introduced through an existing founder in their portfolio. While Collaborative Fund doesn’t invest in this area typically, shipping and the movement of goods does have a big impact on the consumer companies Collab is usually backing, said Bakalar, adding that it’s hard to pass up a good opportunity — even if it is off-thesis. “I think this team is really uniquely-positioned to solve this problem,” Bakalar said. “Just not many folks are going to be able to do it. I think it is a team that has a founder-product fit. It is a massive market and a massive challenge.” Soule doesn’t have a background in rail, specifically. However, he does have a history of working in regulated transportation. He spent 20 years in aerospace, 13 of which were at SpaceX. “We were constantly developing new technologies,” Soule said. “I worked in avionics, which is electronics and software that controls the rocket and got incredibly curious about how all these technologies could benefit other types of industries that have maybe not seen as much innovation.” He launched the company in 2020 and now, five years later, Parallel has built out the technology and is focused on commercialization. While getting companies to change their shipping and distribution strategies could be a large feat, demand for different solutions is there, Soule said. He added that that they have had interest from across the globe but plan to focus on the U.S. and Australia for now. This news also comes as the U.S. hangs in tariff limbo. If tariffs do end up going through, Bakalar predicts it could stir up more demand for companies like Parallel as companies will likely be looking to cut costs in any way. “This is like a generational innovation in terms of freight and you don’t see a lot of change in the freight industry,” Soule said. “But this is hitting on points that matter.”