Last fall, I talked to Susan Orlean about some of her favorite clothing designers for Secret Strategist and saw that she had ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

It's an underrated utility for programmers ...

That bright red storefront on Milwaukee Avenue grabs your attention from way down the block. Village Discount Outlet has been serving Chicago shoppers for many years. This place isn’t some tiny corner ...

The beverage container redemption center, which employs and serves canners, is at capacity. Its expansion is prompted in part by a new state law. Oregon typically has the highest redemption rate of ...

There are many module level containers with constants. By replacing the mutable containers with immutable variants (e.g. replace a set with a frozenset or a list with a tuple) we improve performance ...

The Hingham Transfer Station is proud to announce a new recycling opportunity for residents. High-density polyethylene (HDPE #2) plastic containers can now be recycled in the bin pictured below. The ...

Abstract: In the Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) tool, there are factors that affect the accuracy of the sensor, namely environmental and human factors, both from the environment, namely air and light ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Days after tens of thousands of longshoremen along the East and Gulf Coasts walked out, their union and their bosses reached a tentative agreement on wages. By Peter Eavis Hours after a longshoremen’s ...

Harold J. Daggett is seeking big raises for longshoremen on the East and Gulf Coasts who have fallen behind workers on the West Coast. By Peter Eavis Nearly two decades ago, Harold J. Daggett was ...