Japan’s award-winning crab gadget saves you from soggy noodles
This new kitchen helper has claws, a growling stomach, and some serious charm. When you come home tired from work with no desire to cook or eat out, what do…
7-Eleven showcases its newest robots for cleaning, stocking, and customer service
Can going robotic ease convenience stores’ profitability blues? With Japanese convenience stores reaching critical mass in terms of expansion and available labor, all while in an environment of constantly rising…
Pizza Hut Japan’s one-handed matcha dessert pizza is a hot mess (we mean that as a compliment)
Pizza Hut Japan and a 165-year-old Kyoto tea company have us feeling sticky but happy. We call the phenomenon of cultures mixing together a melting pot, but today we’re seeing…
NHL to reinstate players acquitted in Hockey Canada trial, make them eligible for games Dec. 1: Source
Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote are now officially unrestricted free agents.
John Kelly hired as L.A. Kings’ lead TV voice, with Jim Fox to share analyst duties
Kelly joins Los Angeles after a long run with the St. Louis Blues.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo subway line to promote his newest album
The train line has nothing special to plug at the moment though. Back in my day, when musicians had a new album coming out, they’d go on tour and play…
Against the Ornamental Backdrops of Claire Rosen’s Photos, Birds Strut Their Stuff
Our human impulse to categorize and collect is a central theme of a robust body of work by Claire Rosen. For more than a decade, Rosen has sought out chattering…
A new era of star player movement? Plus: Fun with re-drafting
Good morning to everyone except the inventor of blackouts.
The curious case of the 7-month-old milk that tasted fine and didn’t make anyone sick
No one’s crying over expired milk this time. Organizing, preparing, and managing school lunches is serious business. With hundreds of children’s health and safety on the line, schools are under…
Canadian PM Mark Carney jokes about ‘crisis’ around Connor McDavid extension
The prime minister pleaded for the superstar to stay with the Oilers "so we can bring that Cup back to Canada."