By Colin Blake
San Francisco is getting taller. In fact, if the city's 15-tallest buildings were laid end-to-end, they would be over 300-feet taller than the Golden Gate Bridge is long. This growth spurt...
Steve Alcairo, general manager at High Bridge Arms checks the sights of his personal rifle during downtime. Photo by Ryan McNulty
By Colin Blake
[dropcap size="50px"]I[/dropcap]n 1971, Harry Callahan,...
By Colin Blake
Come Nov. 3 San Francisco voters will have the option to approve Proposition E, which aims to bring more participation to the political process by live streaming all public government...
Boosted boards are modeled on the floor of Black Diamond Sports in Palo Alto. (Colin Blake/ Xpress)
By Colin Blake
A skateboard is a very analog form of mobility in that the rider is responsible...
By Colin Blake
When the last Altoid is consumed, the container is often tossed as soon as possible. However, even though the tin material is not resilient like steel, or as rigid...
Featured Image: USGS
Following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, Nepal's infrastructure, once erect to serve its people, now lay atop those very people, ultimately killing thousands. The capital,...
Featured Image: NASA comparison between California in 2013 (left) and 2014 (right).
There are 38.8 million people in the state of California. Collectively, they use four trillion gallons of...
Photos by David Henry
A gun is fired once the trigger is pulled, causing the hammer to hit the firing pin, which strikes the primer that ignites the smokeless powder, thus twisting the bullet...
Featured Image: National Galleries of Scotland's Sandro Botticelli: Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (ca. 1490)
A collection of rare renaissance art, on loan from the National Galleries of...
Falcon 9 carrying DSCOVR, Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
After two delays caused by weather, SpaceX launched the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite...
Photo courtesy of RMAuctions
An exceedingly rare 1939 Alfa Romeo 6c2500, a gift from Benito Mussolini to his mistress Clara Petacci, just sold for $3 million at an RM Auctions event in Paris.
The...
