The End is Nigh: Kansas Apocalypse-Proof Condos Sell Out

If pop culture and apocalyptic fiction has told us anything, it’s that the world won’t end in a whimper, but instead in a teeth-nashing, brain-eating nightmare. Luckily Larry Hall, a condo developer out of Denver is prepared. Below a field in Concordia, Kan., Hall has retrofitted a Cold War-era missile silo into a post-apocalypse safe house....  read more

U.S. Cities Change Names to Attract Google Fiber

Google Fiber. No, it’s not the name of a new breakfast cereal aimed at senior citizens. The ultra-fast Internet option—promised to offer speeds up to one gigabit a second—is stirring up quite a bit of attention in cities across the U.S. vying to be its test market. And they’re not afraid to go to rather extreme measures to gain Google’s attention....  read more