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As I walked around New York City today, I spotted a poster advertising British soccer—the poster read, “Keep Calm and Pick a Side”—and I immediately had an epiphany about modern […]
Researchers have confirmed that Tamu Massif, located in the northern Pacific, is a single volcano rather than a composite of different eruption points. At 120,000 square miles in size, it's about as big as the entire state of New Mexico.
Carnegie Mellon researchers sent postcards to utility customers telling them their electricity usage was being observed for one month. Within that time period, consumption fell by an average of 2.7 percent.
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You’re not going to walk into these big offices with 2,000 people in the future.
Scientists at two universities have come up with a method of targeted drug delivery involving self-powered nanoparticles that are drawn by ionic energy released by the bone's minerals.
Newly published research involving data from European workers shows higher rates of job satisfaction among those in creative professions, due in part to having more autonomy in their schedules and types of work.
Combing software and an external device, a smartphone eye exam system called Peek could revolutionize the way that eye care is conducted in the developing world, given that the vast majority of visual impairments can be corrected.
Since our ancestors supposedly would rest on days after big hunts, where as many as 8,000 calories might be expended, athletes should be sure to rest after huge training days.
The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) recently met in Seattle to discuss their progress on designing a transportation system that would cost "about 3,000 times less" than a space shuttle trip.
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How donut sellers in New York City, the rock band Radiohead and the country of Indonesia make breakthroughs by giving trust away.
Prodigy Taylor Wilson decided to tackle the problem of nuclear fusion technology, which he says is stuck in the 1950s.
The selfie has emerged as one of the defining modes of self-expression of the smartphone era. Sometimes, it seems like half of all photos uploaded to Facebook or Instagram each […]
Isn't this the craziest, twistiest international borderline you've ever seen? Unless you've studied the hyper-enclaved border zone of Cooch Behar [1], between India and Bangladesh, it probably is. But why […]