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E la Carte has made its Presto tablet better able to withstand heavy usage, and included nifty features like an LED light that changes color according to table status.
As lawyers say, exceptional cases make bad law. The director of the CIA having an affair in which, at best, he lacked the wherewithal to keep the secret secret (isn’t […]
Looking at the electoral college map, it’s easy to imagine that the U.S. is a sharply divided country. The northeastern and western coastal states are all blue, while a broad […]
Last week, voters in Los Angeles County passed a referendum requiring male actors in adult films to wear condoms in scenes depicting vaginal or anal intercourse. Measure B was an […]
There is a hole in higher education and it might not be where you expect. This hole in the system is causing substantial problems for our country, including for taxpayers […]
You know the old Facebook line: relationships are complicated. Paul C. Brunson, the Modern Day Matchmaker, knows that better than anyone else. And his new book, IT'S COMPLICATED (BUT IT […]
Launched yesterday, the Netpage app lets users save and share content directly from magazine pages to their online networks. Their first partner: 80-year-old Esquire.
Mind Lab is an awesomely mind-bending little project created by Japan's Science and Technology Agency. It consists of four fully interactive classes of about fifteen minutes each on the workings of […]
Fake profiles, fake pages, fake likes: All of them create problems for the world's largest social network, which bases its credibility on the ability to gather together real people and data.
I've written some overarching thoughts about last week's presidential election, but I wanted to dwell on one of its more fascinating aspects: the extent to which the Republican party was […]
It's been fashionable for a long time now to deny all evidence for human uniqueness, for the singular greatness of members of our species. So it's refreshing to read Michael […]
Friends, a new world is waiting for all of us. It is a world without want, where every need is satisfied by boundless resources. It is a world of friendship, […]
The move coincides with the recent arrest of a gang of youths suspected of being behind a wave of attacks on homeless men in the city.
How long will it take for computers to exhibit human-level intelligence? Experts wildly disagree, and the most exciting scientific race of the 21st century is underway.
Why do women find it so hard to resist ruthless, deceitful narcissists?
To fulfill the need for labor in its growing oil industry, the country is actively searching for workers from English-speaking countries, putting special focus on the US.
Your task, Neil de Grasse Tyson says, is to find opportunities that allow you to express your unique talents in ways that society will value and reward.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson says "the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves."