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Kecia Lynn
Kecia Lynn has worked as a technical writer, editor, software developer, arts administrator, summer camp director, and television host. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she is currently living in Iowa City and working on her first novel.
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It's the closest star system found in almost a century, and will hopefully serve as "an excellent hunting ground for planets" and a possible destination for a future manned mission.
US Forest Service researcher David Nowak is heading up a project that calculates, among other things, the amount of carbon stored, the amount of particulates removed, and its effect on a city's heating and cooling costs.
Scientists are hoping that some of 3,000-plus possible exoplanets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission have moons that exist outside a circumplanetary "habitable edge."
Not quite yet...but a new study provides proof that global warming is extending the growing season in the upper Northern Hemisphere, making some areas greener than they have been in (literally) ages.
It could mean an end to rising energy costs caused in part by the almost-complete shutdown of the country's nuclear energy program. However, its effects on the environment are still unknown.
The 5 Point Cafe, located near the Space Needle as well as Amazon headquarters, may be the first business to bar the augmented reality device from its premises...and it probably won't be the only one.
A publishing CEO urged his industry peers to bring literary authors and software developers together to create something better than ebooks, which he said were "a boring format that just comes straight out of normal books."
Writer Mathew Ingram attempts to dissect a controversial New York Times blog post about the best ways to communicate with others outside of face-to-face conversations.
The days leading up to the start of the papal election process offer yet another demonstration of technology's power in bringing millions of people together.
By feeding test subjects' likes into a set of algorithms, Cambridge University researchers were able to deduce a surprisingly accurate amount of information about them. Privacy advocates say this should "ring alarm bells" for users.
Next month, a federal court will hear the case of one family whose request was granted, then overturned on the grounds that Germany's anti-homeschooling policy "does not constitute persecution."
The new version, which takes effect today, bans the import and sale of cosmetics containing animal-tested ingredients. Some critics say that certain tests require animals as subjects to ensure safety.
The decades-old social welfare model built for the country's elderly is showing its limitations as a growing number choose to relocate to nursing homes in Eastern European countries.
At one of the world's biggest religious festivals, a charity founded in 1946 brings separated people together. Their record is much better than India's at large.
Amra Babic, a trained economist, is challenging assumptions of Islam both in her native country and across a continent that struggles with accommodating diverse expressions of faith.
A new global warming study uses data going back to the end of the last ice age to demonstrate that the world is warmer now than at almost any other time since.
Aromatherapists rejoice: There's now hard evidence showing that being exposed to the scent of nature -- specifically trees and plants -- is almost as good for the body as being outside.
As more institutions take advantage of improved tracking methods, all kinds of unusual information is being sold to data brokers, and there's still not a whole lot you can do about it.
Solar-powered calculators have been around for decades, but scientists have yet to come up with a smartphone equivalent. However, one company is working on a solar cell that could extend existing battery life.
German researchers put Android phones in the freezer for an hour in an attempt to get around their encryption systems and access sensitive data. It worked.