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“I don’t know if you’ve ever walked a pit bull. You owe it to your life to walk a pit bull down the street, I’m telling you. It’s like a gun you can pet, it’s the only way to describe it, it’s awesome.” Comedian Bill Burr.
Read More »Untangling The Incredibly Complicated, Puzzling World Of Online Privacy
Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill yesterday that takes direct aim at online privacy.
Read More »Why Nice Girls Finish Last
Feel invisible or taken advantage of? Author Lois Frankel offers indispensable strategies and tactics for how women can become happier and more successful in the workplace and in life.
Read More »Why "Brain Gyms" May Be The Next Big Business
Four years ago, investors gingerly handed over seed money to Lumosity, a startup creating brain games. Today they're happily tossing the same company $32 million
Read More »Video: Life expectancy of U.S. women dropping
A study tracking deaths from 1997 to 2007 by researchers at the University of Washington revealed that in one quarter of the U.S., the life expectancy for women is dropping. Kelly Cobiella takes a look at why.
Read More »The Potential Downsides Of Google’s New Faster-Than-Instant Results
When Google revealed its " instant " search preview powers last year, CEO Eric Schmidt was unequivocal about Google's aim--to try to get its search systems so honed that they'd get faster and faster, and ultimately may even know what you're searching for before you know you need it. Today it revealed Google Instant Pages, and while it's not quite to the point of tapping your brainwaves to predict your needs, it is pretty smart. Essentially, it's a booster to Google Instant that starts pre-loading the pages from search results before you even click on the link for the site you want
Read More »Peeling Out Sessions: MIT’s Robotic Co-Drivers Can Save Your Skin In Emergencies
Before we get self-driving cars and road-trains, MIT researchers think emergency co-drivers that only take control in dangerous situations are the near-future for robot driving. At least while we still have fallible human drivers driving around like maniacs. MIT's whiz kids have been busying themselves with a tricky problem--how to build a semi-smart car that could take control when the situation ahead of a human driver looks to dangerous to be left to our weak biological instincts
Read More »Apple Throws Digital Publishers A Subscriptions Bone (But Is It Tasty?)
In a move that'll help some digital magazine publishers and possibly streaming content providers, Apple has adjusted the terms and conditions for its subscriptions service. But how much help will it provide the struggling industry
Read More »"SimCity" Creator: Players Process "Grand Theft Auto" And "Sims" The Same Way
Creator of one of the best-selling video game franchises in history, Will Wright, rebuts criticisms of violent video games and gives optimism for educational entertainment. One of the best-selling video game franchises in history isn't about killing hookers, decapitating ninjas, or nuking aliens--it's about raising families and leading prosperous cities. Will Wright , creator of SimCity, the seminal city planning simulator, and the life-journey spinoff, The Sims, tells Fast Company that video game critics, especially critics of violent video games, have overlooked that there's little difference between the success of Grand Theft Auto and The Sims--and, why this fact should make educators optimistic for the future of deeply educational video games
Read More »Simply Brilliant Science: Creating Healthier Eggs for a Healthier You
When Omega Eggs (eggs containing Omega fatty acids) first appeared on the mass market in the early 2000s I had this bizarre image in my head of a semi-crazed scientist extracting the yolk with a giant syringe, swirling it about in a beaker with a neon blue solution to extract the bad fat, injecting it with Omega fatty acids and then placing it carefully back inside the eggshell.
Read More »Speed Dating and Decision-Making: Why Less Is More
As a psychologist, I have always found the concept of speed dating fascinating. In fact, some years ago, I decided to try it myself.
Read More »Video: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 1928-2011
Dr. Jack Kervorkian died at a hospital in Michigan at the age of 83.
Read More »Aegean Sea – Turkey|Marmaris: Last minute offer !
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Read More »Marmaris: Last minute discount !
Don`t miss this perfect opportunity, big discount.. Sailing at the turqoise coasts of Marmaris in Turkey is one of the “must do’s” in this life and we promise that you’ll want to repeat your journey for years to come there after period.
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