These Young Stars Will Eventually Rip Apart Their Mother Nebula, Astronomers...
Massive young stars that will eventually destroy their own stellar nursery shine brightly in a dazzling new photo. Cosmic gas cloud Gum 15, which lies 3,000 light-years from Earth, is busily giving...
View ArticleShould You REALLY Post That Selfie?
Selfies: They're on our Instagrams, they're in our vernacular, and -- let's face it -- we probably have a bunch of them saved on our phones. However, this satirical sketch from CollegeHumor brings some...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Fights GOP On School Lunch Rules
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First ladies typically avoid getting into public scraps, but Michelle Obama has jumped into perhaps her biggest battle yet. She's fighting a House Republican effort to soften a...
View ArticleNonprofits Help People Facing Death Create Videos Documenting Memories, Goodbyes
SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Carolyn Ngbokoli doesn't remember the sound of her mother's voice. She was just 19 when her mom died, and no recordings were left. Now Ngbokoli, 37, faces the possibility of her...
View ArticleFacebook, It's Time We Talk Divorce
So Facebook wants to measure our moods now. In a lot of ways, that juicy tidbit of information shouldn't surprise anyone, not with Facebook's track record. Let's take a look. We already know Facebook...
View ArticleFacebook Deletes Photos Of Dead Exotic Animals From Texas Cheerleader's Account
DALLAS (AP) — Facebook has deleted some big game trophy photos posted by a Texas Tech cheerleader, saying they violated its standards. However, 19-year-old Kendall Jones later shared a Fox News Channel...
View ArticleNSA's Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed that ordinary Internet users,...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Tiny Home Is In A Dumpster (PHOTOS)
Tiny homes in shipping containers are so last year. For the past several months, Huston-Tillotson University's environmental science professor Jeff Wilson has been living small in a dumpster. The...
View ArticleTSA Requiring Some Overseas Airports To Power On Passengers' Electronics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights will be required to power on their electronic devices in order to board their flights, the Transportation Security...
View ArticleWhy Senior Citizens Could Be The Next Frontier For Tech Companies
As tech companies focus on becoming faster, hipper and younger with their designs, they could be missing out on huge opportunities with a growing demographic -- senior citizens. In a recent HuffPost...
View ArticleHow To Remove Your House From Google Street View
Stars like Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page are asking Google to blur out their houses on Street View, but that's not a feature exclusive to celebrities. You can do it, too. Celebrities -- they're just...
View ArticleWorld's First 'Dictionary' Of Chimp Gestures Created By Scientists In Scotland
Our closest living relatives are pretty darn smart. Chimpanzees have complex social lives, and research has shown that they use tools and can even beat us at video games. And though they can't speak,...
View ArticleWhy Facebook Should Follow Ethical Standards -- LIke Everybody Else
On July 2, 2014, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, defended the company's recent controversial experiment, which manipulated users' newsfeeds to change their moods. But in so doing,...
View ArticleTips on How to Get the Most Out of User Testing Mobile Games on Kids
Tips on how to get the most out of user testing mobile games on kids An exciting phase in the creation of mobile games for kids arrives when the game is finally finished to a point where it's ready to...
View ArticleThe Complete Guide to Using Social Media for Customer Service
Ready to do something really groundbreaking and revolutionary in social media marketing? I've got just the thing: customer service. We talk a lot at Buffer about customer happiness, and it's because we...
View ArticleEurope's Brain Project Comes Under Fire From Neuroscientists
BRUSSELS (AP) — Dozens of neuroscientists are protesting Europe's $1.6 billion attempt to recreate the functioning of the human brain on supercomputers, fearing it will waste vast amounts of money and...
View ArticleSmarty Pants: Sensor-Laden Fabrics Shape Future Apparel
Smart fabrics are coming en masse, using the human body as a canvas for creativity and technological ingenuity. For many, our first memories of smart clothing was the Hypercolor t-shirt, the 1991's...
View ArticleKids Are Given Game Boys, Feel Instant Sadness
Ah, Game Boys. Forget your 3DS and your iPad mini: there was a day when these handheld hunks of 8-bit glory owned the playground. But as seen above in YouTube producers The Fine Brothers' latest...
View ArticleMicro Kitchen Concept for Small Urban Dwellings
A new prototype by GE Monogram, unveiled at Dwell on Design 2014, rethinks appliance design for the small-space era. See the micro kitchen concept, plus other appliances designed for the compact...
View ArticleBillionaire Google CEO: You Should Be Grateful For That Part-Time Job
The man who made billions at his full-time job running Google thinks you should stop worrying so much about losing your own full-time job to the robots that his company is building. Google CEO Larry...
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