First launched on October 9 and ending later today, this experiment in variable pricing for e-book bundles has made $1.1 million for authors, charities, and the creators of the idea.
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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an annual competition created by Scott E. Rice, Professor of English at San Jose State University, in which participants are invited “to compose the opening […]
A new report from the World Resources Institute says that at least 1,199 coal plants are being planned worldwide, with a growing number of them proposed for developing countries.
The facts aren’t in, but here’s what we know: The internationally renowned athlete, Oscar Pistorius, was part of a violent shooting at his home, resulting in the death of his […]
Yes, you get a Christmas post! Atheists don’t take the day off just because people think a mythological savior-god was born on this date thousands of years ago. So my […]
Writer Victoria Bassetti discusses how a 2008 study measuring testosterone levels in voters may provide a means towards making the process simpler and easier.
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.
In this two-part piece, we will examine the portrayal of villains in creative mediums, like novels and comics, and why they are severely lacking; I will also argue why it’s […]
The travel site has released Neighborhoods, a search feature that gives tourists details on specific areas in the cities they’re visiting.
There are 17 days left to submit an entry to the White House’s Health Design Challenge, in which designers are invited to change the current unwieldy, text-heavy electronic medical record format.
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.
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.
In its annual World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency forecasts that the US will lead the world in oil production starting around 2017, a shift with far-reaching domestic and international implications.
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.
I will do my level best not to turn this site into a constant stream of book promos and the like in my transparent attempt to sell copies – I’ll […]
Web site HeTexted takes the whole agony over a potential suitor’s mixed messages to a new, crowd-sourced level.
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.
Currently American football is the nation’s 20th favorite sport, below sailing and Formula 1. The league hopes to bring it into the top 10 via several different approaches.
A study published today describes how scientists were able to power a transmitter using the electrochemical potential found in a guinea pig’s cochlea.
A new report from some of Britain’s leading institutions warns of the implications involved in a “superhuman” workplace where productivity enhancements are encouraged…or required.
By taking advantage of existing clips stored on a DVR, it lets users design entirely new videos featuring a particular character or plot line.
The controversial tax, which increased prices for high-fat foods by as much as 9 percent, was introduced a year ago in an attempt to address the country’s growing obesity problem.
By a vote of 131 to 2, the country’s Congress passed a law giving 16- and 17-year-olds the option to participate in elections starting next year.
Preliminary results from a study done at a UK primary school with two humanoid robots show that these children respond better to the robots than to adults or to other children.
Georgia Tech spinoff company TechJect has created an unmanned aerial vehicle that, in size, appearance and actions, resembles a dragonfly. Applications for its use range from gaming to military intelligence.
The electric gearshift works by receiving signals from a smartphone app, allowing it to calculate the best gear to use in a given location.
NowThis News, an iOS app created by two former Huffington Post executives, brings the news to mobile users in segments lasting a minute or less.
“Browsers,” a musical comedy that was originally developed at CBS, isn’t the first series to arrive at the company, but it would be the first to move into actual production.
Technology created by PredictGaze uses a combination of gaze detection and gesture and facial recognition to enable completely touch-free control.
One of the biggest misconceptions about post-rational behavioral research is that its effects on society are small. From the news you get the impression “behavioral economics” is all about changing […]