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A study investigating the presence of potentially harmful chemicals in the lake has added a new one to its list: sucralose, known commercially as Splenda.
A new report claims that due to climate change, crops from the banana family may end up replacing potatoes as a major food source.
A recent report shows that, while French is still hanging on in Quebec, it’s slipping in the rest of the provinces as more immigrants from Asia enter the country and choose English as their second language.
A FinderCodes kit contains “smart tags” that, when scanned, put the finder in touch with the owner.
A new online platform encourages Ukrainians to report election violations at a time when corruption has pushed back some of the gains made towards democracy.
Surrounding yourself with, and adhering closely to, those who share your opinions leads to difficulty in coherently analyzing today’s political problems. A new study says this is true regardless of your network’s perceived levels of political sophistication.
A recent study of 80,000 Britons showed a correlation between happiness and the number of servings of vegetables they ate.
People in Italy, Spain, and other economically struggling countries are flooding German-language classrooms in hopes of securing better-paying work.
Protests against the building of France’s first Mormon place of worship reveals unease about the decline of Catholicism and the (slight) rise of Christian evangelism.
After dropping a defamation case against a local cartoonist, President Jacob Zuma is proposing the creation of a media appeals tribunal to help ensure press freedom. Industry experts say self-regulation would be better.
The tablet revolution, by making it possible to place advertisements within digital e-books, is about to change the publishing world forever. Imagine commuting to work while reading The Great Gatsby on your […]
Last week the rocket broke apart in Earth’s orbit, creating a cloud of debris that has observers concerned about its possible impact on other spacecraft in the area.
In what may be a next step for democracy, a citizen can now propose a new law online, and if enough of their fellow citizens support it, the government has to vote on it.
Years ago, when I was a young reporter working for a New England newspaper, I was told, more than once, that our city editor had “the personality of a door […]
The cap, which can be worn with or without a helmet, provides LED readouts in green, yellow or red to indicate the seriousness of a hit.
Writer Tony Naylor comments on the increased use of technology in UK restaurants, focusing on wine lists that come to the table on an iPad.
The US military has successfully tested a missile that uses microwaves to target a building’s computers and electrical systems.
A new survey confirms it: Games are the most used apps on mobile devices. For tablets in particular, games and other types of entertainment take up nearly four-fifths of total usage.
Google’s wearable Trekker device will allow its team of explorers to take 360-degree pictures of areas that aren’t reachable by vehicle.
MeetMe’s new Photoboard feature will be tested in more than 500 bars across the US. Users who are within a quarter-mile of a bar can have their picture uploaded in a matter of seconds.
Dutch engineers are working on several ways to modernize Europe’s highways, including lanes that change color in bad weather and charge electric cars while they’re in motion.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning a pilot study of cancer risks near six nuclear power plants, out of suspicions about the dangers of uranium even when the plants are operating normally.
NASA’s new X-ray telescope chanced upon a rare flare-up taking place in the center of the galaxy, home of the Sagittarius A black hole.
A new report documents, for the first time, the public health impact of industrial pollutants on local populations in developing countries.
Songkick, a music promotion site, has added a feature that follows the Kickstarter model to let fans book a tour.
An engineer has created plastics that contain a network of liquid-filled channels. When the plastic cracks, the liquid fills the gap and solidifies, repairing the damage.
So here’s an article (really blog) from the interesting journal The American Conservative. The AC has two themes: America ought to be a republic, and not an empire. And America […]
A Swedish startup launched a Kickstarter project today to raise money to help bring its “lapel-camera” to market by early next year.
A new report out from the Pew Research Center says that people under the age of 30 are more likely to read and are more likely to use their public library.