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.
On Tuesday a judge will decide whether to authorize yet another round of evictions from a forest north of Nantes that is home to a growing number of international squatters protesting plans for a proposed airport.
Cities and towns across Britain are raising much-needed cash by offering landmark public sculptures, paintings, and other art to the highest bidder. Opponents say the value of art to a community goes far beyond money.
The government has been taking several steps to mitigate the pressure put on its students, including a recent decision to stop releasing the names of top performers to the media, which publicizes them widely.
Currently the Eiffel Tower and businesses with neon signs turn their lights off after 1:00 am. Now a new proposal aims to save even more energy by requiring all French shops and public buildings nationwide to follow the same rule.
China’s RT-Mart is beating out its Western rivals in the hypermarket industry by giving their stores features that are familiar to customers who normally get their groceries off the street.
Government recommendations to require data recorders in all new light cars and trucks starting in 2014 ignore the fact that they’ve already been in many cars for years, often without drivers’ knowledge.
A study of over 1,000 senior citizens found that higher levels of resilience and lower levels of depression were most associated with those who considered themselves to have “successfully aged.”
Researchers compared art from three time periods and found that modern artists got — and are still getting — animal gaits wrong far more often than expected.
Preliminary research shows that family dynamics — specifically, the levels of conversation — play a role in which methods of online communication are used for keeping in touch.
As more companies attempt to create custom services based on car data, a California-based business is using both data and driver behavior to set its rates.
Building video into ATMs enables customers to interact with tellers if they need assistance during a transaction. It also lets banks reserve the branch offices for more in-depth customer questions or issues.
The Stick-N-Find app works with specially-made stickers that can be affixed onto keys, pets’ collars, and other items. With 39 days to go, its Indiegogo campaign has made almost double its goal.
Wake Forest University engineers discovered that adding carbon nanotubes to a special kind of polymer causes it to give off a comfortable white light when electricity is run through it.
Just like fingerprints, the pattern of veins in the eyes is unique to each individual. New software takes pictures of those patterns and uses them for authentication.
Forget about those coated costume contact lenses: Scientists in Belgium have created a lens with a curved, flexible LCD display.
Researchers at the Berkeley Seismic Laboratory are helping to develop a seismometer app that will provide detailed information on who felt what and where.
They are blamed for or suspected in the unexplained failure of electronic devices ranging from coffee makers to commercial satellites. A student recently received a major award for figuring out why they develop.
Named for their size and bright color, these objects allow astronomers a new look into the lifespans of galaxies and the black holes at their centers.
A new report indicates that more than 75 percent of savannah normally used by lions has been lost over the last 50 years due to increased human land development.
The 35-year-old spacecraft is currently traveling through a previously undiscovered zone between the heliosphere and interstellar space.
When it comes to bandwidth, sharing can be good: Anyone within 100 feet of a person’s Karma wireless modem is offered 100 Mb of free bandwidth. If they accept, the modem owner gets an extra 100 Mb as well.
Just published last week, Verizon’s patent application enables TVs with specially-outfitted cameras and microphones to detect what’s happening in a room — such as arguing or talking on the phone — and display appropriate advertising.
Inspired by the 1960s TV show Mission: Impossible, the founders of Wickr say that their app helps put users, not companies or governments, in control of their communication.
As government budgets continue to tighten, several Web sites are enabling citizens to contribute funds towards building, repairing, and/or maintaining public spaces.
A videoconference scheduled for tomorrow will bring together 6,000 people from opposite sides of a 40-year-old conflict in the hope that they can begin the hard work of peace.
On the one hand, some smokers say the new labeling — complete with gruesome images — is the “final push” they need to stop. On the other hand, the illicit tobacco market is expected to grow.
Despite the fact that the label has been on restaurant menus for years, the authentic version never left Japan until this year. The US is the third country to receive shipments.
Legalizing the buying and selling of homes between residents and foreigners with “permanent” residence status has created a massive real estate boom in Cuba’s capital.
A government-commissioned 152-page brochure gives school educators some much-needed guidelines, but it also discusses alternative lifestyles to a detail that some groups say is unacceptable.
London’s Pearson College, open since September, is the first institution of its kind to develop within a large, diversified, and distinguished corporation.