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Snooki's Facebook Fans Were More Likely to Say They Voted Than Mitt Romney's
Those who "liked" the Republican candidate were not enthusiastic voters. Facebook On Election Day earlier this month, Facebook promoted to its users a little button that people could click to announce...
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You Are Most Likely to Die at 11 a.m.
Why? Because when technology steps aside, nature takes over. Shutterstock/Allies Interactive Services Pvt. Ltd. Particularly when you're older, you are 14 percent more likely to die on your birthday...
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The Bat Tower: The 30-Foot Monument to Biological Pest Control and...
"All the conveniences any little bat heart could possibly desire" Venue Perky's Bat Tower stands at the end of an unmarked dirt road on Sugarloaf Key as a striking, albeit unsuccessful, monument to...
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The Mannequins Will Be Watching You
For reasons that are not exactly rational, cameras mounted on a wall just seem orders of magnitude less creepy than those inside the eyes of mannequins. andrea michele piacquadio/Shutterstock This...
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When Digital Watermarks Go Wrong
Freedom FOREVER. Stamps, like so many products that live digital lives, are susceptible to thievery. An unscrupulous yet correspondence-happy individual could ostensibly take an image of a postage...
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The Next Niche Market for Solar? Drones. Yes, Drones.
Very high efficiency, rugged solar panels could find their first markets outside the green demographics. The idea that solar is a nice, soft technology that only liberals could love reaches back into...
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U.S. Government Hacked Into French Presidential Office, Spied on Senior...
According to the French magazine l'Express, American officials gained almost unlimited access to computers of senior officials in the final days of the Sarkozy administration. AP Using the...
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The Perfect Thanksgiving Music, Sung by One Human ... and 300 Turkeys
"The trick to the process is riding the shared musical energy without aggravating the turkeys." President Obama relieves a turkey of the burdens of the criminal justice system into which it was so...
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Americans' Great Move South, as Reflected in Their Energy Needs
Used to be, a big chunk of the American population, more than 40 percent, lived in cold places. Not Montana or Minnesota or Maine cold, but Detroit, Pittsburgh and Cleveland cold. The great industrial...
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'This Is High Tech for Worms'
A visit to the award-winning Sonoma Valley Worm Farm Venue According to Jack Chambers, proprietor of the Sonoma Valley Worm Farm and a former Delta Air Lines pilot, when he got in the cockpit of a 747,...
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Discovered: A Bridge Between Galaxy Clusters
The ESA's Planck observatory finds a connection between Abell 399 and Abell 401. Two galaxy clusters, Abell 399 (lower center) and Abell 401 (top left), are connected by a bridge of hot gas....
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The Onion's Pitch-Perfect Parody of Social Media 'Gurus'
"Using your brains to think of an idea and your skills to implement it? That's the old model." The Onion is not the first to take a dim view of social-media marketing, but it is the funniest. In the...
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How the Only American in Space Will Celebrate Thanksgiving
On the one hand, he's got sad dehydrated stuffing. On the other hand, he's got his two best cosmonaut pals. Also, he's in space! Thanksgiving in space certainly loses some of its charms: Your meal...
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5 Charts About Climate Change That Should Have You Very, Very Worried
Two new reports highlight the alarming consequences of staying our current course. AP MORE FROM QUARTZ In China, Bridget Jones Is a Man and He's Big Business European Budget Talks Collapse After Barely...
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Welcome to Stiltsville, a Curious Collection of 7 Houses a Mile Off the...
The pastel buildings seem to hover above the greenish water; from a distance, they even appear to be boats. Venue Biscayne Bay is home to the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, the Port of Miami (from...
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The Giant Underground Machinery That Runs San Francisco's Famous Cable Cars
Every day and night, beneath the streets of San Francisco, huge wheels turn, pulling cable cars to their far-flung destinations and back again. Venue Every day and night, beneath the streets of San...
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The Lamp That Tells You the Weather by Recreating It
A concept light fixture called Nebula 12 will make clouds to match a stormy weather forecast. You wake up in the morning and check your phone for the day's weather. What if instead you turned on a lamp...
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Apple Patents Letters (JK JK)
The Washington Post's charming book critic goes after Apple for its aggressive patenting. I've been a fan of The Washington Post's book critic Ron Charles' "Totally Hip Book Reviewer" video series ever...
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What Happens When You Mash Up Instagram and Google Street View?
Google's Street View has become the canonical view of many places on Earth. Anyone with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world, can dial up a visual for billions of addresses. The Street View is...
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What Happens When You Mash Up Instagram and Google Street View?
Google's Street View has become the canonical view of many places on Earth. Anyone with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world, can dial up a visual for billions of addresses. The Street View is...
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