Want to make yourself more attractive women? Buy a guitar! According to a new study reported by British news outlet The Daily Mail last week, 90% of surveyed women thought that guitars made men instantly more attractive; 25% of women have dated someone solely because they can play the guitar; and one in 10 women […]
Read MoreCyborg cockroaches who save lives might seem like the premise of a new cartoon series — or maybe a horror film — but they’re actually the latest innovation in search and rescue technology.North Carolina State University researchers have outfitted the normal sensory apparatuses of “roboroaches” with microphones, allowing them to seek out the source of […]
Read MoreA feud-turned-legal-battle between a carpet cleaning company and one business review site have gotten some of the internet’s biggest players — Google, Facebook, and Twitter — up in arms over the nature of anonymity on the internet and the role that the First Amendment plays in it. According to NBC, an Alexandria, VA carpet cleaning […]
Read MoreFor the better part of the past decade, Americans have given their consumer loyalty to the cheapest bidder, regardless of the product or service in question. The furniture industry has been no exception; foreign manufacturers that are primarily known for their cheap products have somehow gained traction in the American economy (lookin’ at you, IKEA). […]
Read MoreThose who are interested in buying their own ghost town have one name to cross off their lists: the Johnsonville village in East Haddam, CT, has sold in an online auction for $1.9 million. The identity of the buyer has not been revealed, and neither have any plans for the 62-acre property. All that’s known […]
Read MoreUnbelievably, it’s happened again. For the second year in a row, someone has sunk a hole-in-one and claimed the $25,000 National Car Rental Hole-In-One Challenge Grand Prize.Michael Asbell, PGA Assistant Professional at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Indiana, used his 3-iron to ace the par-3 17th on the Wanamaker Course at PGA Golf Club during […]
Read MoreIn the wake of the Affordable Care Act (i.e., ACA, or “Obamacare”) fiasco, the current Ebola scare, and the recent midterm elections, it has been nearly impossible to separate politics and healthcare into two different categories. As election results rolled in on November 4 and it became clear that the GOP would regain control of […]
Read MoreFor many years, it was thought that people in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease could do nothing but wait for the disorder’s inevitable progression. But that perspective is being challenged by the results of researchers who are using physical therapy to treat some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s. “There has really been a big […]
Read MoreOpen enrollment for Medicare has begun, and participants have until Dec. 7 to make changes if they’re already enrolled in the program. Yet many seniors don’t realize that they should use this time to look at their existing plan and explore their options.Part of the confusion, say experts, stems from the many different choices that […]
Read MoreSpeculation is growing in the search engine optimization industry that mobile capability may soon become a factor in Google’s ranking algorithms. The newest piece of evidence that mobile user experience (“mobile UX,” in industry jargon) will soon carry more weight came Oct. 29, when Google added mobile UX tracking to Google Webmaster Tools. “The new […]
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