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December 17, 2014
It's Not Just For Your Brain: Meditating Can Actually Change Your DNA
The benefits of mindfulness meditation just keep piling up.
Meditation is good for you. We don't need to tell you that. The chorus of voices extolling the virtues of mindfulness is never-ending: It decreases stress. It helps you focus. It can even rewire your mental circuitry. But it's not just your synapses that see the benefits: As it turns out, meditating can physically change your DNA.
A Breakaway Ebola Suit That Slips Off In One Piece
The world needs a better suit to battle Ebola, and this may be it.
Even our best protective suits can't always stop Ebola. A big reason why is that the companies that design these suits for factory settings—with separate pants, shirts, shoes, gloves, and headgear—have little financial incentive to construct them in one big, easily removable part to avoid microbial contamination when removed in the field.
Dry Pits, Full Hearts, Can't Lose: Inside the Unsinkable American Deodorants Market
Unilever is shaking things up with a new spray. Will it work?
The head of Unilever's R&D lab, Douglas Tomczak, tosses what looks like a miniature plunger in my direction. "Want to venture a guess in terms of what it is?" he asks. The plastic straw with its shiny metal cap is a valve mechanism, and "the heart of the innovation" behind Unilever's new aerosol product, says Tomczak.
Pentagram Skewers Corporate Jargon In This Hilarious Holiday Card
How do you say "happy holidays" in corporate jargon?
The international design firm Pentagram has a storied tradition of creating elaborate, beautifully crafted holiday cards every year. This year, the firm's card pokes fun at the bane of many a designer's existence—corporate jargon—with an illustrated seven-verse rap.
Congress Passes Bill To Preserve Atomic Bomb Architecture
Congress has passed legislation establishing a Manhattan Project National Historical Park.
Pending presidential approval, the towns that made the atomic bomb possible will soon be protected as a national park network. Last week, Congress passed a bill establishing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, an act that aims to memorialize and preserve the architecture that played a major role in the U.S.'s secret World War II nuclear weapons program.
December 16, 2014
Apple Found Not Guilty In Decade-Old Antitrust Lawsuit
A California jury ruled in their favor because of insufficient evidence from the plaintiff.
A California jury found Apple not guilty on Tuesday, ending a years-long legal battle waged by consumers against the former kings of the digital download. The suit alleged that Apple deleted music downloaded from competing services (e.g., Microsoft's Zune) off of users' iPods without their knowledge between the years of 2006 and 2009. The jurors, however, didn't quite see it that way.
Watch A Disabled Dog Get A New Lease On Life With 3-D Printed Legs
Derby the dog joins Frosty the snow goat and piglet Leon Trotksy as the cutest animals to get a technological assist in frolicking.
It's hard to imagine getting tired of watching formerly legless animals gleefully trotting along on mini wheelchairs or 3-D printed prosthetic legs, and today's entry, Derby the dog, doesn't disappoint. Watch Derby go from relatively immobile to a happy, scampering pup in the video above.
Spotify Founder: "We Need To Explain How Streaming Benefits Artists"
The Swedish CEO sat down with Billboard to talk about Taylor Swift, Truffle Pig, and fatherhood.
Spotify Founder and CEO Daniel Ek sat down with Billboard yesterday to talk about the big, and news-making, year his company just had. The interview covers a lot of ground, from Spotify's massive growth (the streaming service launched in 30 more countries this year) to Ek's strategies for relieving stress ("I do the same thing I've been doing since I was 6 years old: I pick up a guitar and I start playing"), but lingers over the question, Will the company allow artists to pick and choose what material is on Spotify?
Epic Christmas Caroling: This Is What Happens When Improv Everywhere Meets Target's Budget
A 20-person orchestra, 13 singers, four Santa Clauses, and a pair of snowmen in New Jersey.
Posting an attendant in a McDonald's bathroom. Showing up to a no-name band's gig with a group of fans who somehow know all the words to its songs. Riding the subway without pants.
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