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October 27, 2014
Why Protective Gear Isn't Stopping Ebola
Even the best hazmat suit manufacturers can't guarantee protection against Ebola. Here's why.
You will probably never contract Ebola. The average patient with Ebola only infects just two other people, even in the least developed parts of Africa, making it far less virulent than HIV, mumps, or measles, which spread to 4, 10, and 18 people respectively. But that fact is of little consolation when you consider that multiple health care providers are still getting sick, having contracted the disease despite wearing protective gear.
The safest gear is virtually unwearable.
The Trailblazing, Candy-Colored History Of The Online Banner Ad
The much-maligned and little-clicked banner ad is 20 years old. We talk with its creators about the glory days of online ad innovation.
Contrary to lore, there was no "first" banner ad. When HotWired, Wired magazine's digital arm, launched 20 years ago, it did so with not one, but many, banner ads to support its exclusive digital content.
How Much Is That Ice Cream In The Window? Depends On The Season
Why fluctuating supermarket prices should be coming soon.
A few years ago, driving over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, I realized something had changed.
The Secret Behind Internet Mega-Hit Popsugar? Forget About Work-Life Balance
The sweet and talented duo Lisa and Brian Sugar reveal how they created a must-read site for celebrity news and much more.
He loves spontaneity. She's a master of planning. What could go wrong? Well, for one thing, that electricity bill isn't going to pay itself. In this week's episode of Power Couples, Popsugar's Lisa and Brian Sugar tell Yael Cohen Braun why they've abandoned the search for that perfect work-life balance in exchange for something they've found works much better--most of the time.
October 24, 2014
Twitter Will Teach The Homeless To Code When Learning Center Opens This Summer
Twitter-funded San Francisco facility NeighborNest will offer a safe place for city's poorest to learn tech and resume-writing skills.
This summer Twitter will open a learning center in San Francisco in order to teach the homeless and some of the area's poorest citizens tech skills, The San Francisco Chronicle reports.
You Can Now Watch A Full Movie On Oculus Rift
How does the Zachary Quinto-produced horror movie Banshee Chapter look on the much-discussed VR device?
It's been more than two years since virtual reality device Oculus Rift made its debut, and while the possibilities remain exciting, so far the reality has been less thrilling. But today the technology is taking a big step: A full-length 3-D movie that you can strap to your head and immerse yourself in.
Why Did Apple Apparently Send Porn To This Unsuspecting App Developer?
The company included explicit screenshots in a message expressing concerns over a new app.
Complaining about Apple's process for approving new content for the app store is something of a sport among developers. The process, they say, is too strict, takes too much time, and interferes with the "launch-fast-and-iterate" product philosophy.
Doctors Use Adult (Not Embryonic) Stem Cells To Grow And Implant Petri-Dish Retina
The medical breakthrough could lead to cures for other diseases.
The clones are coming! The clones are coming! (Maybe.) Doctors have grown a retina in a petri dish using stem cells from a 70-year-old patient's skin and successfully transplanted the retina to her eye at Japan's Riken Center for Developmental Biology.
Scientists Experiment With... Robotic Bacteria?
A team at MIT has begun work on microscopic bacteria-like robot which can be injected into the human body.
MIT researchers are researching robotic bacteria that walk through human bodies that could help deliver drugs to different organs and even detect tumors. In a journal article published in Physical Review Letters, a team lead by Alfredo Alexander-Katz described how they could make robots reminiscent of 1980s science fiction movie Innerspace.
Let's Make This The Last Story About A Celebrity Using Twitter You Ever Read
The queen is on Twitter, which should surprise nobody.
Oprah Winfrey first tweeted in 2009. Barack Obama sent his first tweet in 2010. So did Conan O'Brien and the Dalai Lama and Bill Gates. Pope Benedict XVI sent his first tweet in 2011. Prince, Kobe Bryant, and Justin Bieber's cat all started tweeting in 2013.
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