Trick your tongue into thinking you’re having a much sweeter treat that isn’t nearly as bad for you.
Maybe you won’t actually have to give up your Twinkie habit to lose weight. New food technology makes ordinary sugar twice as sweet—so food tastes exactly the same with half the calories, and without the controversy of artificial sweeteners.
The comedian, who is having her best year ever, opens up.
Like many comedians before her, Tig Notaro initially faced a lot of failure and rejection in the comedy world. In this story, she opens up about when she got her start in comedy, and the one lesson she learned that we can all benefit from. Watch this video to find out what you can do you when you are faced with a not-ideal situation. (Spoiler: You’ll be okay.)
From Little Miss Muffet to a stylish waterproof turban—how Shhhowercap modernized an outdated design.
Two years ago, at the behest of both her mom and her hairdresser, Jackie De Jesu started shopping around for a showercap. Knowing that many women, like her, don’t wash their hair every time they shower, she assumed there would be at least a few options that were both stylish and quality. But after months of searching, she came up dry.
Can introducing population-destroying spies into the bug population end the spread of disease? Or will nature always find a way?
Many people in the U.S. have (often unfounded) fears of eating genetically engineered foods. But at least foods stay on grocery shelves. If FDA regulators give the go ahead, soon experimental genetically engineered mosquitoes could be buzzing in the air—and in people’s ears—around Florida.
Some desperate Ashley Madison users hope hired hackers can scrub their names from the leaked database, but experts say that’s not possible.
Soon after this week’s apparent leak of user data from Ashley Madison, users of the cheating-focused dating site searched frantically for ways to retroactively scrub their accounts from the massive data release.
The ride-sharing app’s background check did not screen out 25 California drivers with criminal records.
A recent amendment to a lawsuit filed against Uber last year indicates that the ride-hailing app’s screening process for prospective drivers is far from foolproof, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Drones are technically banned at airports, but Brookstone and Hudson News sold the small aircraft to travelers.
Two stores that operate at New York and New Jersey airports are removing drones from their shelves at those locations, after local authorities demanded that they stop offering the merchandise—rightfully so, since drones have caused almost 700 near collisions with airplanes in 2015, as the Washington Post revealed Thursday.
This James Bond-worthy drone is designed with components meant to automatically separate when it hits the water.
If James Bond had a drone, it would soar through the skies in search of bad guys, and then dive-bomb into the ocean, seamlessly transforming into an underwater evil-lair-seeking submarine.
For all the black men and women who’ve been killed by police, won’t you say their names?
Soul and R&B singer Janelle Monáe released a simple yet unquestionably powerful track that will force you to remember some of the black men and women who have been murdered.
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