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If you're interested in learning more about how our brains work, you might just want to pick up a comic book — or, at least, one very specific comic. Artist Matteo Farinella is teaming up with neuroscientist Dr. H...

Joey Lawrence, better known by his professional name, “Joey L.,” is a Canadian commercial photographer, director and published author based in Brooklyn, New York. Visit his website here. PetaPixel: Can you te...

There are all kinds of dangers on a trip to Mars. Muscle atrophy, cramped quarters, social/isolation stress, being in space. Take your pick. One of the biggest though, is being exposed to all manner of radiation and cosm...

Lauren Smith is co-founder & VP Marketing of Ascendify , a social talent acquisition platform helping connect employers with the right talent. Connect with her and Ascendify on Facebook and Twitter. Every company, no mat...

If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought news of a new direction for Muve Music, the arrival of a budget smartphone a...

This year's TED was a remarkable collection of thinkers and dreamers - here are some images from the past week's event:...

How is any fully-functioning human being supposed to keep up with everything they're interested in, online and off? They can't. And it's having psychological consequences. [Read more]

Paying for music is now a voluntary act, so why would anyone ever buy a CD, LP, or download? [Read more]

We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on a hazy weekend morning in need of something to read, and that pile of unread books just isn't cutting it. Why not take ...

The whole "Keep Calm and [X]" trend has been a fun little meme for merchandisers everywhere, ever since the now-public domain WWII slogan was rediscovered. But a seller on Amazon might have taken the opportunity too far....

Let's be real here, most of the time smartphones get used for a lot of nothing. But in India women are using their smartphones to protect themselves by tracking local incidents of harassment and violence. More »

We've all done our fair share of chucking paper airplanes at friends. And maybe, if you're a real engineer, you've made some clever, paper-folding modifications that let your plane do a loop—or better yet actually...

Five years ago, LinkedIn was a shell of the technology company it is today. Here's an inside look at where it came from, what it's become and where it's going.

Biking down to the store to pick up a two liter of soda is one thing. Bombing down a steep street at full speed, throwing all caution to the wind is another, and Marcelo Gutierrez is a pro at it. This is is winning run f...

Take a quick look at Chinese photographer Yao Lu’s “New Landscapes” photos, and they may look to you like old Chinese paintings of misty mountains, green hills, and choppy brown rivers. Each one even b...

A suspected drug deal in Oregon goes awry when the alleged dealer accidentally dials 911 and the dispatcher listens in. [Read more]

Ladies and gentlemen, Khalil Edney has arrived. With everything on the line, the high-school basketball player from New Rochelle made one of the most unlikely and dramatic game-winning shots of all time on Sunday. Just a...

WASHINGTON -- A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child...

There are lots of petitions flying around the Internet these days, but none quite so ambitious as that of Ranga B. Myneni. His petition has a single sentence that he hopes will be endorsed by a billion humans by the time...

A new show called "Alpha House" has many of the ingredients necessary for television success, including star power from John Goodman and Bill Murray. But this show won't be on TV. It'll be on Amazon.com.

Listen and learn.

Here are the nominees for best viral video of the week: Jack Nicholson pulling a "here's Johnny" on a Jennifer Lawrence post-Oscars interview, a deer pulling a "here's Johnny" on an unsuspecting biker, and a woman flying...