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Can Your Phone Tell How You’re Feeling by How Your Voice Sounds?
This app is supposed to listen to your voice and tell you how you’re feeling
This Paper Microscope Costs Just 97 Cents
Foldscope is a paper microscope that fits in your pocket and can be assembled for less than a dollar. And it works, too.
Mathematicians Say Candy Crush Really Is Hard
You can feel better about your obsession with Candy Crush. The game isn’t just mindless swiping; it's an actually difficult math problem.
Japan Plans to Halve the Number of Young Bluefin Tuna It Catches
Sushi might get more expensive, but tuna populations need the break
See Every Plane Criss-Crossing Europe in This Weirdly Beautiful Video of Flight Paths
An air traffic control company created this incredible video showing flight patterns around Europe
Activity Bands Can See You Run, But Not Deadlift
Bands are good at walking and running, but lose their accuracy for other types of exercise
In the Animal Kingdom, Couples Are Often More "Monogam-ish" Than Monogamous
That an animal "mates for life" doesn't often mean what you think it means
Seventy Five Years Ago, the Bronx Tried to Take Over Part of Manhattan With Just a Limo And a Flag
James F. Lyons drove over to Marble Hill and planted his flag, claiming it as his. It didn't work.
There Are Indeed Side Effects to Sword Swallowing
From "sword throat" to putting a hole in your pharynx, sword swallowing comes with a few risks
A 20-Acre Industrial Park in China Is Being Transformed Into an Arts District
Near the Chinese city of Shenzhen, a 20-acre factory complex, abandoned for 10 years, is slowly being reclaimed
The Number of Female Rappers Signed to Major Labels Dropped From 40 to Just Three
Female MC’s, rappers and producers haven’t gone away; they just aren’t getting contracts with major labels anymore
The NSA Has Its Own Advice Columnist, Snowden Leaks Reveal
Among concerns the anonymous advice-giver addressed were employee privacy issues
This Documentary Explores the Lives of Five People Willing to Go on a One-Way Trip to Mars
What drives a person to give it all up and set off into the unknown?
How to Move a Town
Sweden’s northernmost town is moving towards the east to avoid falling into a mine
Two Artists Lived on a Giant Hamster Wheel for Ten Days
The exhibit, In Orbit, is on display at a Williamsburg gallery
Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun Is Slowly Turning Into a Pile of Dust
When scientists scanned the pyramid's insides, they found a giant pile of dust
Forget Storing Carbon. Why Not Capture It And Make It Into Something Useful?
New equipment could let manufacturers use atmospheric carbon dioxide as a raw material
It Was Cold Enough This Winter to Go Ice Yachting on the Hudson River
This high-speed sport only happens when conditions are just right: a frozen river, lots of wind, and cold temperatures
What's the Most Perfect Moment to Buy That Plane Ticket?
You know that the longer you wait to book a flight, the higher ticket prices climb. But when exactly should you book a flight?
These Alien-Looking Metal Domes Are Keeping London Safe And Dry
The flood barrier that protects London closed fifty times this winter—a new record
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