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Reusing Hotel Towels Actually Does Make a Difference
Laundry accounts for 16 percent of hotels’ water usage, which translates into significant energy costs
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Middle-Aged Kids Can Still Stress Their Parents Out
Being too involved or not involved enough in middle-aged kids’ lives can cause parents to become depressed
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There Are Nearly As Many Cell Phone Subscriptions As People on Earth
There are 96 cell phones for every 100 people
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Athletes’ Body Language Gives Away the Score
You can tell a whole lot about the score from the wrinkles on a forehead, the slouch of shoulders and the jittering of hands
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The EU And Brazil Are Planning to Sidestep the NSA With a $185 Million Cross-Atlantic Cable
The EU and Brazil are partnering to lay new fiber-optic cables across the Atlantic
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Facial Hair Transplants Are Growing in Popularity
According to science, beards are more attractive. Good thing you can buy one at the doctor’s office.
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Arachnophobes Think Spiders Are Bigger Than They Really Are
The more afraid of spiders you are, the bigger they seem to be
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Over the past twenty years, cases of the MERS virus might have gone undetected in infected humans
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This Incredible, Folding Design Could Change How Doors Work
It’s about time the door industry got a little more exciting
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This Baby-Making App Is Taking on the Task of Insuring Against Infertility
Those who do not conceive after 10 months receive funds for infertility tests from either a public pool they contributed to or from their employer
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Giant Mango Goes Missing in Australia
A giant, kitschy tourist attraction has disappeared from the Australian town of Bowen
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Tech Companies Are Trying to Make NSA-Proof Encrypted Phones And Apps
From encryption apps to encrypted phones, telecommunications companies are pushing back
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Naples’ Dog DNA Database Tracks Owners Who Don’t Clean Up After Their Pets
U.S. condo building picked up this idea, and now Naples is spreading it across a city
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This Little Gem Is the Oldest Piece of the Earth We’ve Ever Found
A tiny zircon from western Australia is 4.4 billion years old
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Artist Animates What It Feels Like to Take Melatonin
The viewer feels both the frustration of insomnia, and the pleasant lull of the melatonin
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The World’s Most Sampled Song Is “Change the Beat” by Fab 5 Freddy
From Nine Inch Nails to Justin Bieber, nearly everybody has sampled this song
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Paris Is Adding Two More Women to the Pantheon (New Total: Three)
Since its construction, the mausoleum has been filled with 73 bodies. Only one of them is a woman.
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These Two Explorers Just Broke the Record for Longest Walk in the South Pole
Last time someone tried this, the entire team wound up dying from the cold
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Smart Business Plan: Selling Girl Scout Cookies by Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Somebody should get a “smart businesswoman” badge
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