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When Searching for Crashed Planes at Sea, Binoculars Are the Most Useful Tool
Technologies often fail to produce results, so when it comes to searching for planes lost at sea, the old-fashioned way works best
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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
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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.
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Japan Plans to Halve the Number of Young Bluefin Tuna It Catches
Sushi might get more expensive, but tuna populations need the break
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Women Pitching the Same Exact Ideas As Men Still Get Less Funding From Venture Capitalists
Men have a quantifiable advantage over women when pitching their businesses
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The NSA Has Its Own Advice Columnist, Snowden Leaks Reveal
Among concerns the anonymous advice-giver addressed were employee privacy issues
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Sweden’s northernmost town is moving towards the east to avoid falling into a mine
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An Average-Looking Doll Comes to the Rescue of Barbie-Addled Girls
A new Barbie-like doll with realistic proportions might help dispel stereotypes that influence little girls
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How Taboos Around Menstruation Are Hurting Women’s Health
Poor menstrual hygiene and social stigmas can hurt women’s health, and the economy
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Mount Everest Climbers Are Now Required to Haul Nearly 20 Pounds of Garbage Off the Mountain
The new rule is meant to help tackle the estimated 50 tons of garbage currently sitting on the mountain
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Female Computer Scientists Make the Same Salary as Their Male Counterparts
Only 20 percent of programmers are women, though
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Outside the Americas, Knives Are Often the Weapon of Choice in Homicides
More than 130 people in Kunming, China, were injured when about ten men and women wielding knives began stabbing others at random
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Eight Million Tons of Illegal E-Waste Is Smuggled Into China Each Year
Despite the health and environmental issues, a thriving black market makes China the world’s biggest e-waste importer
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Forget Driverless Cars, These People Want to Make Driverless Cargo Ships
While drone ships aren’t around the corner, they’re probably coming soon enough to keep ship workers up at night
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In 2011, the Danish company behind the drug, Lunbeck, banned the sale of pentobarbital for execution purposes.
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Cities Across the Country Say: End Savesies on Snow Days
Car owners save shoveled parking spaces with weird household items, and officials say it’s got to stop
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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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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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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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