Nicholas Jackson

Nicholas Jackson is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees the Health channel. A former media aggregator for Slate, he has also worked for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Texas Monthly and other publications.

Picture of the Day: Saturn's Rings as Remnants of a Long-Dead Moon

Picture of the Day: Saturn's Rings as Remnants of a Long-Dead Moon

A new theory suggests that Saturn's rings were formed by the icy layer of a dying moon that smashed into the planet More »

Picture of the Day: Binishells

Picture of the Day: Binishells

Thin-shell concrete structures, currently being erected all over the world, could represent the future of green architecture More »

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President Obama's Facebook Fans Far Less Engaged Than George W. Bush's Fans

Downgrading Your iPhone 3G's iOS4 to Restore Factory Settings

Downgrading Your iPhone 3G's iOS4 to Restore Factory Settings

I upgraded to iOS 4 and now my iPhone 3G is slower than ever. How can I go back to the old settings? More »

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Rising Demand for Apple Products on Chinese Black Market

Picture of the Day: The World's Most Sustainable Hotel

Picture of the Day: The World's Most Sustainable Hotel

URBN hotel in Shanghai is made entirely from recycled materials, including old bricks, floor boards and even suitcases More »

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Microsoft Executive Admits Company Tried to Acquire Facebook

Saving Iceland's Financial System With Feminine Values

Saving Iceland's Financial System With Feminine Values

Halla Tomasdottir argues at the TEDWomen conference that embracing feminine values is one path to financial stability and success More »

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Winklevoss Twins Open Another Lawsuit Against Facebook, Zuckerberg

Highlights From the TEDWomen Conference, Day 2

Highlights From the TEDWomen Conference, Day 2

During the final day of TEDWomen, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton surprised everyone with a moving speech More »

Data Analyst Hans Rosling: People Vote for Washing Machines

Data Analyst Hans Rosling: People Vote for Washing Machines

Only two of the world's seven billion people live above what Rosling calls the "Wash line." The rest still wash clothes by hand. More »

Small Startup Keeps Cash Flowing to WikiLeaks

Small Startup Keeps Cash Flowing to WikiLeaks

Visa and PayPal have cut off payments, but Flattr, a social micropayments service, keeps donations coming More »

Highlights From the TEDWomen Conference, Day 1

Highlights From the TEDWomen Conference, Day 1

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg delivers a talk about how women are still struggling to earn top spots in the workforce More »

TED Speakers Imagine a World Controlled by Women

TED Speakers Imagine a World Controlled by Women

If only we had more women in power, according to Ted Turner, we could get rid of nuclear weapons and make the world a better place More »

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

Mike Brown tells the story of how his discovery of a massive object in 2005 resulted in Pluto's shocking demotion to dwarf planet More »

A Look at Facebook's New Profile Pages

A Look at Facebook's New Profile Pages

The world's biggest social network is in the process of another redesign. What to expect when your page switches over. More »

7 Strange Groupon Deals

7 Strange Groupon Deals

Three bucks for a hand-drawn cat? Definitely strange. A visit to the Sex Museum? Maybe less so, but curious when you consider 6,000 people signed up. More »

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Motorola's Droid 2 Allegedly Explodes in User's Face

Old, Weird Tech: Vacuum Cap Edition

Old, Weird Tech: Vacuum Cap Edition

Balding men at the turn of the century, with few options to stimulate hair growth, turned to giant suction cups More »

Use Dwolla to Send Money Over the Internet

Use Dwolla to Send Money Over the Internet

I'm looking for an alternative to PayPal for sending money over the Internet. Is there a way to avoid the outrageous fees that often accompany transactions? More »

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