Your Daughter's Science Role Model: A Cartoon Space Chimp
Children's movies rarely have female characters interested in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math More »
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Children's movies rarely have female characters interested in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math More »
Even if you presume that bug-repellent DEET is full of chemicals that can't be food for you, it's nearly impossible to stop spraying sometimes More »
A study published Wednesday in the Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics offers insight into how our brains respond to ads More »
Just because Facebook has kept its plans for a music service secret doesn't mean we have no idea what to expect More »
The New York Times: "Some researchers are concerned that the marriage equality movement is leaving single people behind" More »
Pundits are reading Clinton's jab at climate-denying candidates as a slap in the faces of current Republican presidential frontrunners More »
The social-networking site's News Feed will now "act more like your own personal newspaper," says a Facebook representative More »
Mason, formerly of WD-50 and Soho's Tailor, is planning to open a mayonnaise shop in Brooklyn's up-and-coming Prospect Heights More »
No matter how well Google's new Wallet app works, there are quite a few roadblocks it will need to overcome More »
Only 14% of online daters include political interests on their profile, which ranks near the bottom of things people tell potential partners More »
An AP-MTV poll of teens and early 20-somethings finds that they use more offensive language on Twitter than in spoken conversation More »
New York Senator Chuck Schumer has taken up the apple juicer torch, issuing a press release urging the FDA to implement new standards More »
The GOP has recoiled from President Obama's plan to tax the rich, but its presidential frontrunner likes to attack aristocrats More »
DVD delivery services are on their way out, and streaming is in. That's great for convenience but horrible for selection. More »
It's not the bucolic, eat-write-repeat process it once was, but has expanded to include blogging, tweeting, and general hobnobbing online More »
New York announced that only 14 percent of its population smokes, but it will probably be difficult to stub out the habits of the hold-outs More »
A meta-analysis of 31 studies since World War II finds a trend, loosely paraphrased as: every American generation drinks more than the last More »
The role has morphed from the kind of job one holds for decades, with increasing power and seniority, to the kind one holds for a few years, before going off and doing something else More »
Safeguarding kids from advertisers online sounds great, but not everyone is so keen on the proposed changes to the existing law More »
Maybe apple juice is scary. Maybe it isn't. TV personality Dr. Oz says yes it is, because his research says there may be traces of arsenic More »
