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Tech

Scientists Found a Way to Email Brain Waves

08.20.14

By Jordan Pearson
These Computers Talk With Smoke Rings And Lasers

07.24.14

By Beckett Mufson
Tech

How Challenger Exploded, and Other Mistakes Were Made

06.24.14

By ALEX PASTERNACK
How the Justice Department Keeps Its Cell Phone Snooping a Secret

06.16.14

By CJ Ciaramella
Tech

The OPALS Experiment Beamed Its First Laser-Based Message from Space

06.09.14

By Amy Shira Teitel
Tech

Could Emoji Ever Be a Language?

03.28.14

By Hannah Rosefield
Tech

The Cyborg Who Can ‘Hear’ What Other People Are Looking At

03.19.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Your Brain Can Only Handle a Few Close Friends

01.08.14

By Jason Koebler
I’ve Received a Bunch of Strange Snapchats from Strangers

09.16.13

By Patrick Maloney
Tech

Wolves Howl More for Their Friends

08.22.13

By Derek Mead
Tech

The Navy’s New Communication Satellites Have 16 Times More Bandwidth Than the Old Ones

07.19.13

By Derek Mead
Tech

Before Peter Gabriel Jammed with Monkeys, John C. Lilly Tripped with Dolphins

07.10.13

By Claire Evans

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike