Every day, the same, again
Rescuers search for passenger who fell from plane.
U.S. military may have 10 robots per soldier by 2023.
Nearly 1 in 4 adults surf the Internet while driving.
A new study suggests it’s less important to be friendly than to be good.
Here’s another reason to love coffee. Researchers from Brazil found that morning coffee consumption not only keeps you awake and alert, but also improves performance on cognitively demanding tasks. That is, if you’re already a habitual drinker.
Chocolate and chili peppers can help us lose fat.
Why can we taste bitter flavors? Turns out, it’s still a mystery.
Using examples from a wide range of application areas in science and engineering, we will demonstrate how standard uses of color can distort the meaning of the underlying data, and can lead the analyst to incorrect evaluations, conclusions or decisions.
The impossibility of being literal.
NSA Surveillance Drives U.S. Writers to Self-Censor [PDF]
Google Finally Gets Legal OK to Scan the World’s Books.
Nearly 3 in 10 adults say one of their social-media accounts has been hacked.
Why Did Snapchat Turn Down $3 Billion?
What is the value of stolen art? [NY Times]
How would you weigh an airplane without a scale?
Line of T-shirts and dresses featuring various images of Oprah’s head Photoshopped onto nude bodies.
Dai Macedo Wins 2013 Miss Bum Bum Competition, Despite Controversy.
Harry Smith collected paper airplanes he found on the streets of New York.
Bunny takes a shower. [via Stella and Tim]