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Stop Being the Designated Patient

By Kirk Bromley | Wed Oct 7, 2009 1:00 PM ET

Being called crazy can drive you crazy, especially if you're not. Read More

More like this in: Health, Family, Psychology, Disorders
Smile, Your Car Is Watching

By Darragh Worland | Fri Sep 4, 2009 4:44 PM ET

In a fit of desperation, auto makers are building smiles into their cars in the hopes it will encourage you to buy. Read More

More like this in: New York, The New York Times, Associated Press, Transportation, Happiness, The Associated Press, Prius, Auto Industry, Chrysler
Need a Problem Solved Fast? Try Speed Shrinking!

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:54 PM ET

Modeled after speed dating, nervous New Yorkers look to a team of therapists for help -- fast. Read More

More like this in: New York, The New York Times, Journalism, SoHo
They Put The "D'oh!" in Pluto

By David Bois | Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:00 PM ET

Was Pluto's planetary 'orbituary' premature? The dwarf planet just may get its big comeuppance. Read More

More like this in: NASA, New Scientist, Pluto

The iPod of its Day, Walkman Turns 30

By Steve Tanner | Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:42 PM ET

Today's digital music players owe a lot to the original Sony Walkman, which was released 30 years ago this week. Read More

More like this in: Michael Jackson, Apple, Technology, Music, Radio, Road Trip, Van Halen, R.E.M.
You Eat the Chips, Worms Eat the Bag

By Catherine Lincoln | Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:58 AM ET

Snack giant Frito-Lay is gearing up for its biggest sustainability projects yet: up-cycling (and selling) used chip bags and creating the world's first compostable chip bags for SunChips. Read More

More like this in: Wal-Mart, Technology, Non-Profit, Business, Recycle, Eco-Friendly, Sustainability, Conservation, Compost, Solar Energy, Earth Day
From chalk to stylus – better teaching through gadgetry

By Steve Tanner | Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:45 AM ET

Will console-based teaching replace spoken language? Nintendo hopes so. Read More

More like this in: Facebook, Japan
Federal bust weakens spam juggernaut

By Steve Tanner | Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:48 AM ET

FTC Makes Progress in Fight Against Spam Read More

More like this in: Business, Police, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Incest
Sleeping With Elephants

By Richard Bangs | Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:00 AM ET

In Zambia's Ndevu Park, the animals claim the night and give Richard Bangs a scare he'll never forget. Read More

More like this in: Travel, Africa, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Elephants, Zambia, Zimbabwe, PBS, Mozambique, Richard Bangs
He Can Work It Out

By Rachel Felder | Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:40 AM ET

Work it real good... or, at least, give some thought to the way work affects us all with Alain de Botton and his latest book. Read More

More like this in: New York, England, Unemployment, Employment, Alain De Botton, The New York Public Library