- Audio: 165-Million-Year-Old Cricket Song Comes Back to Life6 February 2012, 8:00 pm
A song last heard 165 million years ago has been played again, making it the world's oldest known piece of music....
- How NASA Makes Those Incredible High-Res Images of Earth6 February 2012, 7:46 pm
In recent weeks, a pair of high-resolution images of the Earth has captivated the Internet. Taken by the Suomi NPP satellite, these pictures portray our planet's incredible beauty with a whopping 8,000 by 8,000 pixel and 11,500 by 11,500 pixel detail.... - Russian Drill Penetrates 14-Million-Year-Old Antarctic Lake6 February 2012, 5:00 pm
After 20 years of drilling, a team of Russian researchers has breached the prehistoric Lake Vostok, which has been trapped deep beneath Antarctica for the last 14 million years.... - Sugar May Be Bad, But Is the Alternative Worse?4 February 2012, 12:15 am
Given the recent controversy over sugar, one might look to artificial sweeteners for an easy alternative to thorny scientific and ethical questions. But to anyone seeking pastel-packaged reassurance that regulators won't ever need to pry donuts from their cold, dead and pudgy fingers, science offers only more uncertainty.... - Cosmonaut Couture: Russian Photo Shoot Makes Space Sexy3 February 2012, 11:31 pm
In a resurgent space-themed fashion shoot, supermodel Natalia Semanova mingles with real-life cosmonauts in Star City, the home of Russia's space training program. We interview the spread's photographer, Arthur Elgort, for the back story.... - Video: How the View From a Comet Might Look3 February 2012, 8:21 pm
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is heading for a comet. The ambitious mission -- scheduled to enter orbit Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in January of 2014 and place a tiny lander named Philae on its surface that November – will no doubt return incredible, never-before-seen pictures. Until then, observers on Earth will have to make do with artists' renderings like the ones in this video.... - Spectacular High-Res Image of Earth: The Other Side3 February 2012, 3:34 pm
Last week, NASA released its 2012 version of the famous "Blue Marble" image. By using a planet-pointing satellite, Suomi NPP, the space agency created an extremely high resolution photograph of our watery world.... - The 16 Best Science Visualizations of 20112 February 2012, 8:55 pm
Toxic barbs on a cucumber’s skin, nanoscopic flakes of metal and a mouse’s technicolor eyeball are just a few of 2011's best science visualizations.... - Russian Drill Nears 14-Million-Year-Old Antarctic Lake2 February 2012, 3:35 pm
After 20 years of drilling, a team of Russian researchers is close to breaching the prehistoric Lake Vostok, which has been trapped deep beneath Antarctica for the last 14 million years.... - 8 Wild Proposals to Relocate Endangered Species1 February 2012, 11:04 pm
Moving big animals to places they don't already live is at once appealing and disturbing, a sort of adolescent environmental fantasy come to life: African lions in Nebraska! Komodo dragons in Australia! But at the beginning of the 21st century, moving species around is a controversial but legitimate option....
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- Decipher Specs When Buying a Computer6 February 2012, 11:52 pm
Summary: [[Image:GamingPC.jpg|630px|thumb|left|Photo by blakdeth/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakdeth/6008179531/ flickr]/CC]] It's not hard to get tangled in technical jargon when buying a new PC, especially if it's your first. You ask the [http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/meme-alert-geek-squad-gus vacant-eyed tech salesperson] to help you, only to be assaulted by convoluted descriptions of RAM, quad-core processors, solid-state drives and OLED screens at best, and underwhelmed with misinfor... - Hide From Google3 February 2012, 10:08 pm
Summary: [[Image:Googlecookie.jpg|630px|thumb|left|To increase your online security, don't put all your cookies in one basket. Photo by Chris Wetherell/[https://secure.flickr.com/photos/massless/8182590/]/CC]] ''"If you're not paying for something, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." —blue_beetle, [http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent#3256046 Metafilter discussion].'' Google started off the new year by announcing that they will be [http://www... - Survive Deep Snow Immersion1 February 2012, 11:18 pm
Summary: spelling and punctuation [[Image:Avalanche0.jpg|630px|thumb|left|In deep snow, nobody can hear you scream. Photo by Andrew Charland/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/doglotion/63969660/ flickr]/CC]] Few things look more inviting to a skier or snowboarder than a mountain blanketed in soft, deep snow. But like most beautiful things, powder has a hidden, dangerous side — especially because it’s so easy to go off the trail and fall into trouble. Most SIS (snow immersion suffocation) accid... - Retrieve Your Legal Data From Megaupload.com1 February 2012, 12:03 am
Summary: spelling and punctuation [[Image:Megaupload.jpg|630px|thumb|left|Get your data out of the cloud before it evaporates. Screenshot from Megaupload.com/[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/megaupload-server-purge/ Wired.com]]] After the Justice Department [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/megaupload-indicted-shuttered/ indicted the top officials] of the Hong Kong-based file-sharing site Megaupload.com on Jan. 19 and ordered a server purge, legal users of the site have been s... - Simulate Daylight to Combat SAD27 January 2012, 11:56 pm
Summary: [[Image:StormClouds.jpg|630px|thumb|left|Don't let your mood be as stormy as the weather. Photo by Marion Doss/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooocha/2705333752/in/photostream/ flickr]/CC]] Are you feeling a little [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002499/ SAD]? Eating more than you usually do, packing on a few extra pounds, feeling tired during the daytime, sluggish, lethargic and just can't peel yourself off that couch? Find yourself avoiding the clubs, movie theatres and... - Break Your GoDaddy Dependency25 January 2012, 10:47 pm
Summary: hyphen [[Image:ByeGoDaddy.jpg|630px|thumb|left|Speed away from this SOPA-flip-flopping domain hosting service. Photo by Hans J E/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pompien/5616317276/ flickr]/CC]] Recently my girlfriend had a great idea for a website, so she bought her first domain. When she told me she bought it at GoDaddy, I couldn’t help but mention the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy-ceo-elephant-hunt_n_843121.html infamous video] of GoDaddy CEO Bob Pars... - Use Tech to Track Your Health24 January 2012, 10:15 pm
Summary: spelling and punctuation [[Image:Healthtech.jpg|630px|thumb|left|Photo by Karen Roe/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/karen_roe/4418025226/ flickr]/CC]] Welcome, little lamb, to the era of The Quantified Self. Everybody knows that it's become all too easy to track — and tweet — your epic workout regime; to keep tabs — and blog about — every morsel of food that enters your mouth; log every extra step — 10,000 a day, for the win! — taken after you park at the farthest end of the... - Keep Your Computer Bug-Free13 January 2012, 9:48 pm
Summary: spelling and punctuation [[Image:Virus.jpg|630px|thumb|left|Keep virtual pathogens at bay. Photo by Kat Masback/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/36128932@N03/3338845735/ flickr]/CC]] No matter what you may have heard, there is not a single operating system out there that’s impervious to viruses. Windows has statistically seen the most malware cases in the past, but that’s merely because hackers and malicious coders aim for the largest possible demographic. Now that Apple computers ar... - Check Your Drink for Roofies10 January 2012, 4:25 am
Summary: spelling and punctuation [[Image:BlueDrink.jpg|630px|thumb|left|One of the telltale signs of a Rohypnol-contaminated drink is a blue tint. Photo by Rosana Prada/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/zanastardust/2551006444/ flickr]/CC]] ==Introduction== Unless you have the rotating eye skills of a chameleon, it's hard to watch out for your drink at the same time you watch out for that cute guy on the dance floor. No matter how self-aware you are, there's always a chance of getting an unexpec... - Craft the Perfect Cover Letter9 January 2012, 4:11 am
Summary: [[Image:CoverLetter0.jpg|630px|thumb|left|Photo by bpsusf/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfbps/4607149956/ flickr]/CC]] Your resume, no matter how thorough and well-written, can’t fully represent you as well as you can via narrative text. After all, it’s just a simple one or two page paper, and there’s no room for detailed explanation, so the tone of this crucial document is forever at the mercy of your prospective employer. What’s to separate you, the decidedly perfect candi...
- Audience with a Dragon Tattoo5 February 2012, 11:00 am
I’ve explored the power of free in the context of tattoos before, and anyone who saw last years’ comedy Bridesmaids no doubt laughed at this particularly memorable scene. But this story out of the Netherlands caught me a little off guard just the same. First, consider what you would do for a year’s worth of free [...]... - Help Peter Ubel30 January 2012, 11:00 am
And win an autographed first edition copy of Peter Ubel’s new book—by coming up with creative titles! I saw the great suggestions you gave to Dan about his new book, and would love to get similar help with my latest book. I’m Peter Ubel, a colleague of Dan’s at Duke University, and my new [...]... - Men, Women, and Pain28 January 2012, 11:00 am
If you’ve been to the doctor’s office recently with any kind of complaint, it’s likely you were asked to rate the pain you were experiencing on a scale from 0 to 10 (being the worst pain possible). Well, a group of researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine recently analyzed the self-reported pain measurements [...]... - Announcing My Third Book24 January 2012, 11:00 am
My next book is almost ready and I would like to thank everyone for your wonderful suggestions and feedback on the name. And the winner is: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, How We Lie to Everyone–Especially Ourselves. The publication date is June 5th — more info to follow... - PoorQuality: Inequality17 January 2012, 1:50 pm
Call for Artists to respond to research on inequality Hosted by Dan Ariely and the Center for Advanced Hindsight Artists from around the world are invited to attend a discussion on social and economic inequality (from the lab that hosted the “Creative Dishonesty” project), on Wednesday, February 22nd at 7 PM EST. (Artists who do not live within [...]... - Special Deals at Whole Foods5 January 2012, 11:00 am
Jared Wolfe, one of the students working with me, took the following pictures at Whole Foods a few days ago. They illustrate amazing creativity in defining what the term “a deal” means. 1) Regular price is $1.99 and the Sale price is? Two of the same item for $5 — which according to Whole [...]... - Refueling Options at Hertz30 December 2011, 11:00 am
I got this picture this week. What is interesting about this price menu is that the “Fuel and Service,” priced at $9.29, is so off the scale (and so outrageous) that perhaps it makes the pre-paid option of $3.65 look attractive. After all it is about 1/3 the price of the Fuel and Service.... - This Is How I Feel About Buying Apps25 December 2011, 11:00 am
I came across a funny cartoon the other day that captures an interesting aspect of our purchasing behavior. We are perfectly willing to spend $4 on coffee (for some of us this is a daily purchase), or $500 on devices that you can argue we don’t really need. However, when it comes to buying digital [...]... - What to bring for dinner22 December 2011, 8:42 pm
One of my long time friends just wrote me earlier today. Not seeing her for a long time I was looking forward to seeing her, and I invited her to join us for dinner on Friday night. She was very happy to accept the invitation, and asked what she could bring. I asked her not [...]... - I got a pen!21 December 2011, 4:06 pm
Writing the column for the WSJ (see below) paid off ….....
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