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The red couch experiments: Early lessons in pop-up fact-checking

One by one, people plopped onto the red couch and told us what they thought of live fact-checking. They watched video clips from two State of the Union addresses that we had specially modified. When t... read more

The Ultimate Guide to Evil Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Here's our ultimate guide to evil cats, so you can recognize them before ... but he is still plenty mean. Red (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2) This movie teaches us the important lesson that Satan is a big r... read more

Shark Week Jumps The Shark: An Open Letter To Discovery Communications

I have to say, I had high hopes for this year’s Shark Week. But we’re only one special in and already, shark week has seriously jumped the shark. No whale with a giant bite taken out of it has ever wa... read more

New Study Suggests That Playing Violent Video Games Leads To Increased Physical Aggression

The analysis looking at more than 17,000 adolescents across 24 previously conducted studies has found that violent video games cause players to become more physically aggressive. The "metaanalysis" wa... read more

David Bowie's 20 best music videos

Ever the futurist, Bowie, who died at 69 after a battle with cancer, embraced the opportunities of video early in his work ... It hits on a lot of the themes that pop up regularly in Bowie videos, lik... read more

Markets And Shopping Events: November 2014

Expect in-store demonstrations of experiments, robots, remote controlled gizmos, and gadgets galore. Beginning of November-31 December BRITISH RED CROSS ... is the venue for Jumble & Pearls (early) Ch... read more

The 2017 Ad Age Creativity 50

Our annual survey of the year's most influential creative figures is testament to how turbulent times can be a powerful muse. Among the honorees are entertainers who delivered catharsis, a chef who fe... read more

3 perfect weekend getaways just a short drive from Austin

It wouldn’t be a trip to Elgin without a history lesson, and there are a few must-see stops you’ll need to add to your list. The Elgin Depot Museum gives visitors an idea of what life was like in the ... read more

DNA Repair Pathway Gene Expression Score Correlates with Repair Proficiency and Tumor Sensitivity to Chemotherapy

The four genes whose expression levels were ultimately chosen to comprise the RPS are displayed in red. Human tumors exhibit a wide range ... correlates with sensitivity to specific classes of chemoth... read more

Ask HN: What happens to older developers?

I started wondering about this in the recent STEM thread. As someone now in their early 30s I'm starting to wonder what the mid-late career as a software developer looks like. Do you have to go into m... read more

Charged With a Crime? Better Check Your Facebook Pictures

Earlier this year, the realms of law and new media collided when Lori Drew was hit with federal charges for creating a fake MySpace page and harassing a neighboring teenager, who then committed suicid... read more

Hardware Review: Nintendo Switch: Nintendo's Most Important Console Yet

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The dock itself feels like a lump of empty ... We imagine this is a software issue and will be remedied by an early update, never to be spoken of again. All in al... read more