Jessica Dollin
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10 Stores That Refuse to Ruin Thanksgiving
Thankfully, some retailers are giving employees time off to celebrate the holiday. → Read More
7 Eco-Conscious Apps to Download for Earth Day
Green your smartphone with apps that help you reduce your environmental impact and save money at the same time. → Read More
7 Ways Your Yard Can Beat the Drought
Water restrictions might mean the end of lawns, but it doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice aesthetic appeal. → Read More
Crowdsourced Mapping Could Help Prevent the Next Big Ebola Outbreak
The virus often hit in remote, unmapped parts of the world, but volunteers are filling in the missing gaps, and you can too. → Read More
Uber’s New Service Is Embracing an Old-School Ride
No fancy cars here—the company is now helping people get around India on traditional auto rickshaws. → Read More
Sticker Shock: An Electric Car Could Soon Be as Cheap as Your Gas Guzzler
The future of EVs is bright thanks to the declining cost of batteries. → Read More
No Filter: 8 Smartphone Apps That Will Photoshop You Beyond Recognition
Makeup, teeth whitening, and body slimming are just some of the options. → Read More
10 Cooking Hacks That Will Make Your Life Easier
They don't teach you these knife skills in culinary school. → Read More
How Tech Helped Advance Nigeria’s Democracy
An open-source Internet platform and electronic ID-verification devices were seen as crucial to a smooth transition of power. → Read More
Endangered Species, Then and Now
Learn the fate of 14 animals originally protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. → Read More
Hey Girls, Get Paid to Save Your Money
A new service aims to educate girls in Africa about savings while converting their airtime minutes into digital savings. → Read More
Leaning In, More Women Are Asking for Raises
A new survey finds the tech field could be moving toward equal pay, in Silicon Valley and abroad. → Read More
9 Gendered Products That Make Absolutely No Sense
Companies are cashing in by giving these products the pink and blue treatment. → Read More
8 Images That Prove Ladies Aren’t the Only Victims of Photoshop
From Justin Bieber to British royalty, these men weren’t safe from getting the airbrush treatment. → Read More
10 Fascinating Celebrity Squeezes Making the World a Better Place
Their spouses may be well-known celebrities, but these men and women are impressive in their own right. → Read More
7 Bizarre Things People Do to Their Face in the Name of Beauty
Going under the knife is extreme, but what about a urine facial? → Read More
Beekeeping Just Got Easier With On-Tap Honey Flowing Straight From the Hive
Beekeeping is a tedious process that involves hours of work, but a clever father-son duo in Australia has devised a way to get honey on tap directly from the hive. The Flow hive provides bees with partially formed honeycomb cells that they then complete with their own honey and cap with wax. Instead of removing frames from the hive and scraping honey from the comb, the Flow hive allows the… → Read More
Wearable Health Tech That Does More Than Help You Lose Weight
Fitbits and Fuelbands better up their game, because cancer-detecting bras are on the way. → Read More
New Infrared Microwave Lets You See Food Cooking—Inside and Out
Burned popcorn and undercooked burritos might be a thing of the past if this invention makes it to stores. → Read More
It’s Not Just K-Cups: 7 Everyday Products That Are Landfill Nightmares
Even packages have packaging these days, creating more waste than ever. → Read More