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Why US Government websites are going to start looking really good (for real)Fortunately for the American people, any url ending in .gov is going to look and function better than it ever has before, thanks to new gov...
The best ways to get to work, according to ScienceThe average commuter spends about an hour a day heading to and from work, but plenty spend as much as three hours commuting.
Virtual reality put me face-to-face with Bill Clinton in his officeThis was just a taste of a new VR experience created for the Clinton Foundation that will debut as part of the Clinton Global Initiative's ...
A not-so-fantastical plan to save California from drought with cacti"Grassroots Cactivism" is the name of the concept by Ali Chen, which taps the prickly pear as a renewable centerpiece of a water purifying ...
Obama's running wild in Alaska with a selfie stickPresident Obama's trip to Alaska this week intended to shine a spotlight on climate change. But he's also there for a social media spree, i...
Why doesn't Instagram allow users to manage multiple accounts?Instagram's lack of flexibility might be frustrating, but it's financially detrimental to someone like Tunji Afonja, who works as a social ...
Why doesn't Instagram allow me to manage multiple accounts like Twitter does?Instagram's lack of flexibility might be frustrating to me, but it's financially detrimental to someone like Tunji Afonja, who works as a s...
Lettuce is the bottled water of produceAnother day, another story about what we should consume when confronted with a water-scarce future. On today's chopping block: Lettuce, sho...
If you want better public transit, you probably shouldn't use UberBecause of the precipitous drop in prices thanks to uberX, UberPool, there are people-lots of people-who now use Uber to commute great dist...
11 clever ways cities are taking advantage of public spaceHere are some of the finalists in the Place By Design competition announced by SXSW Eco, a sustainability conference by the organizers of S...