21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life

Sometimes life gets in the way, and you need a workaround, some way to get past your usual obstacles and to trick yourself into keeping things simple.
21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life

Here They Are, Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments

Whether they are blasting apart subatomic particles in accelerators, sequencing the genome or analyzing the wobble of a distant star, the experiments that grab the world's attention often cost millions of dollars to execute and produce torrents of data to be processed over months by supercomputers.
Here They Are, Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments

Why You Should Never Talk to the Police

This is an engaging and fascinating video presentation by Professor James Duane of the Regent University School of Law, explaining why -- in a criminal matter -- you should never, ever, ever talk to the police or any other government agent.
Why You Should Never Talk to the Police

Top 10 Amazing Physics Videos

Tesla coils, superconductors, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about physics.
Top 10 Amazing Physics Videos

The Danger of Stress

You probably think you're doing everything you can to stay healthy: you get lots of sleep, exercise regularly and try to avoid fried foods. But you may be forgetting one important thing. Relax! Stress has a bigger impact on your health than you might realize.
The Danger of Stress

20 examples of grammar misuse

Grammar just ain't what it used to be, it seems. When we explained the difference between "fewer" and "less than", following Tesco's policy shift on this matter, readers told us what grammar rules they see being flouted or find confusing.
20 examples of grammar misuse

Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century

The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.
Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century

Six tips for good deeds that take less than five minutes

Here are some ways that you can help other people—and make yourself feel great, at the same time—in under five minutes.
Six tips for good deeds that take less than five minutes

Moment a dolphin gave birth caught on film

The unique moment was captured by a photographer at the Oltremare Aquarium at Riccione in Italy. Normally after a year-long pregnancy, captive dolphins give birth at night and away from the public gaze.
Moment a dolphin gave birth caught on film

Screenshot Tour: Google Chrome First Look

New beta web browser Google Chrome officially hit the streets just a few minutes ago, and we've rolled up our sleeves and taken a quick look at everything the newest browser on the block has to offer. Keep reading for a detailed screenshot tour of the exciting new Google Chrome browser.
Screenshot Tour: Google Chrome First Look

6 Questions to Ask Yourself to Get the Most Out of Life

You never know how much time you have left, and trying to cram a list of things into that unknown time can be futile. Instead, live every day to the fullest. Get the most out of life.
6 Questions to Ask Yourself to Get the Most Out of Life

How to Set Up a Laptop Security System

As students flock back to the library and the rest of us head back to the coffee shop for a warm drink and free Wi-Fi, the safety and security of our laptops—and all of the important and sensitive information they hold—are of the utmost importance. Let's take a look at several free and cheap methods you can (and should) use to keep your laptop safe, secure, and out of the hands of thieves. We'll also take a look at software that tracks and even snaps pictures of the thief in the event he did get away with your precious gear.
How to Set Up a Laptop Security System

5 Reasons to Write Down Everything You Eat For a Week

Quick, what did you eat for lunch on Monday? Ok, stop, you have no idea and neither would I. That's a problem if you are trying to lose or maintain your weight. How do you know what is causing gains and losses if you aren't tracking things?
5 Reasons to Write Down Everything You Eat For a Week

Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project

Google Chrome is Google’s open source browser project. As rumored before under the name of “Google Browser”, this will be based on the existing rendering engine Webkit. Furthermore, it will include Google’s Gears project.
Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project

The 10 Worst Job Tips Ever

The world abounds in bad advice for job-seekers. Here are some spectacularly unsound directives.
The 10 Worst Job Tips Ever

Hilarious Signage, Part 11

Scratching of head required...and even then, it's no guarantee you'll figure out the real meaning behind these masterpieces of ambiguity. At least this signage provides much needed entertainment and comic relief on our all-too-stressful urban roads.
Hilarious Signage, Part 11

10 Words That Will Help You Win at Scrabble

...and if all else fails, there’s always “ZQFMGB”… a worm found in New Guinea, according to Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes.
10 Words That Will Help You Win at Scrabble

Hasse diagram of the 2008 Olympic medal table

Different people have different conventions for how to rank the Olympic medal results.
Hasse diagram of the 2008 Olympic medal table

Are UFOs lighting up the skies over Australia's outback?

Move over Roswell. New Mexico's UFO Museum and Research Center may attract more than 150,000 visitors annually who are curious about the alleged 1947 alien crash landing there, but some residents of Australia's outback claim their skies are alive with unidentified flying object activity now.
Are UFOs lighting up the skies over Australia's outback

12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control

Turn a Wi-Fi thief's world upside down. Send an e-mail that self-destructs. And ensure that your boss thinks you're always hard at work. These tweaks and tools let you gain the upper hand.
12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control