How Many Calories Do You Burn When You Click a Mouse?

Desk jockeys everywhere will probably agree: Exercise isn't a big part of their day-to-day antics.
According to a 2011 study published in the journal PLoS One, 80% of jobs in America require little to no physical activity. With the addition of a few midday vending machine trips, the study says, it's likely that most American cubicle-dwellers are consuming more calories than they're burning — now more than ever.
Another report, called Convert Anything to Calories, calculated the number of calories burned through the mundane activities typical of desk job workers. Among them? Clicking a mouse.
How Many Calories Do You Burn When You Click a Mouse?

New Pope Francis I Has 40,000 Facebook Subscribers

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was revealed Wednesday to be the new leader of the Catholic Church. He has taken the papal name of Francis I. Bergoglio, 76, is a Jesuit and the first pope from South America. He also has an active Facebook presence with 40,000 subscribers — a number that's sure to rise in the coming hours.
New Pope Francis I Has 40,000 Facebook Subscribers

Google Launches Indoor Maps In Australia

Google has expanded its Indoor Maps range to include over 200 locations across NSW and Victoria. Users can access detailed floor plans of large public buildings by zooming into the location on their tablet or smartphone.
Google Launches Indoor Maps In Australia

Lifehacker 101: Ultra HD TVs

4K TV, or ‘Ultra HD’ is the new buzzword being spouted by television manufacturers as they smartly side-step the Hindenburg-sized catastrophe that was 3D TV. If you listen to the hype, the next-generation of televisions are an industry-changing revolution that will make your 1080p displays look like an oil-stained nickelodeon canvas from 1915. (They said the same thing about 3D but this time they really mean it. Honest.)
Lifehacker 101: Ultra HD TVs

The Ultimate Puddle Jump Fail [VIDEO]

There is no better feeling than jumping into a puddle after a spring rain and feeling the ripple of water across your shoes. There's no worse feeling than drowning (probably). The subject of this viral video most likely felt both of those emotions in the span of a split second.
The Ultimate Puddle Jump Fail [VIDEO]

Japan Turns Sole Surviving Tsunami Tree Into Gigantic Sculpture

Two years ago today, Japan was ravaged by a horrible tsunami. Now, there’s a new memorial dedicated to the tragedy: the “miracle tree” that survived the surge has now been converted into a sculpture.
Japan Turns Sole Surviving Tsunami Tree Into Gigantic Sculpture

SXSW Begins And Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world.
SXSW Begins And Other News You Need to Know

How to Change Hidden Advanced Settings in Any Browser

Browsers are packed with settings and options, many of which are hidden. Each browser has a place where you can change advanced settings that aren’t available in its standard options window.
Note that changing some of these settings could negatively affect your browser’s performance, stability, or security. Many of these settings are hidden for a reason.
How to Change Hidden Advanced Settings in Any Browser

Quiz Reveals Likelihood You'll Die by 2023

t would be great if we could live forever. But unless you’re swept up in a rapture, you’ll likely die. Some of us sooner than others. A new mortality index released by the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine allows people older than 50 years old to take a quiz and find out their odds of meeting their maker by 2023.
Quiz Reveals Likelihood You'll Die by 2023

Here Is What Lake Eyre Looks Like From Space Over Five Years

Like any lake, Australia’s largest lake, Lake Eyre, fills and empties in a cycle. Usually it happens so slowly that you don’t notice it, but what if you could watch five years of tidal activity in one minute, all taken from space? One Aussie Redditor has combined all the images from the Terra EOS AM-1 satellite taken since 2008 to cram it into one awesome minute.
Here Is What Lake Eyre Looks Like From Space Over Five Years

Eat A Banana To Remedy Over-Caffeination

Getting too juiced up on caffeine happens more often than people often think. Maybe you made a pot and nobody wanted it but you. Perhaps you got lost in a great conversation. In any case, baristas and amateur nutritionists suggest one possible remedy: eat a banana. Yes, a banana.
Eat A Banana To Remedy Over-Caffeination

The Complete Guide To Switching From iPhone To Android

Sick of Apple’s restrictive operating system but haven’t yet made the jump from iPhone to Android? Here’s what to expect, how to adjust, and how to cope with certain app withdrawal.
The Complete Guide To Switching From iPhone To Android

This Jaw Dropping Canyon Cliff Rope Swing Will Give You Vertigo [VIDEO]

YouTuber "Devin Super Tramp" and his friends must have some relation to Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear because they've truly mastered the art of "falling with style."
This group of extremely brave individuals turned the canyons of Utah into their personal swing set and let loose in some amazing jumps and stunts that will have you dizzy.
This Jaw Dropping Canyon Cliff Rope Swing Will Give You Vertigo [VIDEO]

Attention Pet Owners: You Need These 3 Apps

Mashable and Purina recently co-hosted #TailsandRails, a pet-friendly hackathon at New York's Soho Grand Hotel. We brought together coders and animal lovers who want to build a better life for their furry friends.
Attention Pet Owners: You Need These 3 Apps

The Giant Security Hole That Facebook Doesn’t Care About

You probably assume hackers are using all sorts of devious viruses, obscure scripts, “exploits” (whatever that means, right?) and other complex means to break into accounts. But often the means of entry are stupid simple. Facebook has a huge one — and doesn’t care about fixing it.
The Giant Security Hole That Facebook Doesn’t Care About

5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week

The odds of it happening are extremely small, but the shortest possible Monopoly permutation goes like this, according to a Notre Dame professor.
5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week

How to Capture Stunning Snaps of Your Kids

It maybe a cliche, but kids really do grow up too fast. This makes it vital to capture as many childhood moments as you can.
How to Capture Stunning Snaps of Your Kids

Erasing Your Data from the Internet

The Internet is among the best thing that has happened to humanity, but cool as it is, it too has severe problems – problems with security, problems with privacy, problems with identity and sometime the stuff associating to you.
Erasing Your Data from the Internet

In Case You Forgot, the Sun Is a Giant Ball of Fire

The bubbling tumult of the sun's surface regularly produces some pretty jaw-dropping sights, but it's rare that we get to see something like this — and in motion to boot.
In Case You Forgot, the Sun Is a Giant Ball of Fire

Inside a nuclear fusion research lab

In downtown Cambridge, Mass., there's a research laboratory where scientists create plasma — the superheated, energy-dense gases that make up the Sun — and then try to manipulate that matter in ways that could, someday, be useful to the human race. Last week, the folks at The Physics Central Buzz Blog went inside this facility.
Inside a nuclear fusion research lab