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With its two-dimensional building facades looking like something out of a Hollywood Western town, you might expect to see tumbleweed rolling down the main strip. But the only things you’ll find moving through the streets of Mcity are driverless cars, as this artificial town is actually the...

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In Bangladesh, roughly one-third of the country, much of which sits only a meter above sea level, goes underwater during monsoon season from June to October. In those months, roads become inaccessible, crops and schoolhouses are destroyed and commerce stalls. Millions of Bangladeshis are forced...

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A new report says the number of American children living in poverty is dropping — but it's still higher than before the Great Recession. Twenty-two percent of American children were living in poverty in 2013, according to data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a Baltimore-based...

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At the end of a job interview, you can usually breathe a sigh of relief. The hardest part is over! But as soon as the office door closes behind you, the interview starts replaying in your head. Over and over and over. And each time, it gets a little worse. Did you really giggle nervously when...

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Meet Anna Maria Lane, a.k.a. the only documented female soldier of the American Revolution, a.k.a. the American Mulan. Anna Maria is almost completely forgotten by the history books, even though she dressed in the same uniform and fought alongside other brave soldiers (under the command of...

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Pope Francis joined a Vatican gathering of at least 50 mayors from around the world on Tuesday, signing a declaration that states the upcoming climate summit in Paris will likely be the last chance to limit global warming. The mayors, which include New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Boston Mayor Martin...

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Let’s face it — the best part of any flight is when it’s finally over. From screaming kids to turbulence to nonexistent legroom, taking to the air these days has become more of a nuisance than a luxury. It doesn’t have to be all bad, though. We chatted with some industry...

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The demand from consumers for locally produced products has spilled over to the beverage industry. Regional, small-distribution craft sodas produced by companies like Reed's, Jones and Virgil's can now be found in convenience stores, toy stores and restaurants almost as commonly as...

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We all wish we could be more productive at both work and home — but that's much easier said than done. In a 2013 survey by software company AtTask, workers reported spending just shy of half of their workweek on things other than their primary job duties or in productive...

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A new wireless device the width of a human hair can be implanted in the brain and activated by remote control to deliver drugs. The technology, demonstrated for the first time in mice, may one day be used to treat pain, depression, epilepsy, and other neurological disorders in people by...

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A new study offers yet more evidence that higher levels of education are linked to living longer. Researchers looked at data on more than a million people from 1986 to 2006 to estimate the number of deaths in the United States that could be attributed to low levels of education. They studied...

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“I think there are too many superhero movies,” said my son — and I could see by the look in his eye that it pained him to say so. I’m not sure exactly what prompted that declaration, since we’d spent the better part of the weekend trading Comic-Con 2015 news. Every...

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A restaurant server and his boss performed a small act of kindness for a servicewoman hoping to honor her brother, a fallen solider who was killed in Iraq. Brian Avery, the server at Buffalo Wild Wings in Tacoma, Washington, wrote on Facebook that a woman in the military came to his restaurant...

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A Russian woman is making headlines for her incredibly plastic life, modeled after the popular Barbie doll. Her bizarre life has earned her lots of nicknames on social media, including ‘Living Barbie’, ‘Real Doll’ and ‘Pink Lover’. Looking at 28-year-old...

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You've probably heard the productivity adage that "done is better than perfect," which certainly sounds more appealing than "the devil is in the details." However, as an editor, it's my job to check (and double check) the work that comes across my desk. Moreover,...