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Are These Baby-Shaped Pears Creepy Or Adorable?“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” and Growing Power of Protest MemesThe Case Against SmartphonesWhy Intel And The Michael J. Fox Foundation Are Teaming Up To Create Wearable Tech For Parkinson’sWatch The Trailer For Björk’s Epic New DocumentaryA Smart Motorcycle Helmet Smashes Through Its Indiegogo GoalThe Cities That Spend The Most On Bike Lanes Later Reap The Most RewardDoes Workplace Competition Kill Women’s Creativity?How Julep Turned Women’s Self-Blame Into A Hit New ProductApple Shows Off A More Diverse Leadership TeamWith Waze Partnership, Easy Taxi Passengers Can Share Their ETAs With FriendsEngineer 3-D Prints An Adorable Dog Wheelchair For A Two-Legged Puppy3 Apps That Improve Access To The Justice SystemWatch These Horrifying Robots Swarm Together In Funny Shapes (Before They Kill Us)Take This Interactive 3-D Hike Up Mount Everest If You Must, But Please Be CarefulJack Dorsey And Other Square Insiders Respond To All The HatersHappy 100th Birthday To Legendary Graphic Designer Paul RandEA Marks “Madden Season” With A Bonkers Music Video Featuring Kevin Hart And Dave FrancoThe FAA Says You Can’t Share Your AirplaneWaking Up Early, Challenging Colbert’s Gravitas, And Re-Thinking Productivity: The Most Popular Leadership Stories This WeekThat Gorgeous Dress Too Expensive? New Website Lets You Name Your PriceInfographic: Here Are The Average Ages Of Every “Saturday Night Live” Cast EverHow Close Are You To A Casino?Starbucks Jumps On The Cold Brew TrainWonder What Google Street View Is Like With Sound? (Spoiler: Awesome)These Hyper-Efficient Lightbulbs Have A Built-In Dimmer, For Even More SavingsWhat Is Sapphire, The Super-Tough Display Material That Might Come To The iPhone?Why The Internet Of Things Won’t Look The Way You ThinkThe World’s First Climate Refugees (Sort Of)Apologies From The Creator Of The Pop-Up AdThis Smartphone-Connected Device Will One Day Quickly Detect Your STDsThis Smart Sleep Tracker Tells You Why You’re Not Getting Enough SleepThis Portable, Floating House Is Light Enough To Tow By BicycleThe Recommender: Reyhan Harmanci, Who Hallucinated At DollywoodInfographic: What Do Architects Actually Do?Tom Hanks Releases A Typewriter App For iPad, And It’s Insufferably TweeCan A Photographer Truly Capture Love?The Explosion Cabinet Certainly Lives Up To Its NameNo More Hovering: Now Women Can Pee Like Men With This Pretty Paper FunnelInside The Making Of The New “Dungeons & Dragons”What It’s Like To Be The Mayor Of Lego Fusion TownYouTube’s CEO Is About To Take The Highest-Profile Maternity Leave Since Marissa Mayer3 Things You Should Do At The End Of Your Summer InternshipA Field Guide To All The Jerks You Work WithThe Hudson Valley Learning Center That’s Training Women Who Want To Change The World5 Ways To Hone Your Problem-Solving Abilities And Become An Expert In Your FieldThe Introvert’s Guide To NetworkingThe New Habit Challenge: Drink Your Coffee When Science Tells You ToThe People Have Spoken: It’s Time To Start Trusting Your Employees MoreWhat’s More Important In Hiring Than A Good Cover Letter? 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Try This Unpopular Piece Of Advice First5 People Who Took A Huge Pay Cut For Their Unique Dream JobsHow Zippo Has Reignited Its Fan Base With Personal Branding And On Social Media5 Women In Tech Share The Best And Worst Advice They’ve Ever ReceivedIs It Possible For Freelancers To Ever Retire?Why It’s Time To Manage Progress And Not PeopleHow A World-Class Heart Surgeon Found The One Leadership Trait Many Businesses Are MissingThe Creative Collaboration Behind The Summer’s Weirdest Game Sensation, “Hohokum”This Video Showing Your Gnarly, Unseen Sun Damage Isn’t A Sunscreen Ad But Should BeThe Psychological Consequences Of Jezebel’s Rape GIF ProblemHas Spotify Found A New Revenue Sweet Spot?Smart Sensors For Offices That Do It All: Save Energy, Track Employees, And Create A Happier WorkplaceAre Cities Ready To Host Their Own Crowdfunding Platforms?Make Your Own Dancing Baby GrootFacebook Loophole Lets You Chat Without Messenger AppWashington Redskins’ New Ad Defends The Team NameSee How Lighting Can Completely Transform A Photo Of Your FaceWatch One World Trade Center Take Over The Manhattan SkylineAre You Fluent In Emoji?How This Algorithm Detected The Ebola Outbreak Before Humans CouldHuman Female Scientist Creates Popular Twitter Account With Lego Female ScientistsWhy Your Food Comes In Clear PackagingYou Could Play Checkers On This Building’s FacadeiPhone 6 Cases Are Already Available For PreorderBluetooth Speaker Is A Levitating Death Star Of SoundApple’s Minimalist Salute To Robin Williams Says All It Needs ToFlorida Murder Suspect Allegedly Asked Siri Where He Should Hide The Dead BodyThis Ghostly Chandelier Is Made Of IceOld Cigarette Butts May Eventually Be More Than Litter And Power Your PhoneFrom England, The World’s First On-Demand Community GardenThis Kid Designed A Wearable Health Device For His Grandfather With Alzheimer’sA Google Chrome Experiment Visualizes The 36-Year Journey Of A SpacecraftAmazon’s Credit Card Reader Is Here, And It’s Dramatically Cheaper Than SquareArchitects Re-Imagine New York City Parking Spots As New HousingThe Future Of Food, Mapped Out For The Next 10 YearsThis Is The Very First Electoral Map Dividing The U.S. Into Red States And Blue StatesHow Jessica Banks Went From Aspiring Astronaut To Levitating Furniture Designer4 Reasons Why Exponential Technologies Are Taking OffThis Bright Orange Skyway Is Copenhagen’s Newest Bike LaneInside The War To Reinvent The Soda FountainThe Science Of Menu Design: How Restaurants Can Make You Choose A Salad Over A CheeseburgerPaintboxing Is Exactly What It Sounds Like And It’s AwesomeSlack Wins Over Another Doubter, Scoring A Sandwich Video In The DealThe RX You Fill At The App Store10 Gmail Plugins That Improve Email ProductivityWhy Night Owls Are More Ethical In The AfternoonHow To Disconnect From Work Without Everyone Freaking Out7 Steps To Shorter Conference CallsYou Just Had A Fight With A Coworker–Now What?What To Do When Investors Think You’re CrazyWhy Millennials Want To Work For Themselves4 Steps To Making The Life You Always WantedHow Fab’s Founder Learned To Let Others’ Creativity Take The LeadThe Secret Success Of The Square-Starbucks AllianceThe Creators Of “The Hotwives of Orlando” On How To Go Big With Reality ParodyThese Eerie Portraits Show The Power Of Genes By Merging Two Faces Into OneHow 12 Brands Used SnapchatControl This Art Museum’s Robots From The Comfort Of Your Couch72% Of Leadership Roles At Apple Are Held By MenGoogle Maps Now Extends Beyond The Boundaries Of The Earth–To The Moon And MarsSean Bean Even Dies When He Checks His Email In This Funny Or Die VideoHow Mobile Technology Could Help Stop Illegal FishingVideo Ads Are Coming To TwitterForget Windows, This Private Jet Has Floor-To-Ceiling Panorama ViewsThis Website Snitches On Renters Who List Their Apartments On AirbnbInside The Bizarre Phenomenon Known As “Glitch Art”Microsoft Relaunches Its Original 1994 Site On The WebErnest Hemingway’s Other Legacy: A Colony Of Adorable, Six-Toed CatsThe Manning Brothers Pick Up the Mic Again For DirecTVA Detroit Activist And Chinese Electropop Band Share Their Verse For AppleWhy Doesn’t L.A. Have More Supertall Skyscrapers?The Impression He Left: 9 Pop Culture Tributes To Robin WilliamsStatues Taking Selfies Remind Us Of The Living Statue WithinTwitter Reveals How Many Of Its Active Users Aren’t Quite Human (Updated)7 Buildings That Look Like FoodArtist John Baldessari Wants To Put Your Name On A 98-Foot-Long Sign In ParisA Catamaran Carrying Dried Food For The End TimesLyft Accuses Uber Of Canceling Thousands Of Ride Requests At The Last SecondA New Health Insurance Company That Won’t Make You Want To Tear Your Hair OutThese Futuristic Wearable Devices Harvest Energy From Your Blinks And Blood FlowKim Kardashian Isn’t The Only Person To Write A Book About Selfies–But Hers Will Actually SellGet Some Screen Time While You Play Outside, With This Digital SeesawA Motorcycle Fueled By Bacon Is Sizzling Down America’s HighwaysHow Bad California’s Drought Really IsMeet The Pioneering Female Scientist And Explorer Who Is Bearing Witness To The Ocean’s DestructionWeird History: Inventor Hired Models To Make Shopping Carts Seem CoolEx-Googler On 4 Ways Designers Can Help The Working World Master Big DataCan Skylanders Trap Team Turn A Tablet Into Your Favorite Video Game Console?The Hidden Ways Urban Design Segregates The PoorIs Your Open Office Actually A Twisted Experiment? It Happened To These WorkersWhy The Kindle Is A Device Dieter Rams Can LoveWhy 6 P.M. Is The Toughest Time To Be A Good ParentHow PBS’s Masterpiece Went From Musty To Must-SeeA Smarter School Lockdown5 Ways Poker Can Make You Better At Your JobA Professor Biked Across The Country To Prove The American Dream Is ChangingHow To Figure Out Your Most Productive Time Of DayWhy The Way We Talk About Leadership Is Killing Today’s BusinessesHow A Gold Medalist Uses His Olympic Experience To Run A BusinessIntroducing The Next Generation Of Female Tech Role ModelsThe Best Thing I Did After Being Passed Over For My Dream JobThe Gender Leisure Gap: Why Women Are Losing Their Time To Just Chill Out6 Lessons We Can Learn From A Scandinavian Model Of SuccessWhy Jack Dorsey Killed The Square Credit CardSee The Brutal Reality Of Life On Skid Row In The New Doc, “Los Scandalous”This Manicure Has Serious Bite, As Southern Comfort Brings Shark Week To The BarMarlboro Boy And Fat Ronald: The Brand-Jamming Art Of Ron EnglishGoogle Invests In Undersea Cable To Boost Internet SpeedsVine Stars Combine Their Powers For This HP TV CommercialGet Zapped With 500,000 Volts Of Electricity In Style In This Futuristic Chainmail DressOpenTable Rolls Out Mobile Payments In New York CityStopping Disease With A Simple Innovation: New FloorsFried Chicken Logo Looks Like A CockUse This App To Design A Gorgeous ScarfHow Apple Uses Picasso To Teach Employees About Product DesignForget Glasses. 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Square Gets Into The Reservations BusinessThese X-Ray GIFs Will Get Under Your SkinAmerica’s 50 Smallest Towns Get A Special Oreo DeliveryHow The World’s Craziest Video Game Is Changing MoMAHow Recording From The Road Is Changing The Music IndustryWatch It: Visit All 185 Oregon State Parks Via This Oregon-Themed Music VideoThis Is Going To Change How You Listen To Music ForeverThis Brilliant Cycling App Is Helping A City Plan New Bike PathsBuzzFeed Reportedly Worth $850M After $50M Investment From Andreessen HorowitzHow Open Source Helped Segment.io Grow A Healthier CompanyMounting These Shelves Is As Easy As Hanging A Picture On The WallThis Breakthrough Computer Chip Isn’t Modeled On Machines–It’s Like A Human BrainRegular Pilots Can Now Have Superhuman Augmented Reality Fighter Pilot VisionHow To Re-Imagine The Climate: Designers And Coders Hack Weather DataHow Circa CEO Matt Galligan Trained Himself To Wake Up At 6:30 A.M. Without An Alarm ClockGorgeous John Lautner House Featured In “Less Than Zero” Is For Sale, Only $7.5 MillionJulie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler on Creating a Business with SoulReshma Saujani on Getting Girls to Code and Why its Good for BusinessBozoma Saint John on building buzzworthy brandsRuzwana Bashir on redefining the travel experienceYael Cohen Braun on the power of authenticityA Few Simple Tricks Make Starting A Business Overseas Cheap And EasyPatron Embraces Tequila’s Artisanal Roots With Launch Of Roca LineAirlines Are Tossing Seat-Back Screens. Here Is Why That’s A Great Design MoveLondon Is Planning Its First Floating Village To Make Room For More PeopleThe Famous Meow Mix Song Gets An EDM RemixPit Bulls Photographed As Lovely Fairy Tale Creatures8 Things Every Design Firm Should Know About Running A BusinessSecret Photos From Inside North Korea Show Life In The World’s Most Isolated CountryThe New Digital Breed Of Fire CommandThe Many Pop-Culture Moments Of Narragansett, The “Forrest Gump Of Beers”Match or Mismatch?Back To Square One6 Ways Humility Can Make You A Better LeaderQuote Of The Week: “Just Build Stuff”The Crowdfunding Site Out To Change How Many Women-Led Businesses Get FundedWhy Entrepreneurs Should Climb A Mountain Before Starting A BusinessWhat Happened When I Woke Up Two Hours Earlier For A WeekHow To Command A Room Like Stephen ColbertWhat Marketers Can Learn From The Sharing EconomyHow Single-Tasking Boosts Your Productivity5 Things You’re Doing That Seem Productive, But Aren’tMuppet Performers Share What It Was Like To Work For Jim HensonHow The Approval Matrix Went From The Back Page Of “New York” To TVHow Judy Greer Went From High School Musical To Hollywood’s Busiest Co-Star