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The Life And Rebirth Of Jim Henson And The MuppetsMake Your Day As Productive As Possible With These Tips From History’s Most Productive PeopleA Dramatic Reading Of That Open Letter To The Worst Airplane Passenger EverKFC Answers The Question: Can You Make A Music Video In A Lunch Hour?“Mindy Project” Joins TV Shows Getting A Second Life OnlineDon’t Count Lyft Out: Carl Icahn Invests $100 Million In Ridesharing’s FutureWatch The Trailer For “The Road Warrior” Re-Cut To Look More Like “Fury Road”Toronto Drivers Got To Mad Max Their Ride With A “Fury Road” Dusty Car WashA Crowdfunding Site Helps Young Medical Researchers Get Their Ideas Off The GroundThis Public Bench Turns Into A Merry-Go-Round To Connect Strangers On The StreetGoogle’s Self-Driving Cars Coming to Mountain View Roads This SummerNetflix Eyes China Expansion As It Faces Increasing Competition At HomeNYC’s Mythical 190 Bowery Will Open To The Public For Just One NightThese Subtle “Simpsons” Signs Form a Master Class In Filling The Frame With JokesNYC Creative Shop Ming Launches Retail Space With Designer Tom DixonRelive The Mad Men Era With An Exhaustive Interactive Retrospective From Google PlayEuropean Mobile Carrier Threatens To Ad-Block GoogleYour iPhone’s Keyboard Just Became The Ultimate Calendar AppYale Is Testing A New Carbon Charge–On ItselfB.B. King On Why Anyone Can Sing The BluesBrisk Iced Tea Teams With Mishka For A Limited Line Of Streetwear ApparelIrresponsible Dog Owners Beware: Your Dog’s Poop Is Now Subject To DNA TestsPeek Inside The Gorgeous Notebooks Of Professional Soccer BroadcastersHow Bike-Friendly Is Your State?A New Doc and Exhibit Salute “Alien” Designer H.R. Giger’s Dark Sci-Fi LegacyIngenious Bookshelves Turn Your Books Into ArtThe Meaning Of Luxury, Explored In 10 ObjectsTake The Fast Company News QuizWhich Dangerous Job Is Worth The Risk?Moving? Students Devise A Smarter Way To Pack BoxesWatch A Surgical Robot Suture A Delicate Grape–And Pretend It’s Your UterusHow Facebook Unified Its BrandMIT Made A Game To Figure Out How Our Brains Work In The DarkTo Take On HBO And Netflix, YouTube Had To Rewire ItselfAre You Hiring Smart?The World’s First $9 Computer Does Everything That Your Expensive Model Can Do“The Walking Dead” Star Emily Kinney On The Art Of Juggling More Than One Creative CareerFreelance With A Family: Advice On Making It Work From One Of America’s Top Rock CriticsPassing The Barf Test: How Kay Cannon Went From Improv To Pitch PerfectPizza-Ordering Emoji, Synthetic Humans: The Top 5 Ads Of The WeekFive Free Apps That Are Like Having An Extra Set Of HandsThe U.S. States With The Largest And Smallest Gender Pay Gaps (Actual Equality Is Too Much To Ask)Refinery29 Already Has 25 Million Fans, Now It Wants To Win At SundanceCan You Guess The Classic Movie From This Artist’s Story-At-A-Glance Graphics?The Secrets To Dethroning The Office Drama King Or QueenUnexpected Startup Lessons: Fake Names, Good Listening, And The Price Of Time4 Essential Skills Good Managers HaveWhy Does This App Think I’m A Sociopath?Seven Habits Of Likable PeopleFrom Happy People’s Habits to Google Maps’ Newest Rival: The Most Popular Stories In Leadership This WeekThe Four Parts Of The “What If” Innovation Process7 Reasons Your Business Should Care About The Brazilian MarketApple Wants To Keep Your Data Safe In The RadioShack SaleMeet Liz Segran and Daniel Terdiman, Fast Company’s Newest WritersHarry Shearer’s Most Excellent Moments As The Simpsons’s Mr. Burns And Ned Flanders [UPDATED]Watch A Funny Short About What It Might Be Like To Actually Date a Popular Social NetworkCan Reddit Tame The Trolls?The Case For Setting Impossible DeadlinesToday in Tabs: I Don’t Mean To Tab At You But I Feel Good Doing ItThis Startup Will Sell You Weird-Looking Fruit And Bulbous Veggies For CheapDoes The New York Subway Know The 9 To 5 Is Dead?Want To Make More Money? Get A Cybersecurity JobHow To Design A Safe Intersection For CyclistsKFC’S Double Down Looks Like Kale Salad Next To Hardee’s Triple-Threat “Most American Thickburger”This Is The Last New Promo For “Mad Men” You WIll Ever See And Of Course It Gives Away NothingWalmart Will Test Competitor To Amazon Prime This SummerHow The Goosebumps Novels Got Their Trippy StyleThis Mechanical Lung BlowsThis Sculpture Points To The Nearest Costco, Monument, Or SatelliteWalmart Is Bottling Water From The Middle Of California’s DroughtCould Airbnb Help Solve The Problem Of Vacant Housing?In New Short Doc, Ubisoft Admits Past Mistakes And Celebrates Future Of “Assassin’s Creed”MVRDV’s Seoul Skygarden Is Like The High Line On SteroidsMeet HeartMob: A Tool For Fighting Online Harassment Designed By People Who Have Been HarassedCalifornia Has A Four-Year Drought: Can It Afford Automatic Flushing Toilets?Do You Have An Elastic Mind? 3 Traits Of Designers Who DoWhere Businesses See The Most Money To Be Made In Solving Global ChallengesCrazy Way To Paint Patterns On 3-D Objects Is Like A Cartoon Come To LifeThis Wool Cardigan Doubles As A Physical TherapistApple Alum Ron Johnson Is Giving His Employees The Best Of Both The Gig Economy & Traditional EmploymentWhy “Design For Development” Is Failing On Its PromiseHow Beauty Startups Like Vênsette Are Profiting From The Instagram EconomyThis Is How You Make Infomercials Millennials Will WatchMcKinsey & Company Acquires Lunar, One Of Silicon Valley’s Oldest Design FirmsIn Ikea’s Kitchen Of The Future, You Won’t Have A Fridge, But You Will Have DronesHow Chad Hodge Sold Fox, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, And M. Night Shyamalan On “Wayward Pines”6 Truths About Failing Better, From “Odd Couple” Star And Billion-Dollar Screenwriter Thomas LennonYour Excuses For Not Meditating: DebunkedThe Brand Evolution Of “Rolling Stone” MagazineWhy People In Finance And Insurance Are The Unhappiest EmployeesHow To Master The Art Of Taking Better NotesCan Microsoft Get Its Groove Back? The Evolution Of The Brand In 3 Minutes3 Ways To Show Balanced LeadershipHow To Pull Yourself Out Of A Career RutFrom Tech Startup To Sustainable Pig Farming: How 3 People Left It All BehindTumblr Launches A Campaign Against CyberbullyingFacebook Promises Freelancers Better Pay, More PerksThere’s A Very Good Reason Domino’s Is Obsessed With Pizza Emoji Right NowThe Original Hamburglar Is Back In This Gritty Fan Film Also Starring Ronald And GrimaceThe Golden Age Of Quantum Computing Is Upon Us (Once We Solve These Tiny Problems)Is this the future of publishing?Austin City Employees Given Special Training To Deal With…Women?YouTube Viewers Really Want To Learn How To KissToday in Tabs: The Danger Of Exploding BananasU.K. Broadcaster Goes Full “Ex Machina” With Convincing Promo Offering Synthetic Humans For SaleA Snapshot Of How Twitter Deals With Online HarassmentDisappear In The Concrete Jungle With Urban CamouflageNASA Wants Your Ideas For Managing Skies Filled With DronesThis Is the First Surfboard Made From Algae, No Petroleum RequiredMichigan Farmers Markets Make Food Stamps Worth Twice As Much As Regular MoneyThis Sunglasses Company Just Won Advertising With A Totally ’80s-Style Infomercial Shot On VHSCould Slimmer Streets Help Solve San Francisco’s Housing Crisis?With An Electric Zap, This Bandage-Sized Wearable Provides Instant Pain ReliefThis Animated Short Proves Snoop Was Right: “Game Of Thrones” Is Based On Actual HistorySmart Alarm Clock For Heavy Sleepers Promises To Get You Out Of Bed FastCan The ACLU Fix Hollywood’s Gender Problem?Artefact Designs A Backpack To Save Cyclists’ LivesShyp’s Delivery Service Goes Live In Los Angeles, With A Few TweaksGoogle’s Self-Driving Cars Have Been In 11 AccidentsHow Facebook Just Became The World’s Largest PublisherWatch A New York Delivery Guy Spend A Harrowing Day On His Bike For Basically No MoneyTech Companies Are Moving To 100% Clean Energy, Some Faster Than OthersMovies Invade Reality In This Striking Short About The Dangers Of Too Much Screen TimeA First Look At The All-New Reading Rainbow Site, Launching TodayIf Velveeta Packaging Were More Honest, It Would Look Like ThisHeidi Klum Is The Next Celebrity Making A Career Change In New Wix Campaign5 Pointers For Starting Your Own Creative AgencyKnowing When Your Business Is Better Off Without You7 Questions For The Guy Who Designed Minority Report’s Futuristic UIsWhy A Controversial Sex-Ed Advocate Created An App Called HookupHold Your Breath: Where Air Quality Is Best And Worst In AmericaRent The Runway’s Formula For Finding And Fostering Women LeadersHow A Bookmaker Used Data To Create The First Real-Time, Virtual Reality Horse RaceNeed A Break From Home, But Want To Keep Working? Take A JobbaticalIs Optimism Overrated?How Do I Stop People From Constantly Interrupting Me At Meetings?Heineken Saved $84 Million By Using Less Water And Energy–And Wants The World To KnowThese Simple Tricks Will Help You Regain Your Dwindling FocusHow Citymaps Is Trying To Take On GoogleAn Unconventional Solution To Filling The 5 Million Open U.S. JobsHow This Company Transformed Its Dismal Diversity Numbers4 Things You Need To Know About StressNet-a-Porter Launches An App That Allows Women to Shop Together OnlineNew Girl’s Max Greenfield Stars In 25 New Sirloin Burger Ads For McDonald’sVerizon Is Paying Up For Stuffing Your Phone Bill With Bogus Charges“The Entire Internet, One Click Away!” See The Best Of Those Amazing Old AOL CommercialsIt’s Official: Periscope Is The Future Of Silly Sports ProtestsThe First Trailer For ABC’s New Muppets Series Looks Every Bit As Muppety As You Could HopeClash Of Clans Calls In The Cavalry For An Adorably Explosive New CampaignLaws That Ban Direct Auto Sales Are Not Just Hurting Tesla, Says FTCThe International Red Cross Launches SMS Service For Earthquake Victims In NepalAre There Any Tech Products That Excite You?Today in Tabs: Wherein The Student Becomes The MasterKabbage, The Small Biz Lending Platform, Now Has a Debit CardWhat Does The Last Photo You Took Say About Where You Live?In China’s Great Green Wall, 66 Billion Trees Are Sucking Up Carbon EmissionsBjarke Ingels Redesigns His Old High SchoolThe 2000 And 2015 AOL Merger Press Releases: Compare And ContrastPew-Pew: See How Every Whirring, Whooshing Sci-Fi Sound Effect Started With Star WarsBitTorrent Rolls Out Bleep, Its Super Private, Cloud-Free Messaging AppWhy Michael K. Williams Went Back To Brooklyn For 1800 TequilaA Brief History Of AOLNow Driving Students Can Pratice For Their Exam On Google Street ViewThe Best Son Ever Made This Adorable Video To Help His Mom Find LoveObama Announces Presidential Library Will Be Built In South ChicagoHey, Designers! Test Your Eye By Guessing These Colors As Fast As You CanApplying The Addictive Psychology Of Slot Machines To App DesignIt’s Possible For Tough Guys To Drink Milk And Look Cool, According To This New Cravendale SpotNuimo: A Universal Dial For The Internet Of ThingsHelloFlo Returns With The Legend Of The Period FairyCollapsing Buildings Were The Most Dangerous Part Of The Nepal Earthquake–What Could Make Them Better?Obama Brings On NSA-Bashing Hacker Professor As His New Tech AdvisorWatch Two Men Fly Around Dubai On The Jetpacks We Were All PromisedBehind The Scenes In Dhallywood, Bollywood’s Cheaper, Flashier Cousin5 Ways We Could Get More Solar PowerPaper Now Autotunes Your Whiteboard Sketches To Look Like A Million Bucks“Smart” Inhalers Are Now Monitoring All The Asthmatics Of LouisvilleYou’re About To Get Down With This Week’s New Music, Feat. A$AP Rocky, Snoop And…Third Eye Blind?Inside Bloomberg’s Plan To Spread The Gospel Of Urban Innovation4 Tips For Cultivating Design Leadership At Big CompaniesLondon: The Next Great Tech And Design City?This $169 Computer Is Designed For The World’s Emerging Middle ClassMad Men’s Greatest Influence Is A Movie You’ve Never SeenPBS Digital Studios Is Not Your Grandfather’s (Or Toddler’s) Public TelevisionA$AP Rocky On Creative Connections, And The Art Of Being A BrandWant To Reduce Stress At Work? Try Commuting By BikeLet General Stanley McChrystal Explain Why Adaptability Trumps HierarchyIs It Worth Making An Issue Over An Employee’s Lateness?How Two Liberal Arts Students Created A Million-Dollar, Rainforest-Saving Tea CompanyIs Your Twitter Profile Hurting Your Job Chances?Not All STEM Jobs Guarantee Top WagesThe Five Hidden Benefits Of ProcrastinationThe 3 Differences Between A Boss And A LeaderWhat Owning A Corner Deli Taught SAP’s CEO About LeadershipThe Most Valuable Lessons I’ve Learned From My MentorHow Kickstarter Is Priming Itself For Success In Germany, Its Biggest International Expansion YetHow To Achieve Profitable Creativity, The Secret Fuel Of Exceptional CompaniesLike It Or Not, Millennials Are Officially The Future Of WorkYou Asked, We Answered: How To Make Money Doing What You LoveTiny $9 Computer Has Raised Over 1,560% Of Its Kickstarter GoalJake From State Farm Is Back, And This Time He Is On The Phone With The ConeheadsApple Hints At Big Music Service Reveal With iOS Update“The Tinder Song” Is Made From One Woman’s Real Tinder Messages, And It’s GrossToday in Tabs: E.T. The Egg-stra TerrestrialListen To Every Grunt Michael Jackson Ever RecordedThe Recommender: Sylvia Carolina, MinimalistIf You’ve Ever Wanted To Live In A National Park, Now’s Your ChanceThis AI Watches Satellite Photos And Says “It Looks Like You’re About To Cut Down A Forest. Could You Not?”After Unfortunate Peeing Prank, Google Suspends Community-Edited Map MakerHow Christians Against Gay Marriage Use The Bible To Excuse Their BigotryVian DakhilMondelez Aims For Millennials With A Newtons Cookie Comedy Web SeriesGame Of Thrones Made Easy, With Google MapsShigeru Ban To Bring Emergency Shelters To NepalGraphene-Eating Spiders Spin Silk Stronger Than KevlarThere’s Too Much Empty Space When Men Are Photoshopped Out Of Music Festival LineupsWatch A Surfing Champ Make A Big Sacrifice For A Good CauseThis Museum Explores The History Of Man And ManureDo We Need Wildlife Preserves In The Sky?To Remind Dementia Patients To Eat, This Device Conjures The Smells Of A Delicious MealWhat Your Name Sounds Like As A Hip-Hop BeatDana MaurielloMatt MasonThomas Dimson and Alex KarpenkoGreg HoffmanJermaine AffonsoErtharin CousinVeronica JuarezLinda BoffTracy Chou, Nadine Harik, and Jennifer TsaiZoe Quinn and Alex LifschitzThomas HeatherwickDavid EunAmy GuErica MackieJeremy JohnsonSree SreenivasanSophie LebrechtCameron PironDinesh BhatiaDao Yi Chow and Maxwell OsborneAzzedine DownesAva DuVernayTracy YoungCaitlin OswaldBarbara BushMarques BrownleeJennifer LewisKevin WeilMaarten SierhuisThis Clever Table Absorbs Heat To Keep Rooms Cool (And Then Heats Them Up)The “Safe” Replacement To Cancer-Causing Chemicals In Pizza Boxes May Be—You Guessed It— Also ToxicAmy PoehlerHere’s What Happened When A Neighborhood Decided To Ban Cars For A MonthThese Guerrilla Subway Signs Let You Get Out Of The Subway Exactly Where You WantAre You A Freelancer? Confused About Hourly Rates? Use This CalculatorSee How Mind-Blowingly Creative Amy Poehler Can Be In Just 2 MinutesThe Most Essential Ingredient In Interaction Design? The WordsHow Adidas Is Learning To Be More Like KanyeThe Wearable Computer For Little GirlsThe Writer-Directors Of “The D Train” On Writing Creepy-Funny ScriptsThe Life-Changing Magic Of Having Marie Kondo Organize Your OfficeLarry Wilmore On How To Be The Boss–Or Just BossAnatomy of a Sketch: How Will Forte Made Dance-Magic With Peyton ManningThe Ridiculous Jobs Of The Digital Economy, Illustrated As Children’s Book CharactersCreative Misdirection: How Designer Bill Blass And The “Ghost Army” Tricked the NazisThat’s A Total K-Hole Thing To DoIn Iraq, An Outspoken Parliamentarian Takes A Brave Stand Against ISISMeet Ebola’s Soft-Spoken, Plant-Loving Arch NemesisAmy Poehler Is Really Making Herself UncomfortableA Radical Proposal For Putting People In Charge Of Their DataWaze’s Connected Citizens Program Helps Governments and People… Well, Connect20 Lessons of Creativity For 2015How Periscope, Meerkat, And Snapchat Will Change How TV Covers News, Sports, And WeatherThe 100 Most Creative People in Business 2015How Mountain View-Based Startup Veniam Is Putting Wi-fi On WheelsPayal KadakiaBrett Kopf and David KopfScott DungateMarije VogelzangCatherine HavasiArchana RaghuramHenry Red CloudDexter Peart and Byron PeartMegan AmramMark WilliamsDanilo LeaoEmily LeproustJocelyn LeavittKatrina MarkoffKim GehrigCraig StronbergEl-P and Killer MikeDan Schulman, Jocelyn Mangan, and Bora ChungIsabella Rose TaylorDonald RobertsonMike JudgeBonnie AndersonJason JonesJocelyn CooperAyse IldenizKelly Sue DeConnickLisa Seacat DeLucaApril UnderwoodSibyl GoldmanMarie KondoMary Kay HenryEmily WeissMukesh Jha and Janardan PrasadJerome JarreJanet MockGalyn Bernard and Christina CarbonellImran AmedKaty FikeMax SiegelVinnie MyersMehmood KhanGreg Fong, Sean Monahan, and Emily SegalLarry WilmoreMartha MurrayLeslie DewanJens BergenstenMaria Claudia LacoutureGovernment GroundbreakersRajan AnandanCharles ArntzenDao NguyenTessa LauThe Pipeline Isn’t The Problem: Dissecting The Real Gender Bias In Tech PositionsDiane von Furstenberg’s Strategies On How To Lead And When To Get Out Of The WayHow Do I Keep Work From Bleeding Into My Personal Life?Three Steps To End Office GossipThe Case For Subjective Employee EvaluationsExperts Share The Best And Worst Productivity Advice