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Forrester Gets It Wrong On Facebook (Really Wrong)

I’ve read the Forrester research on Facebook Facebook, and it makes very little sense. Forrester has basically said that the entire value and promise of the Facebook brand is vastly overstated because of the lack of utility of mobile advertising,…

NASA photographs Pluto’s moon Charon

New Horizons LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) composite image showing the detection of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, cleanly separated from Pluto itself. The frame on the left is an average of six different LORRI images, each taken with (NASA/Johns Hopkins…

Russian rocket explodes and crashes in failed launch

A Russian rocket exploded in a massive fireball late Monday, destroying three navigation satellites after a failed launch that appeared to veer out of control shortly after liftoff and crash back to Earth. The unmanned Proton rocket lifted off from…

Keep An Eye On Seniors

As President Obama and Governor Romney prepare to meet face to face in what can be described as an increasingly favorable political climate for Democrats, both sides admit that the polls will tighten in the final weeks leading up to…

Why Journalists Can’t Stop Speaking About ‘Conservatives’

“If you hooked network news reporters and producers to polygraph machines and asked them,’Do you think you are guilty of liberal bias?’ most would almost certainly answer,’No.’ And they would pass the polygraph test because they’re not lying. They honestly…

What Will Really Make Us Fat In the New Year

Your New Year’s resolution might involve diet and exercise but according to news sources that might not shrink your waistline. Reporst say man-made chemicals called “obesogens” may be responsible for the “obesity epidemic,” and regulators are gearing up to address…

America’s Last Chance?

If, as expected, a new generation of economic conservatives join the ranks of the United States Congress in the wake of the upcoming midterm elections, they will face a momentous challenge: how to finally deliver on the promises of fiscal…

Top 5 Germiest Surfaces

(diego cervo) Germaphobes beware! The world around us is teeming with microbial life. From the dead-set obvious public toilet seat to the obscure bacteria-laden snowflake, the world is a reservoir of the microscopic, and we are merely passengers. To put…

Five Inventions That Will Change Your Life

Think you live in a high-tech age? We don’t — not compared to what the world will be like if technologies scientists are currently working on come to pass. Imagine cheap, reliable electricity that doesn’t need to be generated in…