Comedian Paul F. Tompkins reviews Sleep Machine, an app that lulls users into rest and relaxation with ambient sounds â from lapping waves on the beach to morning birds to the hum of a running dishwasher or fan.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/29/179878407/sleep-machine-am-ambient-noise-app-for-your-nap
He created incentives that 11-year-olds could relate to. (Somehow, "Come to school and you’ll be better off in 20 years," just wasn’t working.)
As best scientists can tell, lobsters age so gracefully they show no measurable signs of aging: no loss of appetite, no change in metabolism, no loss of reproductive urge or ability, no decline in strength or health. Lobsters, when they die, seem to die from external causes.
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We finally know what the inventor of the telephone sounded like. Last week, the Smithsonian unveiled recordings of Alexander Graham Bell’s voice from 1885. It’s the first known recording of him speaking.
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Anthropologists find that the use of "emotional" words in all sorts of books has soared and dipped across the past century, roughly mirroring each era’s social and economic upheavals. And psychologists say this new form of language analysis may offer a more objective view into our culture.
Amancio Ortega has just bumped Warren Buffett off his No. 3 spot on Forbes’ list of billionaires. The Spanish entrepreneur’s clothing chain has become highly popular around the world, but do you know the man behind the label?
Companies that provide financial data are increasingly interested in our "likes" and tweets. A Ph.D. student recently studied how positive social media mentions are linked to stock market performance, and came up with some interesting results.
JC Penney’s new CEO came in with a bold strategy: No more sales or coupons. It didn’t work.
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From food scientists who study the human palate to maximize consumer bliss, to marketing campaigns that target teens to hook them for life on a brand, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss’ new book goes inside the world of processed, packaged goods.
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