The Cognitive Benefits Of Chewing Gum

The Cognitive Benefits Of Chewing Gum

Chewing gum boosts mental focus, but the effect dies after about 20 minutes. Frontal Cortex blogger Jonah Lehrer explores the neuroscience behind this strange relationship.

Latest Stats Say We're Building a Fatter, Slower Web

Latest Stats Say We're Building a Fatter, Slower Web

Thanks to a diet of ever-richer JavaScript files and more sophisticated CSS, web pages are fatter than ever. If bandwidth speeds and browser improvements can't keep pace tomorrow's web may end up slower than today's.

iPhone 4 Explodes on Australian Flight

iPhone 4 Explodes on Australian Flight



Rebecca Ford
The phone started emitting smoke and a red glow, forcing a flight attendant to carry out “recovery actions” on the plane.

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