How to Write Follow Up Emails That Virtually Guarantee a Response (with Tem

Your first message is only the start. Here’s a tested method for following up to get results.

Bracing for the Vanilla Boom

Amidst soaring vanilla prices, some Madagascar farmers spend their cash in sprees. Their spending may not be as illogical as it appears.

Man-Eaters

A quest for tigers in India.

Why a Roth Conversion or Backdoor Roth IRA is a Good Idea Right Now

Doing a Roth conversion -- also known as a "backdoor Roth IRA" -- is perhaps even more appealing in 2018 than ever before. Why? Low 2018 tax rates.

Obtaining an Elliptic Curve certificate from Let's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt does not currently generate Elliptic Curve certificates. Here's how to obtain one.

A 200-year-old guide to color, redesigned for the internet age - Fast Company

Charles Darwin used it, and now so can you.

Tractors in 2040 sure look intense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIArDsmsLp4 I never thought I'd say this, but I actually prefer this tractor concept over my own car... errr... almost any car, for that matter. It's called the Valtra H202 and it'll put your hooptie to shame! Designed as part of the Valtra Design…

Dial-a-Ride

Laughs, heartache and the winding road: life stories aboard a community bus in rural Wales

'I'm getting ripped off': A look inside Ticketmaster's price-hiking bag of

Buying a ticket for Saturday's Bruno Mars concert in Toronto was probably never going to be cheap, but what many of the star's 17,000 fans who scored a seat might not realize is it wasn't just scalpers driving up prices.

These Apology Critics Want to Teach You How to Say Sorry

No more excuses for bad apologies.

There’s now a giant net collecting garbage in space and it’s as cool as it

“This is not sci-fi. We repeat, not sci-fi.”

Surgeons Identify—And Save—A Patient’s Chess-Playing Brain Area

Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that surgeons could avoid them when removing a tumor

How to Start Your Own Ultralearning Project (Part One)

With a bit of effort, you can learn a new skill in less time than you thought. Here’s the guide for how to go all in.

phiresky/ripgrep-all: rga: ripgrep but also search in PDFs E-Books Office documents zip tar.gz

rga: ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc. - phiresky/ripgrep-all

Glass Antenna Turns Windows Into 5G Base Stations

Compact, inconspicuous antennas could increase cell coverage transparently

The Age of Jennifer’s Body

Diablo Cody’s movie has been reclaimed as a cult classic—and its destructive teenaged protagonist deserves reappraisal too.

SVG Coding Examples: Useful Recipes For Writing Vectors By Hand

Myriam Frisano explores the basics of hand-coding SVGs with practical examples to demystify the inner workings of common SVG elements. In this guide, you’ll learn about asking the right questions to solve common positioning problems and how to leverage JavaScript so that, by the…

Can Car-free Living Make You Happier?

The community of Culdesac, Arizona, was designed for pedestrians and cyclists. And residents love it.

Ruby’s hidden gems: Sorbet

Let's see how Sorbet addresses the challenges of dynamic typing in Ruby.

Infineon Makes First 300mm Power GaN Wafer With Existing Manufacturing Tools

The 300-mm gallium nitride (GaN) wafer production will bend the cost curve for power-dense, wide-bandgap devices, bringing them closer to cost parity with silicon.

Dolls help children create wonderfully vivid and imaginative worlds while also serving as unsettlin

Dolls help children create wonderfully vivid and imaginative worlds, while also serving as unsettling reminders of the abyss

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10 Hidden URLs To Help You Rule The Web

Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.

A Simple and Powerful Technique for Better Listening

Want to strengthen your listening skills? Here's a simple but powerful tool.

The strength of a monopoly can be guessed at by calling customer support

If you were an alien hovering above planet earth on a quick visit and trying to find out quickly which were its most dominant companies, you could probably do worse than try to reach their customer…

The Brilliant, Playful, Bloodthirsty Raven

A new book from Christopher Skaife is a beguiling, fascinating, and highly amusing account of the strangely magical birds.

Why Is the Homebuilding Industry Stuck in the 1940s?

Embrace pre-fabricated, adaptable homes! Growing inequity, out-of-reach housing prices, and the speed of innovation in energy efficiency and technology demand it.

How to Market a Seemingly Boring Industry in a Unique Way That Results in P

Sometimes the outrageous, bizarre route is best.

A college cross-country team needed runners. It recruited three moms over 4

The NJCAA does not have an age limit, so Daytona State College recruited three "non-traditional" students to its cross-country team.

Research: 83% of Executives Say They Encourage Curiosity. Just 52% of Emplo

Curiosity is incredibly important for organizations, yet leaders assume—mistakenly for the most part—that their employees feel empowered to be curious. They see few barriers themselves to asking questions and assume the same is true for their employees. But employees describe a…

The Best Life Ever Lived? | Current Affairs

Stan Brock was an adventurer and healthcare provider whose life combined excitement and compassion…

The mind of an anthill

Can we use the tools of psychology to understand how colonies of social insects make decisions?

What is a geofence? – A complete guide to geofencing - Proximi.io

Inside the Mind of a Bodega Signmaker - CityLab

How these curbside canvases came to be, according to the men who make them.

Forget the new iPhones, Apple's best product is now privacy

Forget the new iPhones, Apple best product is now privacy.

He Was a First-Round Draft Pick in the NBA. 14 Years Later, He Was Found De

A long-dormant police investigation gives the case new life.

Process Corner Explosion

Process Corner Explosion, At 7nm and below, modeling what will actually show up in silicon is a lot more complicated.

Minimizing Chip Aging Effects

Understanding aging factors within a design can help reduce the likelihood of product failures.

What Happened at the Lake

A father took his 10-year-old fishing. She fell in the water and drowned. It was a tragic accident—then he was charged with murder.

Hear Al Green's First New Recording In Nearly A Decade

The legendary singer returns with a version of the Freddy Fender country weeper "Before the Next Teardrop Falls."

Business school grads and quants are winning the battle to create the next

These days my Instagram feed feels more like QVC than a social network. And many of these companies are enjoying tremendous success pitching natural deodorants, unique underwear, creative candles, glam glasses, stunning shoes -- all manner of well-crafted microbrands. We’re…

The Case for Realistic Generals

“There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, ‘Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,’ and an optimist who says, ‘Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out […]

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Searching for chocolate’s roots, and enemies, in Colombia’s wilderness

A newfound peace has spurred the hunt for disease-resistant wild cacao within the nation’s borders. What scientists find could help the country expand its role in the global trade.

The frozen bodies of Antarctica

Beneath layers of snow and ice on the world’s coldest continent, there may be hundreds of people buried forever. Martha Henriques investigates their stories.

This is how Google motivates its employees

Transparency and the ability to take risks are big factors.

How to Win in Trump Country

For Joe Manchin, it's simple: Keep it local. Focus on health care. And don't run against the president.

When Everything Looks Like a Nail: Building Better “Behavioral Economics” T

Behavioral teams have been a positive and resulted in some excellent outcomes. But my experience working in and alongside nudge units has me asking: Has the pendulum swung too far?

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My magic response to "Hey, can I pick your brain?"

The first few times it happens, it feels like a positive signal. Somebody wants your advice and perspective. You must be good at what you do. And th