How many of your Facebook friends work for companies that are hiring? Chances are you don’t know, but new job search startup In The Door launches Tuesday and plugs into Facebook to surface that information.
In The Door’s premise is simple: Let job seekers use their social graph to find open positions where they might have an inside edge…
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BRC Designs’s “Binary Low Table” is made out of computer junk; it’s a lovely piece of furniture, but it looks like it’d be prone to snagging and tearing clothes and exposed skin (and it’d be a major pain to dust!)…
Wow. If this app had been pitched to us on the 1st, I would have been sure it was an April Fool’s joke. Coming in a few days later, however, it seems almost genius…
Continue reading… “Too Lazy To Count Calories? Now You Can Just Take A Picture Of Your Meal”
New research shows that survival rates are not better than those taking pills to fight risks from high blood pressure and cholesterol.
New research has cast doubt on the benefits of bypass surgery for many patients with very weak hearts. Doctors claim the operation did not improve survival rates for those already taking medicines to control risks like high cholesterol and blood pressure.
Continue reading… “Study Shows Little Benefit of Bypass Surgery for Heart Failure”
Drinking can make you happy or sad depending on your makeup.
Scientists have discovered that some people physically get a buzz from alcohol while others find it makes them depressed. The discovery could explain why some drinkers become angry and upset if they get intoxicated while others become merry and silly.
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There’s a new Taser in town! Taser International’s 50,000 volt projectile, the Taser Grenade, can incapacitate those who need to be incapacitated at distances of up to 900 feet.
Continue reading… “50,000 Volt Taser Grenade Shocks It’s First Civilian Victim (Video)”
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Working long hours is bad for your heart.
People who regularly work long hours may be significantly increasing their risk of developing heart disease, the world’s biggest killer, British scientists said Monday.
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To most of us, going on vacation means finding an idyllic location where one can indulge in favorite activities. Whether you like swimming, sunbathing, skiing, hiking or even spotting man-eating animals, there is a vacation out there for you.
But there is one holiday destination that is unlike any other…
Continue reading… “The Harshest, Most Volatile Corner Of Earth”
We don’t have flying cars, but otherwise, it can be hard for science fiction to keep up with the pace of modern technology. Evan Hoovler of blastr has a list of eight technological wonders from science fiction now present in real life, such as the PADD from Star Trek, now available as the iPad…
Continue reading… “8 Once Amazing Sci Fi Technologies Now Inferior to Real Life Gadgets”
This is not a special-effects still from an upcoming movie. Instead, it’s a photo taken at Nyiragongo Volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and National Geographic has the story of a team of Congolese seismologists who journeyed into Nyiragongo’s crater to study the volcano’s massive lava lake, and try to learn more about what’s going on inside a mountain that could potentially kill thousands…
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Earth may be round, but not its gravitational field! After two years in orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite has revealed the clearest picture of earth’s gravity-field map…