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  POSTED APR 01, 2014 09:50 AM CDT BY LAUREN ETTER Photograph by Stephen Webster Not long ago, the likelihood of seeing animals flying in first class would have been akin to, as the saying goes, the day “when pigs fly.” But nowadays dogs, pigs, turtles and other animals taught to aid an owner’s physical, […]

For those English majors and late night comedians. “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” It is that so few people see it his way: The Bard wasn’t knocking lawyers, much less endorsing a litigicidal rampage, he says, but defending them. The line comes from Shakespeare’s “Henry VI, Part 2” and is […]

Today, China’s borders are wide open. Almost anybody who wants a passport can get one. And Chinese nationals are leaving in vast waves: Last year, more than 100 million outbound travelers crossed the frontiers. Most are tourists who come home. But rapidly growing numbers are college students and the wealthy, and many of them stay […]

Most Android users are probably familiar with Google’s smart personal assistant Google Now.   One cool feature that came with KitKat are the many new voice commands together with the ability to trigger them by simply saying “Okay Google”. Google also works constantly on new commands  to make Google Now an even more helpful tool.  Google Now has […]

 A quadcopter lifted off at the University of Missouri last year—before the school got a letter from the FAA saying it violated agency policy. Capitalizing on an anticipated boom in the unmanned-aircraft industry, several U.S. universities and colleges are launching training programs for future drone pilots. The problem: the Federal Aviation Administration says its rules […]

Google Inc. has embarked on what may be its most ambitious and difficult science project ever: a quest inside the human body. Called Baseline Study, the project will collect anonymous genetic and molecular information from 175 people—and later thousands more—to create what the company hopes will be the fullest picture of what a healthy human […]

        Coming together under one roof again can be an uncomfortable adjustment for parents who thought they were done raising their kids, but find themselves having to parent in a new way. With grown children, expert Rachel Cruze, author of “Smart Money Smart Kids,” recommends establishing clear guidelines and setting expectations in […]

The U.S. Military has recruited Hollywood prop makers and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Their mission: Build a real Iron Man suit to protect America’s elite fighting men and women. Video – U.S. Military Building ‘Iron Man’ Suit for Combat – WSJ.com.

As a generation, millennials are often portrayed as redefining career success, valuing company culture, workplace friendships and a sense of purpose over traditional markers such as money and rank. It’s an image that suggests a more collaborative, less cut-throat approach to building a career. Not so fast. According to a new LinkedIn study, sixty-eight percent […]