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Nate Silver, 2013’s Most Creative Person, Is Leaving The New York Times for ESPNBiz Stone: Facebook Should Go Premium With Paid Ad-Free VersionHopStop and Locationary Acquisitions Could Mean a Better Apple MapsTo Avoid Obsolescence, GM Keeps an Eye on TeslaScientists Say Giant “Pandoraviruses” Could Have Come From MarsMoto X Set to be Revealed Aug. 1 in New York CityInfographic: Just How Fat Is The U.S.? Here’s A State-By-State BreakdownIn a Bid to Cut Fuel Costs, Air Force Takes Flying Lessons From BirdsWho Moved My Cheesecake? How Tumblr is Making it Harder to Find Erotic ContentHouse Says No to Asteroid Mission, Wants NASA to Shoot for the Moon InsteadThe Recommender: Sarah Kessler, Associate EditorDetroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Isn’t A Fiasco, It’s A PivotLEAP MOTIONMo Party, MoMA PS1: This Year’s Pavilion Is A Billboard Made Of SkateboardsThe Museum of Food and Drink Launches With A BOOM!Mo Party, MoMA PS1: This Year’s Pavilion Is A Billboard Made Of SkateboardsInstagram Goes To Washington10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week: Maddening Apple Ad, Hyperloop, And MoreDirector David Cage On Playing A Life In Full In “Beyond: Two Souls”Sources Say Asiana Flight Victim Died After Being Run Over By VehicleObsessive Illustrator Creates Impossibly Complex Cities Of The FutureDrones Tracking Highway Speeders? Not QuiteThe CEO Of Amazon Found The Engines Used In Apollo 11NASA Creating Blackest Materials Ever MeasuredLessons In Creative Productivity From 24-Hour PlaysTumblr’s Porn Filter Backfires In LGBTQ CommunityDubai Is Paying Its Residents In Gold To Lose WeightThe Most Incredible 3-D Printed Things We’ve Ever SeenHow Design Legend Irving Harper Created The Herman Miller LogoHow Design Legend Irving Harper Created The Herman Miller LogoBehind The Dual-Screen Russian Phone That’s Looking To Reinvent The Mobile User ExperienceThe Plan To Put A Telescope On The South Pole Of The MoonWhat To Consider Before Starting Up In CollegeWhat Happens When You Let Artists Play With San Francisco’s TrashThe Rise Of The Niche Social NetworkCan The Callisto Engine Change Real-Life Gaming?How To Float On A Wave Of SoundRent Too Damn High? Try This High-Concept CocoonRent Too Damn High? Try This High-Concept CocoonUsing Comics To Educate About The Holocaust“Only God Forgives” Director Nicolas Winding Refn On The Creative Freedom That Comes With Making Divisive ArtThe Climate Change Real Estate Boom Is ComingThe Climate Change Real Estate Boom Is ComingUncanny Portraits Visualize The Power of GeneticsAre Knockoff IPhone Chargers Electrocuting People?What Coders Should Know About Copyright LicensingThe Book That Inspired GitHub’s New “Coder Caves”Why The New Photos Of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Might Do More Harm Than GoodApple Just Bought Locationary In A Move To Improve Its Maps’ AccuracyEverything Wrong With Every Movie You’ve Seen In The Last Decade (And The Art Of Going Negative)Will Steven Spielberg Stick with “Halo” Now That Don Mattrick Left Xbox?The Four Things People Can Still Do Better Than ComputersNew York City Now Has An Anti-Ice-Cream TruckYour Career Won’t Be Predictable, And That’s A Good ThingDisney’s Crazy Invention Lets You Feel Phantom Objects Floating In AirDisney’s Crazy Invention Lets You Feel Phantom Objects Floating In AirWhat’s In Secret Aaron Swartz Files That MIT Doesn’t Want Us To See?Jay Z Changes His Name From Jay-Z To Jay Z. Got That?How To Score Investments In Your Enterprise StartupLet Taylor Swift Help You Break Up With Your Strategic PlanThe Self-Mastery Secrets Of CEOsWhy We’re All UX Designers NowMarketing, With A Side Of Truth: The Secret McDonald’s Recipe For Canadian SuccessHow Delusion Makes You More ProductiveDetroit Is Going Bankrupt–But Its Tech Community Is Going StrongThis Chair Will Not Be Pulled Out From Under YouThis Chair Will Not Be Pulled Out From Under YouA TurboTax For Government RecordsA Watch That Tells You The Time Just By FeelingDetroit Just Became The Largest City Ever To File For Bankruptcy In The U.S.Surface Flop: Microsoft’s $900M Charge On Its Struggling TabletA Tea Party That Encourages Random Acts Of KindnessGoogle Second-Quarter Earnings Fall Short of Analyst EstimatesMapping Slums To Bring Invisible People Out Of The ShadowsMapping Slums To Bring Invisible People Out Of The ShadowsToday’s Most Innovative Company: Rap Genius Wants To Demystify Your IllnessesA Bump In Technology Offers An Anxiety-Free Diet Plan For Mothers-To-BeA Bump In Technology Offers An Anxiety-Free Diet Plan For Mothers-To-BeMapping The Impact Of Extreme Weather On Energy InfrastructureLenovo CMO: Windows 8 Not Yet MainstreamLivingSocial Fires Employees, Backtracks and Asks Them to Stay a Week LongerPharma-Basketball-And-Energy Data Firm Ayasdi Gets $30MEnd Of An Era: Lonely Planet Slashes Content JobsThe Smartphone Market Is Growing Up–But Don’t PanicHire My Friend Makes Sure Your Boss Doesn’t Find Out You’re Job HuntingA Clever App To Help Immigrants Become CitizensToday’s Most Creative People: The Team Behind A Cancer-Sniffing Surgeon’s KnifeVirgin Mobile Takes Vine Videos To TVTrying To Quit? This E-Cigarette Tweets Your ShameForget Spotify–Here Are Four Services To Make Your Band Some CashThere Is A Farmer’s Market In The Shade Of Dubai’s Burj KhalifaGesture Through News Minority Report-Style With New York Times’ Leap Motion AppPail Fire: This New Dyson Vacuum Is Also A MopPostmates And Uber Are Dishing Out Ice Cream To Beat The Hottest Week Of SummerThis Rad Concrete Skin Turns Your iPhone Into Moon RockPail Fire: This New Dyson Vacuum Is Also A MopA Concept-Through-Production Crowdsourcing Effort Yields Coca-Cola’s “Smile Back”Do Netflix’s Emmy Nominations “Blur the Line Forever About What Is Television”?Are You A Pinterest Man?A Portable Car Charger Shaped Like An Amazing Futuristic FlowerPredictably, More And More People Are Accessing Facebook Via MobileOh, Heavens: An Awe-Inspiring Show Of Space PhotographyWhat The Anytime, Anywhere Workplace Really Means For Your Work, Life BalanceHeineken is Offering Exciting Free Vacations . . . But Only To The Truly SpontaneousGlaring Lack of Irony In Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic” Fixed Via FansourcingWhile You’re Cutting Calories, Health Apps Are Giving Away Your Personal DataLong Island Landscapers, Tanners, And Clam Kings Are Among New PBS (Fake) Reality ShowsThe Business Side Of Building Your API PlatformThis Teddy Bear Has Sensors That Measure Your Kid’s HealthA Collapsible Bike Helmet That Cyclists Might Actually Want To WearHow We Watch TV Is Changing, And The Emmys Just Recognized ThatWith “Computer Chess,” A Loving Look Back at 1980s Nerd CultureFrom Mushrooms To Aquaponics, How Back To The Roots Is Taking Over Home GrowingWatch Sir James Dyson Clean Up Coffee GroundsWatch Sir James Dyson Clean Up Coffee GroundsMeet The Strategist Of Team Pilot: Juuso Myllyrinne“Portraitlandia”: Photos Of Portland’s Most Portland-y Residents“Portraitlandia”: Photos Of Portland’s Most Portland-y ResidentsFrom Comic-Con: A New Transmedia App That Blurs RealityCompetitive Relaxation: A Turbo-Nerd’s Way To De-StressOuya Games Kickstarter Again, This Time For GamesThe Hardest Word: Why Saying No Is Key To Your Long-Term SuccessThe Kids Are Alright: Millennials Want Meaningful Jobs That Fix Social ProblemsIFTTT Puts the Internet of Things in Your PocketRetailers Refuse To Carry Rolling Stone’s Boston Bomber IssueInfographic: How Money Rules ElectionsThe .Amazon Domain Might Go To The River, Not The RetailerBjork Brings Biophilia App to Android, Despite Failed Kickstarter CampaignNokia’s Smartphone Plan Isn’t WorkingThese Wetsuits Make You Invisible To SharksWant The Job? Learn To Tell Great Stories, Starting With Your InterviewWhy Being An Eternal Newbie Leads To Awesome WorkSuccessful Collaboration Relies On Trust, No Matter How Far Away Your Colleague WorksSay Goodbye To Spinning? How Fitwall Pumps Data, Preps To Be The Next Great Exercise CrazeHow Inspired Employees Turn Your Message Into A MovementThe Marketing Philosophy That Works From The Bottom Up–And Has The Results To Prove It10 Things Not To Wear To Work In The SummerStartup Culture’s Lack Of Diversity Stifles InnovationApple, Facebook, Google, Twitter And Others Ask NSA For More Surveillance TransparencyToday’s Most Innovative Company: Hot Pockets Shows It’s Still Hip at 30Today’s Most Creative People: The Researchers Who Silenced Down Syndrome’s Extra ChromosomePayPal Temporarily Bans Book for Having “Iranian” in the TitleThis Is What New York Would Look Like In The Grand CanyonMastering DesignColorado Town Proposes Drone-Hunting LicenseHere’s What The Sounds Of Fear And Desire Look LikeMemphis BBQ In Montana? Goldbely Mails Your Favorite Regional Foods To Your DoorHave Spare Office Space? Why Not Host A Startup For A Month Or Two?Why The Sharing Economy Is Taking Off In SeoulWhy The Sharing Economy Is Taking Off In SeoulWatch: A Dead Sculpture Comes To Life, Thanks To 3-D ProjectorsFunny Or Die Corrects Rolling Stone’s Controversial CoverThe NSA Can Analyze Data From Way More People Than We ThoughtCan Cooper Union Find A Way To Continue Free Tuition And Its Social Mission?Don’t Be Evil: Why It’s Time To Do Something About Online ProstitutionHacking On Your Face: Google Glass Exploits Made RealCompulsive Viewing: These Pics Put OCD On Full DisplayWatch The Trailer For The Julian Assange Biopic “The Fifth Estate”The New York Times Quotes Three Times As Many Men As WomenFinally, Someone Built A Budget Version Of Google GlassThose Miles Per Gallon Claims May Not Be What They SeemToday’s Most Creative People: The Makers Of A Pen That Vibrates When You Make A MistakeThink You Know What’s Going To Happen In “Breaking Bad?” Prove It With Betting BadZaha Hadid To Make Her New York Debut On The High LIneZaha Hadid To Make Her New York Debut On The High LIneDoes World History Repeat? One CIA-Backed Startup Plans To Find OutMaybe Marissa Mayer Can’t Save Yahoo, After AllWhy We Can’t Use Social Media To Predict Riots6 Tips For How Businesses Can Make Themselves More GenerousTechstars-backed Pickie Unveils Redesign, Targets Women With Flipboard-Style Shopping ExperienceDisney Turns Your Desk Into An Interactive 3-D PlaygroundChrome Extensions Developers Can’t Live WithoutCould This Idiotic Product Help “The Internet Of Things” Go Mainstream?Japan Wants To Restart Its Nuclear PlantsThis Rocket Engine Could Change Space Exploration, And It Just Got A Huge InvestmentA Camera For Capturing Smells For You To Sniff LaterInfographic: Surname Map of America Shows You Where The Smiths, Johnsons, And Garcias Live“Shit Girls Say” Guy Is Now Talking DogsThe Surprisingly Beautiful Insides Of Deadly BulletsHow The Met’s New Chief Digital Officer Plans To Connect The Physical To The DigitalHow Can We Get Gun Owners To Love Smart Guns?Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Twitter Stunt Actually Boosted SalesSure, We Like Spotify–But Thom Yorke Has A Good PointA Lush Line Of Travel Goods, Designed For The Attention EconomyMicrosoft And Polar Almost Built A Killer Smart TVNew iPhone Rumors, Images Suggest Big Changes: Fingerprint Reader, NFC, iPhone Lite, And MoreHacking The World’s Dictionaries To Change The Definition Of MarriageNational League MVP Buster Posey On His New Mobile Game Buster Bash PROEating Too Much Is Still Why You’re Fat, Despite All That JoggingAstronaut’s Spacesuit Malfunctions During SpacewalkShould Apple Finally Open Up To Journalists?With Its New Flyknit, Nike Chases Barefoot RunnersGoogle Street View Users Get An EiffelEat It, Apple! Google Maps 2.0 Heats The iOS Mapping BattleSpotify Gets A Record Hit With Jay-Z’s New AlbumDo You Know Why Rhetorical Questions Are For Jerks?5 Lessons Dropbox CEO Drew Houston Learned When His Business BoomedThe 30-Minute Strategy For Creating A Successful Path To Your GoalsUnlock Your Creative Genius: 4 Steps To Being Provocative With A PurposeA Former Google Exec On How Startups Can Compete With Google To Score Great TalentIs A Cluttered Inbox Bad For You?6 Ways To Go From Anonymous Hermit To Thought LeaderHow Brands Can Market More Effectively To Women–And Why They ShouldTumblr Fixes Security Bug In iOS, Asks Users To Change PasswordsTo Prevent Startup Burnout, Airbnb Is Shifting Its StrategyWill This Wearable Device For Dogs Lead To The Most Amazing Google Glass App Of All?An Instant One-Man Band Kit Twists and Slams The Solo ShowGoogle Glass Team Considered “Pew Pew Pew,” “Glassicus,” And “Go Go Glass” Before “OK Glass”A Yelp For Developing World Workers to Review Bosses, Report ViolationsAnalysts: U.S. Retail Safety Plan For Bangladesh Factories Has No TeethToday’s Most Creative Person: Marissa Mayer, Who Got People Talking About Yahoo AgainHow to Spot a Bot on Social MediaBig Earthquakes Can Cause Tremors At Fracking Sites, Even From Across The GlobeCheck It, Proust: A “Camera” That Captures Memorable SmellsCheck It, Proust: A “Camera” That Captures Memorable SmellsInfographic: A Wounded Veteran’s Absurdly Long Wait For BenefitsEx-Defense Department Deputy Creates Anti-Snowden Phone!Meow Gusta! Now Lolcats Can Teach You A Foreign LanguageThis Minuscule New Form Of Memory Will Revolutionize Electronics–If We’re Smart EnoughToday’s Most Innovative Company: Food52 Turns Leftover Produce Into Lunch For The Whole OfficeTake A Trip Through The World’s Tallest Building Without Getting Out Of Your ChairTake A Trip Through The World’s Tallest Building Without Getting Out Of Your ChairGoogle’s Futuristic Airport Billboards Are Interactive, Allow You To Download ContentForget Credit Cards. In Finland, You Can Pay With Your FaceAward-Winning Tech Prevents Human Rights AbusesA Tall Order? This Book Takes The Form Of A SandwichSpace: The Final Frontier of 3-D PrintingRahat, Dodger, Meekakitty, And Other YouTube Personalities Get A Taste Of Dorm Living At Bullseye UniversityHow To Save $244,000 On Your EducationKickstarting: A Collapsible Bike Helmet Designed For Safety And StyleKickstarting: A Collapsible Bike Helmet Designed For Safety And StyleThis Gender-Inclusive Picture Book Teaches Kids Where Babies Come FromSee Your Favorite Pop Culture Characters As “Simpsons”These Mini Satellites Will Let Anyone Keep An Eye On EarthRetail Stores Are Tracking You Like CrazyCould This Phone Prevent Violence From Escalating?Meet The Producer of Team Pilot: James SkidmoreMeet The Designer of Team Pilot: Eric KopickiWatch The 15-Second Instagram Trailer For Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs BiopicWatch A City Decide Its Low-Carbon Future On This Awesome WebsiteYou Can Now Trade Guns For Laptops In BaltimoreKickstarted Microspacecraft To Fly Into Deep Space And Land On MoonTo Predict The Future Of Technology, Figure Out How People Will Use It IllegallyAll of Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, IllustratedOn Sale For $150: One Laptop Per Child Is Now A Touch Screen TabletOn Sale For $150: One Laptop Per Child Is Now A Touch Screen TabletAdorable, Original Flipbooks “Hand-Drawn” By Computer CodeApple’s Next Television Service Could Allow You To Skip AdsThe NSA Scandal Has Inspired Some Very Creative Works Of ArtThis Bill Gates-Backed Super-Thermos Saves Lives With Cold VaccinesEdward Snowden Applies For Temporary Asylum In Russia, Lawyer ConfirmsThe 10 Best U.S. Cities To Launch Your STEM CareerThe Distraction of Data: How Brand Research Misses The Real Reasons Why People BuyIn 20 Years, We’re All Going To Realize This Apple Ad Is NutsThe Hubble Telescope Just Discovered Neptune’s Smallest MoonSoon You’ll Be Able To Tour Venice On Google Street ViewOn Her One-Year Anniversary At Yahoo, Marissa Mayer Wins Battle With Department Of JusticeIf Apple Buys PrimeSense, Your Apple Gadgets Could Soon Detect Your GesturesIf Mother Teresa HackedWhy The Center Of Innovation Is For SuckersHow This 27-Year-Old Grew A $100-Million Company Around One Principle: CommunityHow To Write A Follow-Up Email That Will Land You The Job11 Distractingly Stinky, Productivity-Killing Lunches You Should Never Bring To The OfficeShow Inbox Mercy With Proper Email EtiquetteWhat Mapping A Pub Crawl Teaches Us About The Future Of AdvertisingDo You Know Where You’ll Be 285 Days From Now At 2 P.M.? These Data-Masters DoMeet The Leader Of Team Pilot: Chris ReardoniOS 7 Design Basics: Making Your App Fit InThe Enormous Body Count From Human-Caused Air PollutionOnly In Japan Would School Girls Need A Powerful Robot SuitTURNING GATEWAYS INTO EXTRAORDINARY DESTINATIONSToday’s Most Innovative Company: Mark43’s Smart Software Helps Police Officers Fight CrimeGlow-In-The-Dark Portraits Reveal DJs’ Dual PersonasMasters of Design 2010 Flash IntroToday’s Most Creative People: The Sandy Hook Parents Using Biology To Predict And Prevent ViolenceAn Army Of Citizen Scientists Is Tracking Our Water LevelsCan This Sink-Urinal Hybrid Get Men To Wash Their Hands?Doing Well By Doing RightThe Chairman Of BuzzFeed Wants To Bring Even More Animals To The InternetFab Gets Personal, Will Email You About Products It Knows You LikeOur Computers Can’t Keep Up WIth All The DNA Research We’re DoingMicrosoft Surface Watch: Dumb Idea, Or The Dumbest Idea Ever?Uber Greenlights Weekend Hackathon Project: Fare SplittingInfographic: The United States Of BurgersWhat Superfans Can Teach Us About Passion In Adam Richman’s “Fandemonium”To Save Water, Los Angeles Is Paying People To Kill Their LawnsHere Comes the Drone: Quadcopter Serves as Ring Bearer in High-Tech WeddingWould You Pay Attention To Mobile Advertisers If They Paid You?Government Eyes Tech That Makes It Harder For You To Become A WhistleblowerI Switched From iPhone To Android And Now I Can’t Get TextsWill Someone Please Design Wearable Devices That Aren’t Fugly?Putin: Snowden Leaving Russia At “Earliest Opportunity”PETA’s Brilliant, Bloody New Ad CampaignA Fun Exhibition Offers A Taste Of elBulli’s Brief HistoryThe Twinkie Is Back, And Twitter Is EvangelizingMeet The Tech Lead of Team Pilot: Chris KiefElon Musk Wants to Zip You From L.A. to San Francisco in 30 MinutesDoes Anyone Want To Listen To The News Anymore?They’re Back! Rovio Announces Angry Birds Star Wars IIThe Netherlands Is Building A Country-Wide EV Charging NetworkA New System Turns Compost Back Into Fresh ProduceThe World Needs More Wearable Devices For Dogs, Said No One EverSpotify Swears It Pays Artists A Healthy SumA New Device Forces Drivers To Face Up To Their Indiscriminate HonkingZack Morris’s Smartphone And Other Things To Expect From The NBC Nostalgia Comics LineThese Mind-Blowingly Elaborate Plant Sculptures Are Not CGIMaybe It’s Not Such A Great Idea To Google Your STDsBeneath Surface, Microsoft’s Legs Are Paddling Desperately To Get TractionDexter Reflects On George ZimmermanNot Having It All: What Does The Minimum Wage Mean For Moms?Horror Film Fest Advertises By Invading Members’ HomesQuimps, Plewds, And Grawlixes: The Secret Language Of Comic StripsFixing Google Search’s Social Services GapBuy A Timeshare In The Ultimate RV Park Doomsday Shelter7 Lessons Creative Teams Can Learn From A Sixth-Grade Metal BandThe Royal Baby Hasn’t Been Born, But It Already Has An App4 Keys To Turning Customers Into Brand EvangelistsWhy Hulu Isn’t Selling (Yet)Fresh Rumors Say Apple Is Beefing Up Its IWatch StaffThom Yorke Removes His Songs From Spotify: UpdatedAre You Passionate Or Delusional?Quality Not Quantity: How Advocates Blow Traditional Advertising Out Of The WaterThe Creator Of The Cronut On How Your Business Can Whip Up A Cronut-Like CrazeTo Be More Creative, Study The Great Ricky Gervais Dicking About TheoryWant To Collaborate Better? Work In A CircleWhat Stanford’s Startup Garage Teaches Us About Invention and InnovationHow Radical Transparency Kills StressWhy Dropbox Will Never Fully Replace The Hard DriveHow Instagram Can Become Bigger Than FacebookWhat’s The One App You Can’t Live Without?The Truth About Unplugging And “Vacation”“Twitter Dress” Creators Build Machine To Drink Their Own SweatMeet The Developer From Team Pilot: Charlton Roberts