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Warning: Kids could innocently add $20 to phone bill with the touch of a button

A rampant scam can add $20 more to your phone bill if you hit redial. Make sure your kids know not to call the scammers back.



  • Protection & Safety

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Want to be left alone? There's an app for that

Introverts rejoice at the launch of a new 'anti-social' media app that can help you avoid unpleasant situations.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Can a smartphone prevent the elderly from falling?

The SmartGait innovation could help patients with compromised balance by analyzing how they walk.



  • Protection & Safety

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App turns citizens into smartphone-wielding wardens of water conservation

The EveryDrop LA app makes it easier for ordinary Los Angelenos to identify and report sources of wasted water in their communities.




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The MilkCrate App: A one-stop shop for sustainable-minded consumers

A new app has launched in the Philadelphia region with guides to sustainable businesses in 20 categories.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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5 creative projects for your old iPhone

Recycling or donating your old iPhone is sensible. But these projects are much more fun.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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12 tips for better macro photography on your phone

Here's how to capture gorgeous close-up photos in any scenario, with nothing but your smartphone and an affordable lens attachment.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Is the smartphone driving us apart?

Sherry Turkle says we are losing our capacity for empathy, and our ability to carry on a conversation.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Is your phone really eroding your memory?

A new study finds that we cannot remember phone numbers anymore. Shocking!



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Apple offers bumpy battery for back of iPhone

The design world is agog at its ugliness, and the fact that it was needed in the first place.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Starbucks brings us one step closer to regressing to hieroglyphics

Starbuck's new keyboard app offers 28 coffee-inspired emojis that make words obsolete when you're planning a coffee date.




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Can a smartphone app win you a trip to space?

Finnish startup aims to engage mobile users in an international competition to send someone to the International Space Station.




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Honest Cooking Magazine for the iPad is for reading, not for cooking

This all-article, no-recipe magazine about food and cooking packs a lot into its first free issue.




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5 apps that teach kids about money

Teach your kids about saving, spending, budgeting, and investing with one of these 5 fun apps for your iPhone.




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Move over Blackberry, the Defense Department approves iPhones

Blackberry has cornered the military market but after the Department of Defense approved the use of Apple devices, this will likely change.




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9 smartphone apps for seniors

From magnifiers to medication trackers, these apps can help savvy seniors stay on track.




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Are smartphones turning kids into zombies?

The debate continues about whether mobile technology is creating the most advanced generation ever or a society of uncultured automatons.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Free! How to Cook Everything app for iPhone and iPad

Apple's app store hasMark Bittman’s go-to book on the basics of how to cook just about anything you can imagine for free.




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Commercial filmed on iPhone celebrates 30 years of Mac

To celebrate the 30th birthday of Macintosh, Apple filmed an ad entirely on an iPhone and aired it during the Super Bowl.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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You can help NASA track climate change from your phone

'I See Change' app taps the power of citizen scientists to gather data on nature and weather.



  • Climate & Weather

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Save money... travel digitally

Is hi-def digital travel the new eco/recession-friendly way to go?




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Want everyone to embrace biking? Here's a roadmap

In an effort to encourage residents to pedal to work, Minneapolis is making strides in bike-friendly commuting. Learn why we should follow their lead.




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Coffee or commuting: Where we spend our money

A lunchbox and a thermos may be the best tools for saving money during the work week.




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London to be an 'ultra-low emission zone' by 2020

An ultra-low emission zone for London by 2020.




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British prisoners put to work building prefab homes

Why have inmates manufacture license plates when they can help put an end to a housing crisis?



  • Remodeling & Design

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How one woman found her calling in failure

Leticia Gasca failed miserably at her business, but then she realized the amazing power of admitting your failures and a new business venture was born.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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New Cousteau series looks to kids for solutions to aquatic 'dead zones'

This EarthEcho Expedition takes an in-depth look at dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay — and hopes to get kids involved in finding the answer.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Grandparents gone wired

Keep seniors in your family and your community in the loop by helping them get connected online.




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2nd-grader creates 'Buddy Bench' to cure loneliness at recess

The Buddy Bench is designed to foster friendships and prevent the blues at playtime.




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One day without plastic. Can you do it?

Take the pledge to go plastic-free on Feb. 21, which has been dubbed Plastic-Free Day.




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One percent of global commercial wood supply used to make IKEA products

Home furnishings retailer IKEA uses about 1 percent of the world's commercial wood supply to make its products.




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Crippled rescue dog finds forever home with Clooney family

The troubled life of Nate the terrier gets a Hollywood ending thanks to George and Amal Clooney.




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Yes, Leslie Jones, Twitter has a humanity problem

Actress Leslie Jones' experience on social media service Twitter can be a reflection of all that's right and horribly wrong with our species.



  • Arts & Culture

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Judi Dench unveils private forest honoring departed loved ones

Acclaimed British actress stars in a new BBC documentary that unlocks the remarkable secrets of forests.



  • Arts & Culture

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In memory of species declared extinct in 2018 — plus one we've already lost in 2019

Extinctions are a wake-up call to protect the dwindling species that still exist.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Soon-to-be abandoned mine shafts could provide geothermal energy

Shafts that haven't been closed could be transformed into geothermal boilers to produce heat and hot water for nearby communities.




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What Yellowstone's geysers can teach us about volcanoes

A closer look at the Lone Star Geyser could help scientists predict volcanic eruptions.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Road melts from Yellowstone's volcanic heat

Yellowstone National Park closed a popular road on July 10 after geothermal heat cooked the asphalt.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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3 new toad species found in Nevada — but one may already be in trouble

The newly discovered species have been isolated from other toads for 650,000 years.




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We can now speak the universal language of honey bees

Virginia Tech researchers have deciphered and codified the honey bee language with remarkable precision.




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Why this hive of honeybees is doing 'the wave'

Hives of honeybees do 'the wave' by shaking their booties. The wave pattern, called "shimmering,", requires impressive coordination.




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Ohio lost a third of its butterflies in 21 years — and it probably isn't alone

The decline of Ohio's butterflies likely reflects a broader crisis for a wide range of insects, researchers say.




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What do Leonardo DiCaprio, Linkin Park, Hayden Panettiere and Sergio Marone have in common?

Leonardo DiCaprio, Linkin Park, Don Cheadle, and Sergio Marone are all judges in the Date with History contest, which will send one young visionary to address t



  • Arts & Culture

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#HugATree: 10 animals show humans how it's done

Did you know that 80 percent of the known terrestrial plant and animal species are found in forests?




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We are one: Inspiring film 'Planetary' offers fresh perspective on our relationship with Earth

Thought-provoking documentary weaves together stunning imagery with enlightening interviews to show how connected we are to our planet.



  • Arts & Culture

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Judge restores federal protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears

Yellowstone grizzly bears were removed from the U.S. endangered species list in 2017.




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Romeo, one of the last of his species, will finally meet his Juliet

Romeo the Sehuencas water frog desperately needed a girlfriend and a team of researchers found her along with several others.




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Video: Glenn Beck calls Van Jones a communist

In the middle of a takedown of Van Jones, the White House's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Glenn Beck veered strangely off-topic.




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Melting glaciers responsible for one-third of sea-level rise

The world's glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 and 2009, making them responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Drone offers a virtual tour of Alaska's eerie ice caves

Titled 'Bigger Than Life,' a new short video explores Alaskan ice caves with a GoPro-toting drone.



  • Wilderness & Resources