There's now more reasons to make sick workers stay home—a new game theory study suggests adequate hand washing and other illness-aversion tactics aren't as useful as we thought to keep you from getting infected when a virus or bacteria is circulating.
Add antibiotics to the possible list of culprits responsible for honeybee decline around the world. While it may come as a surprise, antibiotics are commonly mixed into feed used by commercial beekeepers to maintain their hives. In a recent study published in PLOS Biology, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found antibiotics used to treat honeybees may be a contributing factor in individual bee death and colony collapse.
A couple weeks ago, GM's Cruise Automation released a remarkable self-driving video from the streets of San Fransisco that Driverless analyzed in detail. And now they've just released a new one giving more insight into their growing mastery of the complex roads in San Francisco, specifically, the Potrero Hill and Mission Dolores neighborhoods.
The year was 1947. Scientists had isolated a virus from a pyrexial rhesus monkey in Uganda and named it after the forest where the monkey lived — Zika.
Since the 1960s, bacteria have been hopping a ride into space on space vehicles and astronauts, and have been cultivated within experiments on space shuttles and the International Space Station (ISS). The extreme growing conditions and the low gravity environment on the Earth-orbiting vehicles offers a stable research platform for looking at bacteria in a different light.
You're all kale-d out, you've had it up to here with golden milk, and you're on the prowl for the next superfood. Well, get ready for some unicellular goodness: the next superfood is an algae named Spirulina, also known as Blue Majik. (Kudos to the marketing exec that came up with that, am I right?)
At an event in Mountain View, CA, and watched by fans via live stream on YouTube, Google announced a slew of new products today. Over the last few weeks, there was no shortage of rumors and leaks about what might be unveiled, but now the secrets are out.
When a new version of iOS comes out, everybody gets caught up in the craze of finding features and playing around with new functionality. But this generally leads to a lack of coverage on the finer aspects of the update—things like bugs, minor tweaks, and pain points that users discover along the way.
The world of augmented reality has seen a myriad of different products, from sensor-laden smartphones to robust holographic headsets, but Google Glass's failures nearly killed the middle ground.
The stock Camera and Photos apps are great for taking basic pictures and doing some quick edits, but if you're serious about making your iPhone photos the best they can be, you can't stop there.
I'm human, so it goes without saying that I love bacon. You're human too, which means chances are pretty good that you also love bacon. Yet as beloved as bacon has always been, it's just now experiencing a culinary renaissance, which I love. Bacon chocolate? Heck yes. Bacon donuts? Bring it on. Bacon booze? Now we're talking.
There are a lot of people out there who don't like vegetables, but I would contend that that's because they haven't eaten any really good vegetables. I thought I hated tomatoes (okay, technically a fruit, but used mostly as a vegetable) until I ate some fresh from a garden. One bite of a juicy, ripe heirloom tomato made me realize that I love tomatoes—it's those bland, mealy supermarket tomatoes that I hate.
Biting into a perfectly ripened piece of fruit is enough to convince you to give up baked goods and plant your own garden. The combination of flavor, juice, and sweetness in a ripe mango, apple, plum, or berry is the stuff of life itself.
Apple has Siri, Google has its Now service, and Microsoft has Cortana. All of these voice-activated services can bring you information quickly and easily without having to type anything into your smartphone. Speak and within seconds you're provided with either an answer or somewhere you can find it.
We all know that it's important to drink water regularly throughout the day. After all, it has so many benefits, including flushing toxins out of the body and maintaining kidney health and good bowel movements. Turns out that's only part of the story. While being properly hydrated is key to maintaining overall health, it's also a big component of maintaining and even increasing cognitive ability. Plus, drinking enough water regularly can help you lose weight, if you know when to drink it and ...
Normally, you'd have to jailbreak your iPad or iPhone to play any games that aren't available in the iOS App Store, like the now-extinct Flappy Bird game. But this isn't the case if you want to play some of your favorite old school Nintendo classics.
Autumn is a time of year when everything looks, smells, and tastes good. The scents of cinnamon and spices are everywhere you go, and even the dead leaves that fall off the trees are pretty. In particular, the fruits and vegetables of the season are gorgeous.
If playing Metal Gear Solid didn't make you want to crawl on the floor of your living room throwing imaginary flash grenades, then I don't think we could be friends. Solid Snake was the man. Period.
Of all the places you'd think to check for bed bugs, I doubt that library books would be at the top of your list. As odd as it sounds, though, libraries and library books are some of the most common places for bed bug infestations. Libraries all over the country have reported bed bug problems this summer, and some have even had to temporarily close to take care of the problem. But before you vow to never set foot inside a library again, here's a little primer on how to check your books for be...
For anyone who has struggled with eyeshadow, learn how to properly blend it onto the eyelid for a smooth and soft look in this tutorial from RenRen. Start out with an eye shadow base color. You can use whatever color you want. You can use your finger applying the color all over your lid, stopping at the crease. In step two, use a round brush to add another eyeshadow color to the lid. This color should be the lightest color of your mix and it is added into the inner one-third of your lid. In t...
This video is a tutorial on how to weave a solomon bar bracelet with two colors. The author shows how to weave a solomon bar bracelet with two colors where there are vertical loops of one color and horizontal loops of yet another color. Combining this video with the author's previous video on how to weave a solomon bar bracelet (How to Make a Solomon Bar by TIAT) should provide sufficient information on completing a two colored solomon bar bracelet. While this way does work, it is mentioned i...
It is a video about how to apply three eye shadows. For that start with a small eye shadow brush. Then apply the shadow to the inner part of the eye. Eye shadow should stop where your pupil starts. After that take a bigger eye shadow brush and apply the second color, which should go passed your iris of the eye. The second color is applied over the eyelid. Now take an angled eye shadow brush. The angle will help to apply the color in to the crease. Third color is applied over the left part of ...
Ticks on dogs not only cause discomfort to your dog, but may also cause diseases to dogs as well as humans. Ticks appear as tiny, dark insect or a fat skin-colored bump and may be found on their legs and especially on the pads of the feet. If ticks are found, put on latex gloves and use tick spray to get the tick to back out of the skin and grab it with tweezers. Apply disinfectant to your pet's skin afterwards and your dog will soon be healthy and tick-free once again.
Color your gray hair like a professional hair stylist! Learn how to dye gray hair in this free hair care video series about preparing, mixing, and applying hair color.
Crayola Colored Pencils are made with thick, soft leads, so they won't break easily under pressure. The smooth colors are perfect for color mixing and blending, as well as practicing more detailed techniques. Crayola Colored Pencils come in a variety of specialty types and sizes, so there's a colored pencil that's perfect for every young artist's needs.
In this video series, learn tips for coloring and highlighting your hair. Our expert, Liz Muller, gives you advice about various kinds of hair dye. She offers tips for all over hair color and gray coverage.
In this video series, learn tips for coloring and highlighting your hair. Our expert, Veronyka Bass, gives you advice about various kinds of hair dye. She offers tips for all over hair color and gray coverage.
In this series of art instruction videos, our expert painter shows you how to mix primary and secondary colors as well as how to effectively use these colors in your own work of art. Start with six colors and quickly turn those six into twenty four using tips from our experienced artist. Begin with a solid grasp of the basics from Expert Village, then let your imagination do the rest. You will be creating your own masterpieces in no time!
Color wheels are fantastic little tools that tell you whether colors are complementary or not. If you're designing a room and want to make sure your walls and other decorations work together, check this video out and learn how a color wheel can help you design a harmonious room.
This video teaches the secret to change the color at the end of a crochet row. An excellent summary is given below. First do the last double crochet by wrapping around, stick it through your last Stitch, wrap around again, pull through and stop. Grab the second color, leave a little bit of tail, put it on your hook and pull through all the loops. Grab your new color leaving the tail, wrap around and pull through for chain 1, again do the same for chain two and turn it around. To continue wrap...
Don't go to that rave tonight without the proper knowledge of glowsticking. Learn the basics right here from TheNeonColorSwitch. This two-part tutorial will show you how to freehand glowstick and color switch with four sticks.
This knitting how to video demonstrates a two color cast-on based on the long tail cast on method. This method of casting on is useful for double knitting or casting on in patterns. The opposite color of course shows on each side of the work, a downfall for this cast on. Watch and learn how easy it is to do a two color long tail cast on.
Watercolor looks beautiful, but can make a huge mess. The same effect can be created with both pencils and markers. Stamps can then be colored in with vibrant detail. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to color in stamps using watercolor pencils and markers.
Add more flare to your crochet projects by changing yarn color midsection. This crochet how-to video demonstrates how to change colors mid line. This crocheting technique is particularly useful because no jagged lines can be seen once you change colors midline.
This crochet how-to video demonstrates how to use two separate strings to create patterns and instant color changes without knots. The crochet technique used in this video is particularly challenging because you crochet vertical color stripes horizontally. The trick to having a successful pattern is crocheting with two different colored yarns.
This crochet how-to video demonstrates how to change color in midlines without knots. Changing colors adds variety and lots of fun to crocheting projects. Watch video to learn how easy it is to change colors midline in a crochet projects.
A tutorial for The Great Color Change card magic trick
How to do the Color Change card magic trick
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I have owned quite the plethora of electronics in my life. A commonality between most of these devices' screens is frozen or dead pixels. This is probably the most annoying thing about buying new hardware—your LCD, or worse, LED display has one or more pixels that continues to stay lit. Most of the time, this will appear in the form of a brightly colored pixel that never changes, or a pixel that never displays the right color. Once you notice it's there, you just can't stop staring at it. It ...
