New and Cool
Common Weed Killer Makes Male Frogs Lay Eggs
The so-called pregnant man has company: One of the most common weed killers in the United States can make male frogs lay eggs, a new study says.
Atrazine, widely used to kill pests on U.S. croplands, is an endocrine disruptor—a substance that interferes with animals’ reproductive systems.
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Finance
Savings Splurge: Local Experts on Federal Tax Credits»
Those aspiring to own real estate who didn’t think they’d make the deadline for a tax credit now have eight thousand more reasons to buy: On Nov. 6, the government extended the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers for another six months. Instead of expiring on Nov. 30, buyers now have until April 30, 2010 to sign a contract for a home.
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Here’s Looking at Everybody»
Your iPhone embeds geodata into every picture you upload to Flickr. Facebook posts your address without your permission. Your E-ZPass knows where you’ve been driving.
Scary, but is this art? A show at Arlington Arts Center asks, why not?
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Social Media Success»
As some of you already know, this year I’m making the transition from “writer, editor, and blogger” to “writer, editor, blogger, and author. That’s right. I am gonna sell a book this year, darn it!
As part of that goal, I’ve added a bunch of agent blogs and writing blogs to my RSS reader, figuring I [...]