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This is a shocking amount of packaging for an order of butter
Jet says it's working on reducing packaging for its Fresh program, which is currently available onl…
These beautiful graphics show what a week of phone addiction looks like
Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec marked down every time they touched their phones for a week in be…
The iPhone 7 fixes a huge complaint people had around the world
As Wang Yijie writes on Quora: " Several years ago people began to complain about their home button…
Why Big Food puts two sizes of carrots in your soup
You've probably tasted factory-made soup, whether from Vienna Beef, the even bigger Blount Fine Foo…
Adam Sandler's panned 'The Do-Over' was the most-streamed movie in the world
Sandler's previous Netflix movie, "The Ridiculous 6," released in December, also appears to be a bi…
The 20 most popular shows on Netflix
A Netflix original show, "Orange Is the New Black," topped the list for June, when a new season. Ni…
Psychometric study reveals why people really like smoking
Moskowitz, who holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Harvard, developed a technique that as…
Jet isn't actually cheaper than Amazon, study finds
"For those items viewed on Jet, we are more frequently at parity with or below Amazon shipped and s…
The 12 jobs that are disappearing fastest in the US
We pulled the 12 jobs with the largest total declines in Bureau of Labor Statistics projections (se…
Biotech startup says it has nearly perfected making wine in a lab
"We need to first demonstrate the quality of this process," Lee says. "Once we've done that, then w…
9 scientific reasons why KFC is so addictive
Steve Witherly, PhD, devoted a whole section to KFC in his 2007 book, "Why Humans Like Junk Food." …
Americans have radically changed their views on weed over 25 years
MTF attributes the decline in marijuana usage from the late 70s to a lot of scientific and media at…
These beautiful, hand-drawn infographics capture the patterns of life
"What emerges is a case for the beauty of small data and its deliberate interpretation, analog visu…
From the poorest to the richest homes, here's what pets are like around the world
Dollar Street, a soon-to-launch project from Gapminder that gathers photos of pets and other h…
KFC's secret ingredient is 'the most under-appreciated spice' in the world
White pepper also has some powerful physiological effects thanks to a compound called piperine. Pip…
These eye-tracking heat maps show what people really care about
Sticky, a Swedish company that does that kind of analysis for brands, has recently delved into emot…
Psychiatrists say these cartoons may help you understand your feelings
Here's how "Psychobook" describes the personality associated with each figure: 1) Seeker 2) Opportu…
Here are the winners of the first beauty contest judged by AI
Beauty.ai is run by Youth Laboratories, a six-person company focused on developing technology to ev…
The marketing guru who created extra-chunky pasta sauce has a plan to save Donald Trump
"This is a pretty serious election," Moskowitz told Business Insider. "I decided there's no way I'm…
These psychological tests from history will upset, amaze, and maybe enlighten you
"Psychobook," a new book from Princeton Architectural Press, explores tests through history and inv…
Don't believe the hype about human music curators
All signs point to more stuff like this in our future. Apple's big new feature this year is a Disco…
These pictures of toys around the world show how much we have in common
"It's striking to see how similar our lives are," Gapminder co-founder Anna Rosling Rönnlund t…
Google could be bigger in streaming music than you think
Despite having a robust app in Play Music-in my opinion the best streaming app there is-and a hot n…
Why Matt Damon beats Ben Affleck in one chart
Matt Damon acts in better and more popular movies than his buddy Ben Affleck.To be fair, Ben A…
Russia's retail workers smile more than America's, in shocking reversal
Three decades later, things have changed radically. Russia's retail workers now smile more than Ame…