VIDEOS: Reading Of The Names, Remembering Those Lost : The Two-Way. Serena Williams Fined After U.S. Open Outburst : The Two-Way. Hide captionSerena Williams reacts during the women's championship match against Samantha Stosur of Australia at the U.S.
Open tennis tournament in New York on Sunday. Elise Amendola/AP Serena Williams reacts during the women's championship match against Samantha Stosur of Australia at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sunday. The United States Tennis Association announced today that Serena Williams would be fined $2,000, after she verbally abused chair umpire Eva Asderaki during a U.S. Newly Discovered Planet: Hot, Muggy And (Maybe) Liveable : The Two-Way. Sort of like Washington, D.C., in the summer: "It would feel like a steam bath — hot, sticky and beyond uncomfortable.
" That's how The Associated Press describes the way scientists are describing "HD 85512 b ... a newly discovered planet about 35 light-years from Earth in the constellation Vela. " It's the second planet outside our solar system that seems to be orbiting in "the habitable zone" around its star, according to the European Southern Observatory, which today announced the discovery of HD 85512 b and more than 50 other plants around other stars.
In that habitable zone, "water may be present in liquid form if conditions are right," the ESC adds. One issue, though, if you don't like steamy weather: "Temperatures there may range from 85 to 120 degrees with plenty of humidity," the AP adds. The news of HD 85512 b's discovery has been filtering out for a couple weeks. European Southern Observatory/YouTube. How to Blur a Distracting Background Armed Only With a Point and Shoot. You Are Not a Photographer. Past Meets Present: 9/11. World Trade Center Out of all the art projects that paid tribute to the tenth anniversary of 9/11, this one by Jason Powell really struck a nerve with me. Jacqueline Kennedy Tapes ‘Horrified’ Her Granddaughters. Caroline Kennedy unlocked the gates to Camelot this week, through the release of a seven-part audio interview with Jacqueline Kennedy, conducted months after President John F.
Kennedy’s assassination in early 1964. Accompanied by the book, Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy, the tapes give a glimpse of the Kennedys’ world through the eyes of one of the family’s most iconic yet extremely reticent members. They Were There: 9/11 Photographers - Photo Gallery. Windoodles. Style Icon: Getting Schooled in Fashion. Skyscrapers, hot dog carts, infrared commotion — I remember none of this from my childhood trip to New York City.
But the Magic School Bus I got to sit in at six years old? Now that, I remember, because Ms. People May Be Born Good (or Bad) at Math. If you struggled through high school algebra, you probably thought you simply weren’t born good at math.
You might have been right, at least according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University psychologists that suggests that math ability is linked to your inborn “number sense.” Also known as “approximate number system,” number sense is inherent in all animals including humans. YouTube’s Blind Political Taste Test. Ten Questions About Google Buying Motorola. Apple buying T-Mobile.
Microsoft buying Adobe. We’re all used to reading stuff by tech pundits talking about seismic, world-changing acquisitions in a somewhat fanciful manner. James Nachtwey's 9/11 Photographs. James Nachtwey happened to be in New York the morning of 9/11 and made his way to Ground Zero.
Ten years ago, TIME published Nachtwey’s extraordinary pictures from the day, but he had not revisited those 27 rolls of film since. A few weeks ago, we had Nachtwey in the office, poring over his contact sheets, reliving the events of that Tuesday. Here, he shares his edit of those photographs, some previously unpublished (slides: 1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16), with TIME and spoke with writer David Levi Strauss about the work.
Men Locate the Clitoris: The Female Erotic Brain Is Mapped - - TIME Healthland. The female sexual brain has been charted.
For the first time, the brain regions that respond to stimulation of the clitoris, cervix, vagina and nipples have been mapped in a new study. Not surprisingly, the brain region associated with sensation from the clitoris was distinct from those that respond to stimulation of the cervix or vagina. Each area of the genitals showed up in its own spot, clustered in one region of the brain — the same region associated with genital stimulation in men — overlapping but separate. What the researchers did not anticipate was that sensation from the nipples also excited the brain within the same region, right alongside the areas corresponding to genital stimulation, according to lead author Barry Komisaruk, a professor of psychology at Rutgers University.
Gay Teens Sue Minnesota School District Over Bullying Policy. A sixth teen in Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against Anoka-Hennepin School District alleging that school staff members did not do enough to prevent or cease the bullying she endured because she is gay.
In the lawsuit, an unnamed lesbian student alleges that she was called slurs (such as “faggot” and “dyke”) and punched in the stomach after she began attending Jackson Middle School in September 2010. The student says she reported the harassment to teachers and administrators, but they did nothing to protect her. Captive Audience: Duo Performs Shakespeare on New York’s Subway. All the world’s a stage for these Shakespearean players — even the New York L train.
Two enterprising thespians have taken their brand of street theater to the New York subway, bringing the Bard’s greatest hits to the downtown line’s commuters. Twenty-somethings Fred Jones and Paul Marine (stage names Popeye & Cloudy) began their unique form of busking on a lark. Mod Retro Vintage Clothing & Indie Clothes. Every Hour of TV Watching May Shorten Your Life By 22 Minutes - - TIME Healthland. Sitting in front of the television may be a relaxing way to pass an evening, but spending too much time in front of the tube may take years off your life. That’s what Australian researchers found when they generated life-expectancy tables for people based on mortality information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics as well as participants’ survey responses about how much TV they had watched in the past week.
The TV-viewing data from more than 11,000 participants older than 25 years showed that Australian adults watched an estimated 9.8 billion hours of television in 2008. People who watched an average six hours of TV a day lived an average 4.8 years fewer than those who didn’t watch any television, the study found. First Listen: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 'Hysterical' Hide captionClap Your Hands Say Yeah's new album, Hysterical, comes out Sept. 20. Pieter M. van Hattem Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's new album, Hysterical, comes out Sept. 20. Audio for this feature is no longer available. Paycheck Friday! Purchasing Suggestions for Your Perusal. It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. UK riots: Paul Lewis's five-day journey. For me, it started when I saw a man walking through an estate in Tottenham, north London, carrying a flatscreen TV.
It was 10.30pm last Saturday, and I was checking out reports of fires and clashes with police. Riot police had formed a cordon around the south end of the road. It was like an artificial boundary, separating a quiet north London suburb from another, unrecognisable world. Why I Already Miss Books: A Lament for Physical Media. For years, I had a happy weekend ritual. Google+ - The 50 Best Websites of 2011. NPR. Scenes from Ground Zero. Dignity Therapy: For The Dying, A Chance To Rewrite Life.
Hide captionKate Frego pins the turban of her mother, Aida Essenburg. Before Essenburg died in July of this year, she sat down with a dignity therapist to record the history of her life in what became a 50-page document. Courtesy of Kate Frego Kate Frego pins the turban of her mother, Aida Essenburg. Before Essenburg died in July of this year, she sat down with a dignity therapist to record the history of her life in what became a 50-page document. SBTRKT: Of Desolation And Dubstep. Hide captionIn "Never Never," London producer SBTRKT makes the future of electronic music seem more exciting than ever.
Remember the 1990s? Good, Because They're Back. H&M is selling scrunchies. NPR. The Gregory Brothers Auto-Tune the Internet. Tracking Device On 'Happy Feet' The Penguin Is Silent : The Two-Way. Hide captionBack in June, Happy Feet showed up on Peka Peka Beach in New Zealand. Richard Gill/AP. Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' No Longer A Teenager - Photo Essays. Make Your Own Corn Dogs - Project. First Listen: Neon Indian, 'Era Extraña' Hide captionNeon Indian's Era Extraña comes out Sept. 13. Courtesy of the artist. Simple Way to Save Over 20% On Groceries (And Save Time, Too) The takeaway from an experiment in comparison shopping for groceries is that consumers could save a significant amount of money, as well as time, by never setting foot in the store.
Double Rainbow Guy Ponders Presidential Run. Political views, we’re not so sure. But he’d certainly help the White House get in touch with its emotions. Boo: Is This the World's Cutest Dog? In Oral History Interviews, A Very Candid Jackie Kennedy : The Two-Way. Hide captionU.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy smiles as she leaves a private Easter service at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach Fla., on April 14, 1963. First Listen: 'Muppets: The Green Album' Magnum Photographer Elliott Erwitt Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award : The Picture Show. Skydebate: the @Louisemensch @johnprescott @paullewis social media #riot debate. Tariq Jahan - 10 Heroes of the London Riots. Monster Stories, June 19th 2011 was the day that my life was made. ... Mermaids and Drag Kings: Lady Gaga’s New Music Video for ‘Yoü and I’
How to Boost Your Income. NPR. First Listen: Steve Reich, 'WTC 9/11' Israel and Turkey: How a Close Relationship Disintegrated. Grieving Dad In Touching Sept. 11 Photo 'Was Just Honoring Rob' : The Two-Way. Solid perfume pocket watch locket. First Listen: St. Vincent, 'Strange Mercy' The Addictive Appeal Of Bananagrams. Gadget or Toy? Sifteo's Cubes Are Tiny Blocks with Brains. Reminder: Put Some Clothes On, Google Street View May Be Coming By : The Two-Way.
Tupac Shakur - Top 10 Unsolved Hip-Hop Murders. Introducing Learn with Google. Watch: Anderson Cooper Cracks Up During Depardieu-Inspired Punning Spree. Yeah thats me. no heels baby. Endangered Animals: Better Looking, Better Protected? How John Galliano’s Criminal Conviction Sets a Poor Example for the Developing World. Mitch Dobrowner: The Storms. Mod Retro Vintage Clothing & Indie Clothes. The NCAA And The So-Called Student-Athlete.
Revealed: the full picture of sentences handed down to rioters. Anne Hathaway - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 08/18. Freedoms Flourish On Walls Across Tripoli. Born To Prey: Watch T. Rex Come Alive. First Listen: Tony Bennett, 'Duets II' U.S. News & World Report Releases Rankings of Colleges with the Most, Least Student Debt. Y’all Talk Funny: Regional Accents May Be Getting Stronger, Expert Says. Bystanders Lift Burning Car To Save Pinned Motorcyclist. Facebook More Important than Toilets that Flush, Say British. CLvcc. Mysterious paper sculptures - Central Station Blog post. JFK and Jackie: The Unseen Photographs. If This Then That, New Service Lets Users Automate the Internet. Pastrami Egg Rolls and the Jewish Love of Chinese Food. NPR. Target Launches Missoni Italian Fashion Line, Website Goes Boom.
IUDs May Protect Against Cervical Cancer. Hide sites from anywhere in the world. Instagram Homemade Graham Crackers. Edit your videos with YouTube. It’s No Joke: Why Laughter Kills Pain. Why Turkey's Erdogan Is Greeted like a Rock Star in Egypt. Jackie Kennedy Up Close. How Plastinated Bodies are Made. A Teenager's Photo That Helped Inspire Libya's Revolutionaries : The Picture Show.
Americans Spend over 53 Billion Minutes per Month on Facebook. Baby Elephant Shukuru Gets A Raincoat : The Picture Show. Q&A: A Yale Psychologist Calls for the End of Individual Psychotherapy. Sept. 11 Memorial Misspells Victim’s Name. SpongeBob May Be Too Speedy For Preschool Brains : Shots - Health Blog. Rumsfeld Calls Paul Krugman's Sept. 11 Column 'Repugnant' : The Two-Way.
Half-Priced Food! LivingSocial and Whole Foods Team Up for First-Ever Nationwide Daily Deal on Groceries.