Latest articles by Chris Gayomali
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Only in America: Pay to play
Speed Read An American worker secretly outsources his duties to China so he can browse Reddit all day — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
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Only in America: Quit Facebook, get paid
Speed Read A father pays his daughter $200 to leave the social network — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
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For those who have everything: The (almost) unbreakable smartphone
Speed Read A smartphone with a screen that can only be scratched by diamonds — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products
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The Idea Factory: Adios, street lamps?
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The Idea Factory: The satellite that repairs itself
Speed Read Aerospace engineers from Montreal are working on developing resilient new materials for futuristic spacecraft
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The Idea Factory: FlyKly's Smart Wheel
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The Idea Factory: Taste the electrode
Speed Read Researchers are developing a virtual simulator that uses electricity to mimic the taste of food
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The Idea Factory: Google's electronic neck tattoo
Speed Read Imagine a smartphone mic attached to your throat
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The Idea Factory: A smarter running shoe
Speed Read German researchers are developing a biometric sneaker that can help you fine tune your stride
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How celebrities buy Twitter followings — and how you can, too
feature 50 Cent, Mercedes-Benz, and Pepsi may all have falsely inflated follower accounts
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The week's best of the internet
feature The 8 best images, videos, and memes to emerge from the great digital playground — from NASA's grade-school humor to Yu Darvish's wicked pitch arsenal
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Are $100,000 cancer drugs unethical?
feature A coalition of cancer researchers have had it with Big Pharma's expensive mark-ups
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Breakthrough: Is an HIV cure just a few months away?
feature Clinical trials for a new technique pioneered by Danish researchers are underway, and doctors are optimistic
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7 animals that eat their own kind
feature Yum.
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America's coming cicada invasion: 5 key facts
feature The eastern United States is about to be overtaken by hundreds of millions of fearsome-looking bugs
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Syria's internet goes down: Could the same thing happen in the U.S.?
feature Turning off the entire internet is surprisingly easy in some countries
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The 15,000-year-old ancestral language that birthed English and Russian
feature British scientists marvel over a proto-Eurasiatic tongue dating back to the Ice Age
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Turn off the lights: Glow-in-the-dark houseplants are on the way
feature A group of scientists wants to usher in a new era of bioluminescence
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Tongue erections: The adaptation that helps bats lap up nectar
feature Bat tongues contain all the complex plumbing needed for an erection: Veins, arteries, and a hemodynamic pump that allows the tongue to swell with blood
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How to search like a spy: Google's secret hacks revealed
feature Try: "filetype:xls site:za confidential"
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At long last: A Pizza Hut app for your Xbox 360
feature Technology at its best
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WATCH: Why a soaking-wet washcloth doesn't drip in space
feature Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us why sponge baths at the International Space Station can be a huge pain
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The Samsung Galaxy S4: A great phone, but not the best Android you can buy
feature Many critics prefer the HTC One
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How dangerous is the cinnamon challenge, really?
feature Inhaling powdered tree bark probably isn't the best idea in the world
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