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Whether it's dark leafy greens, kefir yogurt or quinoa, we're all aware of the different types of superfoods that we're now being told to add to our diets. However, anyone who's planning on swapping ...

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1 Department of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, Lincoln University Missouri, Jefferson City, MO, United States 2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When are verbal instructions actually worse than IKEA's wordless assembly guidance? If that sounds like the setup for a joke, unfortunately it ...

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As I was flying to cover Google I/O early in May, I vowed to do some work on the plane. I pulled out my MacBook while in my economy window-seat. As a 6'4" guy, things were already cramped for my legs; ...