Articles filed under Washington Post
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Start-up sells used cars as if they were candy barsNov 22, 2015 5:15 am - Tucked between the Nashville, Tenn., Armory and a car repair shop sits what is essentially the world's biggest vending machine. There are no candy bars. No chips. And y...
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How 'baby boomers' took over the worldNov 22, 2015 5:11 am - "What about calling it 'The Baby Boomers'?" I asked my publisher. It was 1980, I'd just finished a book about Americans born between 1946 and 1964, and I needed a title....
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Study; Some nonprofit hospitals charging uninsured patients moreNov 22, 2015 4:12 am - A lot of people who don't have health insurance worry about getting hit with huge bills if they go to the hospital. Most consumers probably don't realize that many hospi...
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Millennials and the false allure of online psychotherapyNov 21, 2015 6:01 am - My new patient, B., a 23-year-old graduate student, began our session by pulling out her iPhone. She had diagnosed herself with an anxiety disorder by taking a brief onl...
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Autism cases in United States jump to 1 in 45Nov 21, 2015 6:00 am - The number of autism cases in the United States appeared to jump dramatically in 2014 according to recently released estimates, but researchers said that changes in the ...
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Microsoft has a way to make your PowerPoints less boringNov 21, 2015 5:08 am - Microsoft has made a pledge to move faster these days and recently announced that it's adding two new features to PowerPoint - and creating a way to let Microsoft fans g...
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Here's why Microsoft built a tool to guess your emotionsNov 21, 2015 5:08 am - Months after Microsoft released a tool designed to guess the age of someone based on a photograph, the company has unleashed another round of fun tools designed to show ...
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Tech opens new doors for online mental-health careNov 21, 2015 5:00 am - When he's having a hard time coping, the 23-year-old Maryland man can get extra support with a few quick taps on his smartphone. That takes him to the Big White Wall, an...
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How a months-old story of a terrorist attack in Kenya trended because of ParisNov 21, 2015 4:27 am - In the hours after the deadly terrorist attack in Paris, social media was filled with signs of solidarity. A photo of a cousin in front of the Eiffel tower. Your aunt sa...
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Three science ideas you'll be hearing more about in 2016Nov 21, 2015 4:27 am - Who said scientists can't be world-famous celebrities? Earlier this month, nearly $22 million in Breakthrough Prizes were handed out to the world's top researchers in ph...