Articles filed under Washington Post
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Watching too much TV in your 20s may impact how your brain works in mid-lifeDec 05, 2015 6:10 am - If you've stumbled across this article after binge-watching on Netflix for the third time this week, you'd better turn off that screen and pay attention. In a pretty ala...
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Two more reasons to breast-feed: It may reduce moms' cancer and diabetes riskDec 05, 2015 6:00 am - Thanks to a deluge of public health campaigns in the United States over the past decade, everyone knows how good breast-feeding can be for your child beyond simple nutri...
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Artificial intelligence app makes a picture worth more than a thousand wordsDec 05, 2015 5:41 am - The first thing that you might think when you see visual images produced by WordsEye is that you are viewing the work of an extremely talented and creative artist. Pictu...
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Whitney Wolfe, founder of dating app Bumble, has had quite the yearDec 05, 2015 5:11 am - WASHINGTON - It's hard not to root for Whitney Wolfe. In little more than a year, she has gone from a high-profile job at the massively popular dating app Tinder to fili...
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The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insidersDec 05, 2015 5:11 am - Koons Crooks should not be mistaken for your proverbial tech guy, though he may look the part: "relatively young," wearing a "pair of Neoprene cargo pants and a tattered...
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Google's chief of self-driving cars downplays 'the trolley problem'Dec 05, 2015 5:11 am - As automakers and tech companies talk up self-driving vehicles and the chance to bring their benefits to the world, plenty of questions are being raised about the techno...
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Wikipedia has a ton of money - so why is it begging you to donate yours?Dec 05, 2015 12:00 am - If you were on Wikipedia this week, you probably noticed a dramatic, black-and-yellow banner plastered atop your screen: "DEAR WIKIPEDIA READERS," it begins in all caps ...
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Defaults rise despite student loan payoff optionsNov 29, 2015 5:43 am - WASHINGTON -- A curious thing is happening. Despite an increase in the number of people enrolling in the government's generous student loan repayment plans, more people ...
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Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last yearNov 29, 2015 5:31 am - WASHINGTON - Here's an interesting factoid about contemporary policing: In 2014, for the first time ever, law enforcement officers took more property from American citiz...
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Tech workers turning to Japanese practice of 'forest bathing' to unplugNov 29, 2015 5:13 am - SEATTLE - Before they were to find a "sit spot" in the forest, resisting the urge to check their phones and just pay attention to the nature around them, before they pla...