Articles filed under Washington Post
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How an industry of 'Amazon entrepreneurs' pulled off the Internet's craftiest catfishing schemeOct 24, 2015 7:35 am - Dagny Taggart spends her time traveling the globe, meeting new people and learning new things. She speaks more than 15 languages, including Latin, Russian and Chinese. I...
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What that creepy new all-seeing eye emoji actually meansOct 24, 2015 7:34 am - Ever since Apple revealed its list of new emoji back in September, the all-seeing eye has flummoxed sleuths across the Internet. Of all the pictograms Apple chose to int...
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Bacteria-fighting 3-D-printed teeth could affect dentistryOct 24, 2015 7:33 am - The latest 3-D printing innovation could change the way you think about your annual visit to the dentist. That's because Dutch researchers at the University of Groningen...
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Inside the glittery and long-belated rise of the female YouTube starOct 24, 2015 7:32 am - It's a Thursday night at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, and there's hardly a guy to be found in the place. A bemused man takes tickets from the girls who jostl...
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Review: Three apps to consider if you're pregnantOct 24, 2015 7:31 am - Oh, baby, are there a lot of pregnancy apps. After learning I'd be having my first child in November, I scrolled through dozens of diverse offerings to find a few that a...
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'Sesame Street' welcomes autistic characterOct 24, 2015 7:00 am - Autistic kids often struggle with stigma in their families, in their schools - and just about everywhere. Some advocates even say they are more at risk of bullying, But ...
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Facebook wants you to spend all your time on FacebookOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - There seems to be a lot going on at the big blue social network these days. A spate of headlines from the past several weeks have outlined some very ambitious plans: Fac...
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Caitlin Brodnick turned breast cancer scare into stand-up fodderOct 19, 2015 5:45 am - It's a rollicking Saturday night in the cozy basement comedy club at Stairs, a gay bar in New York's East Village. A series of young comedians are doing their 10-minute ...
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Bias might prevent Muslims from joining the top professsionsOct 18, 2015 7:44 am - WASHINGTON - Roughly 4 percent of Britain's population is estimated to be Muslim. However, British Muslims are conspicuously absent from many of the country's top profes...
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The best-performing CEO in the world is someone you've probably never heard ofOct 18, 2015 7:43 am - Harvard Business Review just released its annual ranking of the world's best-performing CEOs on Monday, and this year's winner is a leader in health care who remains las...