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A new study from energy efficiency company Johnson Controls shows that while 69% of U.S. office workers (in an 800-person survey) are willing to forgo comfort for the sake of energy conservation, 78% of workers feel that their productivity lowers when the temperature is uncomfortable.

According to IDG, the Chinese clinics are frequently used to treat distant, isolated, or academically lazy students. The "boot-camp" style institutions came to the attention of Chinese officials after reports of severe beatings and at least one death. They are also known to use electro-shock therapy...

Now you can pull off the road, pop into 7-Eleven and grab a chardonnay with stone fruit tones or a plum-like cabernet sauvignon, both of which pair perfectly with Go-Go Taquitos or a 1/4-pound Big Bite.

A sizable chunk of today's cutting-edge design wouldn't have been possible just ten years ago--the materials and technologies have advanced that fast. A new design show, "Bits 'n' Pieces", is dedicated to that theme. Sponsored by Material ConneXion, a resource library for designers, it opened Novemb...

The news will please those who are concerned that Google's business involves it storing large (and possibly vast, deep and highly personal) datafiles on how you interact with its search engine, mail and other services. That's probably why Google chose to reveal Dashboard at an international data-pro...

To quote the late, great sportscaster Jim McKay, "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" never looked better than in high-definition TV. The pristine, crystal clarity of the widescreen image adoringly captures an athlete's grace, strength, speed and--in the case of baseball--his saliva.

The latest fancypants designer to succumb to the hypnotizing pulse of the red bullseye is none other than our 2008 Master of Design, Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. When we first heard about the collaboration, we wondered if his Moooi mentality could even be adapted for mass production. Would Wanders...

Man pans bookstore on Yelp. Bookstore owner tracks him down, writes harassing emails, and tries to break into his house. Man responds by calling police--and Yelping about the entire experience.

The pop-up library started with the facade of an old warehouse and ended up as an open-air library constructed out of over 1,000 beer cartons. The library, which was built by Karo Architekten and local community members, features a reading cafe and stage for cultural events. Since being announced in...

All this fuss is about Northwest Flight 188 a few weeks ago. During a regular, unsurprising and otherwise uneventful flight to Minneapolis the plane, which was carrying 144 passengers, dropped out of contact with air traffic controllers. As a result it ignored flight direction instructions and repea...

Since it's election day, let's play an election-themed guessing game. Each of the following screen shots is from the Web site of a politician up for election today. Can you guess their party affiliations? ...

New York's Museum of Modern Art is lending a hand, hoping to solve some of the city's environmental headaches. Starting on November 16th, they're gathering a select group of architects, engineers, and landscape designers, and then more or less locking them in a room for eight weeks. The assignment:...

Best Buy and Roxio CinemaNow announced a partnership today that wil result in a whole new movie downloading service. It'll apparently be integrated into pretty much every web-enabled device Best Buy sells too, which is a good way of ensuring success.