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What is it: SleepPhones, a soft headband with thin built-in earphones Price and Where to Buy: $40 to $100 (model dependent) on Sleepphones.com or Amazon. Reviewed model is the $40 SleepPhones Classic. While these headphones are marketed to people looking … Continue reading →

Most people who attended last week’s International CES confab were dazed by the vast array of new gadgets. But one of the most important demonstrations centered on a piece of Hollywood content: Fox impressed some attendees by showing them a specially produced clip that could have … Continue reading →

Hopes of finding AirAsia flight 8501’s black boxes were raised on Wednesday after divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle spotted the missing plane’s tail in the Java Sea, the first confirmed sighting of any major wreckage 11 days after it … Continue reading →

Leslie Feinberg, an influential transgender socialist activist and writer, passed away on November 15, 2014 after a long battle with tick borne diseases. Her final words were “Hasten the revolution! Remember me as a communist revolutionary.” Feinberg’s writing and activism … Continue reading →

The first thing you notice about Pinal Airpark is the noise: There isn’t any. More than 120 massive airplanes — most outfitted with engines that, when revved, could make your teeth ache from half a mile away — are splayed … Continue reading →

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Could climate change be making flying more unsafe? KamrenB Photography, CC BY By Todd Lane, University of Melbourne On December 28, AirAsia flight QZ8501 crashed into the sea between Indonesia and Singapore. Shortly before the crash, the pilots requested an … Continue reading →