Author: Diane Shipley
Staff Writer Diane is especially interested in high-tech medical advances, weird and interesting uses of science, new gadgets, and the intersection of tech and lifestyle. When not working, she reads the internet, listens to podcasts, watches American TV, and thinks about leaving the house.
Cards Against Humanity’s new science pack will fund a scholarship for women in STEM
It might be ‘a party game for horrible people’, but the team behind Cards Against Humanity is actually pretty nice. They’ve just released a new science-themed expansion pack, and the profits will go to the Science Ambassador Scholarship, a new initiative to encourage more women into STEM careers. Women who are picked will get full…
Periscope users are obsessed with getting a good #fridgeview
When a new online video service starts, people’s first instinct often seems to be to go dirty. It happened with Chatroulette, it happened with Vine… It’s probably happening with new Twitter-based video streaming app Periscope, too. But the trend that’s really taken hold in its first week is looking in other people’s fridges. (I guess…
Wildsense Tigers uses facial recognition to track tigers in the wild
Sadly, there are only around three thousand tigers left in the wild. Until now, biologists have found it hard to monitor their numbers, especially given the speed at which the animals are poached. They’ll spend months following them or setting up camera traps in the hope of snapping a pic. But, as Fast Company reports,…
Activist group The Democracy Club is asking MPs to post their CVs online
If you'd applied for a job that paid £67,000 and was funded by the public, you might expect to have to provide a CV proving that you’ve got the qualifications and experience necessary – or at least explaining what you’ve been doing for the last few years. When it comes to MPs, though, all you…
Casetify wants to personalise your Apple Watch band
The upcoming Apple Watch has a lot of customisable options, but there are still some parts that could be made a little more personal. The strap, for example, is plain in every incarnation. Casetify wants to change that with their new Apple Watch Band service, which lets you customise the strap with your favourite selfie…
kSafe is a smart safe that unlocks when you’ve reached your goals
If you don’t have any willpower, you could work on trying to motivate yourself, or you could buy a gadget that takes care of it for you, instead. That’s the idea behind kSafe, a smartphone-connected safe which launched on Kickstarter less than a week ago and has already smashed its $50,000 goal. To use it,…
Ten of the most stylish women on TV
If you're looking for outfit inspiration, you could do a lot worse than checking out some of the most stylish women on TV, past and present. Here are ten of our faves: women who dress to suit their figures, their moods, and the image they want to convey – everything from rebelliousness to utter professionalism.…
9 of the most stylish women on the internet
Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Kardashian... Sure, they each have their own style, and at times, we've wanted to emulate all of them. (Kim got away with wearing a sparkly dressing gown to an awards show. She has my eternal admiration.) But when it comes to fashion, it's often far (FAR) more interesting to see what…
Disabled models are in fashion now… Is that a good thing?
Disabled models are so on trend right now. Takafumi Tsuruta included disabled models in his show at Tokyo Fashion Week last week, including wheelchair user Ami Sano and 2012 Paralympic gold medallist Rina Akiyama, who is blind. Last month, Jamie Brewer, who starred in American Horror Story, walked the catwalk at New York fashion week…
Text messages make women more likely to attend breast cancer screenings
Could texting become an integral part of healthcare in the future? Studies seem to be suggesting it should. First we found out that texting from medical staff could cut binge drinkers’ intake by up to 50%. Now new research has found that women who get text messages reminding them about an upcoming breast cancer screening…
