In our endless quest to deliver new and trending topics, we sometimes come across timeless pieces worth consideration. Take Kathryn Schulz’s 2010 puzzling question: Why do we love being right? After all, she writes that unlike many of life’s other delights — chocolate, surfing, kissing — being right doesn’t feed READ MORE >
Running back Rashard Mendenhall was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first-round pick in 2008 and he rushed for over 1,000 yards in his second and third seasons with a career-high of 1,273 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2010. He went on to two Super Bowls and eventually signed with the Arizona Cardinals. READ MORE >
According to James Locke of the start-up Spritz, 80% of your reading time isn’t spent reading, but physically moving your eyes from word to word and from line to line. The idea behind Spritz is to keep the eye stationary and allow this amazing new technology to move the words READ MORE >
There’s no doubt that the incredible advances in technology have changed how we approach work, entertainment, shopping, communicating, networking, friendships and well, just about everything. Have you ever wondered how these changes are affecting how we think? Our brains? If so, we think you’ll find this piece we found on READ MORE >
It’s that time of year again — sexism, booze and a complete disregard for office etiquette or the institution of marriage. What does Season 7 of Mad Men have in store for Don Draper and the rest of his ad crew? The folks at milk* can’t wait to tune in READ MORE >
If you’re like us, the thought of avoiding the hand-freezing job of pumping your own gas sounds pretty appealing. Missouri-based Husky Corporation and the Swedish company Fuelmatics Systems have joined forces to engineer the first robot gas pump. Here’s how they would work: Once drivers arrive at the station, the READ MORE >
Google is boldly entering the world of smartphones and Google couldn’t make just any smartphone, it had to make one that’s even smarter. Introducing project Tango, the first phone of its kind that can actually create a 3D impression of an interior or exterior space. The 5” experimental device and READ MORE >
We at milk* love a good conversation and we noticed that some of our best conversations happen in the milk*mobile. We’re guessing Jerry Seinfeld made the same observation when creating his online series: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The episodes begin with Seinfeld introducing a cool (usually) vintage car. With READ MORE >
Tech geeks and trend spotters like us love keeping an eye on Google, so we’re keeping a look out for “Google and the World Brain”, the Sundance nominated documentary by director Ben Lewis. In 1937 HG Wells predicted the creation of the “World Brain”, a giant global library that contained READ MORE >
Poet Laureate, Baron Wormser, has just released his long-awaited new novel, Teach Us That Peace. With wit, empathy and honesty Wormser captures the power and fragility of the human spirit in 1963 when racial harmony was becoming more than an American dream. He says, “The question in all my work READ MORE >