Woodstock Wire: NewsTidBits

Media -- PowerPulse.net - The SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK) for Arduino Uno is a great way to get started with programming and hardware interaction with...

Think -- Knowledge@Wharton - Wade Pfau, author of 'Safety-First Retirement Planning,' suggests focusing on four Ls -- lifestyle, longevity, legacy and...

Life -- Neuroscience News - CMS121 and J147, two drug candidates that improve memory and slow neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease,...

Life -- NASA Image of the day - Meltwater lakes form on the surface of Greenland's Petermann Glacier.

Life -- Phys.org - Snowstorms can wreak havoc across the United States, but especially on the East Coast. Snow is the least-understood form of precipitation,...

Life -- Curbed - Morgan Rachel Levy - Whether you want to bask in luxury or care only about the powder, there's an alpine town for you What makes...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Now that Larry Page has stepped down as CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, he could be following in Bill Gates's footsteps...

Media -- The Next Web - Artificial Intelligence has come a long way since it was in its blooming stages in the 1940s. It was a time when the direct interaction...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Alarm clocks were one of the most obvious implementations since the introduction of the smart screen. Devices like Lenovo's Smart...

Tech -- The Verge - Apple's new Mac Pro is available to order today: it starts at $5,999, but if you want the most powerful Mac money can buy, it'll...

Tech -- BGR - It's been a little over a month since the last major software updates for the iPhone and iPad rolled out, but following another round of...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Browser extensions can be awesome tools to enhance productivity, security and even online shopping but the unfortunate reality...

Tech -- Wareable - Getting directions is one of the simplest and most effective uses of your smartwatch, and the experience is especially strong on Google's...

Tech -- GeekWire - In the recent Netflix documentary "Inside Bill's Brain," books are a constant for the Microsoft co-founder and...

Media -- The Next Web - Apple's Mac Pro is available for purchase today, and several people have noticed something curious about it. Namely that, if you...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Baby food, for the uninitiated, does not seem very exciting. Babies don't have teeth, their digestive tracts are still works in...

Media -- The Next Web - The US Patent Office has today issued sportswear brand Nike's patent for its blockchain-compatible sneakers dubbed "CrpytoKicks."...

Justmeans -- New video series encourages educators to bring human rights content into their classrooms

U.S. News -- T. Rowe Price funds can add diversification to a retirement portfolio.

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - At the 30,000-foot level of the corporate suite, plotting digital...

Life -- Kiplinger - Microsoft's founder has found fulfillment in semi-retirement after leaving his career, and you can, too, if you follow his lead.

Life -- Gallup Headlines - Unemployment doesn't tell us much about a country's prosperity or economic growth. At best, the current metric gives us an...

Life -- Lifehack - Wouldn't it make sense to invent a device that could help you improve your long-term memory?



Unfortunately, it may not be realistic...

Media -- Reuters - Health - Babies who are born too early may be more likely to develop diabetes as children and young adults than...

Life -- Neuroscience News - Increasing SIRT3 levels with a ketone rich diet may help protect GABAergic interneurons and delay the onset of Alzheimer's...

Life -- Phys.org - The Antarctic is one of the parts of Earth that we know the least about. Due to the massive ice shield, the collection of geophysical...

Life -- NASA Image of the day - To make room for the latest cargo craft on Nov. 29, Progress 73 departed the station after undocking from the Pirs docking...

Life -- WebMD - A new study from Japan found that compared to nondrinkers, people who had two drinks a day for 40 years had a 54% higher risk of cancer.

Life -- Lifehacker - Microsoft's decision to reset the passwords of 44 million accounts, is actually a good thing. If your account is affected, thank...

Life -- Lifehack - Life can throw curve balls your way and challenge you even when the best of conditions have manifested in your movement through it....

Life -- Kiplinger - We've gone from being Helicopter Parents to Bulldozer Parents, who annihilate all obstacles in our kids' paths. And what do kids...

Life -- Phys.org - Personalised blood vessel testing kit could unravel causes and treatments for heart attack, stroke and vascular dementia, find scientists.

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Google has announced today that over and above the standard monthly security updates, Pixel users can now expect to receive...

Tech -- TechCrunch - An online company that allows users to obtain a copy of their birth and death certificates from U.S. state governments has exposed...

Tech -- About Chromebooks - A new finger-friendly tab strip user interface will make it easier to navigate tabs on Chrome OS tablets and 2-in-1 Chromebooks....

Tech -- The Verge - Google plans to start regularly releasing "feature drops" for its Pixel phones, bringing a number...

Tech -- Liliputing - There are a few key selling points for Google's Pixel smartphones. They tend to have great cameras. They get security and software...

Globe Newswire -- Second Life Mac, the most experienced Apple device buyback partner, announced it has added a second Apple expert to manage device buybacks on...

Tech -- Mashable - Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better.

The right side of my browser window...

Enterprise -- Silicon Republic - The end of the year is fast-approaching and many companies are putting forward their insights, whether they're reflecting...

Enterprise -- The Enterprisers Project - Check out these books for wisdom to help you lead with courage, compassion, and emotional intelligence in the year...

U.S. News -- Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has made his first public appearance in the Dominican Republic nearly six months after he was shot in what...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Goldman Sachs is planning to launch digital wealth management services to customers with as little as $5,000 in 2020.

The company...

Life -- Gallup Headlines - Putting off treatment for a medical condition because of the cost is at a high ebb in the U.S.

Life -- EurekAlert - Researchers at the University of Vermont's Vermont Conversation Lab have used machine learning and natural language processing to...

Life -- EurekAlert - Patients prescribed anticoagulants after a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department are more likely to continue...

Life -- EurekAlert - In a new Cancer study conducted in Japan, even light to moderate alcohol consumption was associated with elevated cancer risks.

Life -- Psychology Today - Parkinson's Disease: Facts and Feelings

Life -- EurekAlert - People with follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing lymphatic-system cancer, who have been treated and are in remission for at least...

Life -- Psychology Today - Not as nightmarish as you think