What World War II Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Downplaying or ignoring a coming catastrophe won't make it go away.
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 New app identifies faces in photos
TORONTO (Reuters) - Imagine taking a snapshot of a group of friends and having your smartphone instantly reveal the identity of everyone in the photo. A new iPhone app called KLiK performs real-time facial recognition to automatically identify and tag friends in photos. "It's our most recent evolution of both the platform and the consumer product that we're offering," said Gil Hirsch, the CEO of the facial recognition technology platform Face.com, which launched the app. "We noticed that at parties or events there were many photos being taken but only a few were actually getting tagged. ... Ancient Plant Revived After 30,000 Years
The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells...
Zuckerberg's Status Update: Married
Newly minted billionaire Mark Zuckerberg had an important status update Saturday evening: Married.
The 28-year-old tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, the recently graduated Dr. Priscilla Chen in a private ceremony at the couple's home in Palo Alto, Calif.
Mashable Weekend Recap: 50 Stories You Might Have Missed
What a weekend! As we sprinted through a lively slate of monumental stories such as the Facebook IPO and an impending launch of the first commercial spacecraft, we got blindsided by a super surprise: Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend in a secret ceremony in his backyard in Palo Alto.
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