Author: Rebecca Greenfield

3 Fun & Easy Tips for Spending Your 2013 Memorial Day BBQ... with Cicadas

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But fear not, BBQ-ers! The Atlantic Wire's resident cicada expert is here to help! Cicadas and humans alike can celebrate this long weekend in peace, together, at the cicada-cue. Like so.

By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 14, 2011

Why Are Glee's Stars Really Leaving the Show?

A few different explanations for why McKinley High is saying goodbye to its top talent

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 14, 2011

Spotify Launches in the US: Can It Compete?

A beloved European cloud music service enters the American market

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 13, 2011

#DearNetflix: Twitter Rebels Against Price Hikes

Subscribers don't like having to pay 60% more for the service they already have

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 13, 2011

A Few Rules for Making Homemade Infographics

Visual.ly is new site that generates infographics; here's how not to make bad ones

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 13, 2011

Google+ Learns a Gender Lesson

The social network added new privacy setting so users no longer have to declare their gender

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 13, 2011

Creepy Men Who Flirt at Work Hate Their Lives

Researchers find a reason men spend their time at work prowling around the office

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

No, Really: You Don't Need to Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day

Again, an expert speaks out against this so-called rule

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

Netflix's New Pricing Plan Will Cost You

Now online streaming and mailed DVDs are billed separately

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

How Did the Stanford Prison Experiment Get Out of Hand?

Forty years later, participants describe what they were thinking

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

Father and Son at First and Last Shuttle Launches

Chris and Kenneth Bray's Young Me/Now Me meme entry took 30 years to complete

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

Google+ Hits 10 Million Users: Should Facebook Freak Out?

The social media site's growth presents a real threat to its main competitor

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Of Boycotts and Democracy in Israel

A new law forbids Israeli citizens from boycotting West Bank settlements

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Spatwatch

TOMS Wearers vs. Right Wing Christian Missionaries

Progressive shoe wearers don't like the company's alignment with Focus on the Family

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Study: Superbug Gonorrhea Strain Has No Known Cure

You might not die, but your reproductive ability might be permanently trashed

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By Elspeth Reeve and Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2011

Debt Talks Stall as Boehner Struggles to Control GOP

Speaker of the House caved to his more conservative second-in-command

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