What sparked their curiosity, and what experiences threatened to put out that flame? The answers might be somewhat unexpected -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky is more than a great read—it's an survey of ideas that might not be that far off. The post The Books That Made an Epic New Sci-Fi Novel So Plausible appeared first on WIRED.

The creators of Beauty Lies Truth are advocating for better—and bolder—natural beauty products.It sounds like the start of a joke: A rock star and a Harvard business school student team up and start a beauty blog. But Beauty Lies Truth is a real site started by Alexis Krauss, one half of the band Sleigh Bells, and Harvard Business School student Jessica Assaf. Their goal? To advocate for a beauty industry that is inclusive to getting dolled up, but with makeup that has safer and more natural ingredients.Read Full Story

Let's talk disaster! A few geological disaster-related items have come across my newsfeeds lately. Discover why dictators need geologists, and which volcanoes might be out to get you. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Get read for a whole lot of first-person video in your News Feed. The post Facebook Livestreaming Opens Up to Everyone With an iPhone appeared first on WIRED.

Examining infidelity.

A rundown of the changes we've seen at Twitter since Jack Dorsey returned to the helmIt's been only seven months since Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey returned to the company as interim CEO—and three months since that role was made permanent—but we've already seen major changes taking shape at the social network. And we're not just talking about Dorsey's epic beard. As Twitter molds its product (and overall strategy) in an effort to jump-start its stagnant growth, we'll undoubtedly see even more shifts throughout 2016.Read Full Story

The space agency just released an image of the spherical Tethys and the lumpy Janus, with the planet's rings in the foreground -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com