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Question: do kids still say, “Will you go with me?” when they want to go steady? I’m asking for a very unhip friend (a.k.a. me). Hmm… Now that I think about it, I also wonder if this still happens in person. Like, are kids texting to ask if someone wants to be their boyfriend or girlfriend now? Technology is crazy, man! Anyway, I’m crushing on this $32 taupe eyeshadow palette from Clinique, and here are five reasons why you should be, too. Fine lines say what? The softly shimmering satin finishes stay outta those fine lines. A quad for all...

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured a 360-degree night sky image in Almada, Portugal, at midnight on Jan. 1, 2015. The man-made pyrotechnics mix together with the natural lights in this night sky image. The moon is a particularly bright ribbon of light in the top left half of the image. Above the moon is the celestial equator and the constellation Orion, according to Claro. To the right of the moon, following the curved path of the stars, is the planet Jupiter, crossing paths with the TV antennas… Via SPACE.com

So, my skinny jeans are currently on my mind, and as simultaneously confusing as it sounds, they’re on my to-buy list AND my Kon Mari list (I gotta buy a couple new pairs, and I also have to donate all of the too-tight ones that give me grief to Goodwill). See, I haven’t worn any other style of jeans for the last few years. Even when I was pregnant with Connor, I still wore maternity skinnies. While some people view skinny jeans as restrictive, to me there’s something comforting about wearing close-fitting denim with a touch of stretch. Whenever I...

A wireless implant bypasses spinal-cord injuries in monkeys, enabling them to move their legs.Doing the same thing with humans will be more complex, says Courtine: the brain decoding is much more complicated. The primate study, for example, used electrical activity recorded from the spinal cord before the injury and “played it back” to restore movement, notes Bouton. “That’s an approach that wouldn’t be practical after an actual spinal-cord injury,” he says.Via Nature: Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk

The Coywolf turned three on Saturday, and I’m still processing the fact that she’s a full-on toddler. Mind you, I know she’s technically been a toddler for a while, but El Hub and I still call her “Babytime” because… Well, no reason. That’s just what we do. I was looking at old pictures of her this morning, and every single year those chubby little cheeks and baby features seem to get further and further away… It’s a joy to watch children get older, but every birthday breaks my heart a little because the older and bigger she gets, the closer...