| #TBT: Reliving High School Through Instagram | | Pimple-laced, cringe-inducing and unexpectedly transcendent, high school memories are some of the most vivid we have. But why do they linger? Neuroscientists say memories you create during your adolescence — when your identity is most in flux — are among the strongest stored. And it's during that time your prefrontal cortex — the part of the brain that's responsible for reason and reflection — continues to develop.
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| 'The Great Gatsby' Wasn't Nearly as Great Before Video FX | | 3:32:08 AM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Baz Luhrmann's version of The Great Gatsby may have received mixed reviews when it hit theaters in May, but it's tough to deny the film's stunning visuals. Luhrmann brought the Roaring Twenties to life in glittering shots of lavish parties and twinkling cityscapes. Part of the film's appeal is the retina-stinging imagery in every shot — a vintage car whizzing down the road, a gown dripping with beads, an art deco castle arching skywards.
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| Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta' Stunt Provokes RIAA to Change Album Sales Rules | | 1:46:01 AM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| The Recording Industry Association of America's 55-year-old barometer for measuring an artist's or group's commercial success continues to evolve. Just weeks after altering its Gold & Platinum Awards Program to include on-demand audio and video streams, the RIAA this week has made another tweak to "modernize" the certification process.
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| Interactive Installation Captures Viewers in Snowy Expanse | | Monday, July 01, 2013 9:02 PM | PSFK |
| In the interactive installation "Ghost," you can watch yourself and other viewers get caught in a virtual snowstorm. "Ghost" consists of a large screen depicting a raging snowstorm in an empty landscape. Viewers can see a line of human forms caught in the snowstorm. These figures are basically short recorded sequences, or the "ghosts" of previous visitors who came to see the installation.
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| Firefox OS Smartphones Will Dazzle Feature Phone Users | | Monday, July 01, 2013 9:01 PM | Emily Price |
| Mozilla’s Firefox OS is headed to a smartphone near you. The first two phones running the Firefox OS — the ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire — were officially announced Monday morning, with the ZTE Open expected to hit store shelves in Spain on Tuesday.
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| 15 Bald Eagles Wearing Wigs | | Monday, July 01, 2013 8:52 PM | Brie Hiramine |
| The bald eagle may be the national bird of the United States, but even that coveted position can't guarantee a full head of lush hair. Instead, you're just reminded — everywhere you turn — that you're bald. It's in your name. You can't escape. It's really not fair. SEE ALSO: 7 Spectacular Fireworks GIFs for the Fourth of July So get ready, bald eagles. And put away the Rogaine.
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| China's Spaceflight Success Sets Stage for Big Space Station | | Monday, July 01, 2013 8:39 PM | Space.com |
| The successful landing of China's latest manned space mission in June cast a spotlight on the country's growing human spaceflight skills as it honed the capabilities needed to build a huge, permanently crewed space station. During the 15-day Shenzhou 10 spaceflight, three Chinese astronauts accomplished both automatic and manual dockings to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory, where they lived and worked during the mission.
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| Sony’s First 4K Ultra HD Media Player Is Now Available | | Monday, July 01, 2013 8:06 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Sony promised a 4K media player at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). On Monday, Sony said the device is now ready for consumers to order and there will be more content for it this fall. Sony's FMP-X1, 4K Ultra HD Media Player device can be ordered online Monday for $699, and it will hit store shelves on July 15.
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| Computer Program May Save Power Grid From Blackouts | | Monday, July 01, 2013 8:01 PM | Discovery News |
| Power failures aren’t that common in the U.S., but they are more likely to happen in the summer, when people crank up the air conditioning. Back in August 2003 a blackout covering much of the northeast happened because the control systems for the grid system did exactly what they were designed to do — but they didn’t account for a combination of failures that was unusual.
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| 41 Songs That Are Red, White and Blue All Over | | Monday, July 01, 2013 7:49 PM | Marissa Cetin |
| We celebrate Independence Day in the United States this Thursday, which means you may soon hit your saturation point for Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." We're with you.
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| How a Pixar Short Blurs Line Between Animation and Reality | | Monday, July 01, 2013 7:22 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Critical opinion is divided on the latest Pixar movie, Monsters University. Like many reviewers, we found it fun but predictable, a little bland, and not up to the studio's historic standards. Still, Pixar proved it is able to push the envelope in animation with a stunning short film that precedes Monsters U. Called The Blue Umbrella, it has won widespread praise as the most photorealistic piece of animation yet.
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| Time-Lapse Video of San Francisco Fog Is Your Moment of Zen | | Monday, July 01, 2013 7:06 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Those of us here at Mashable's San Francisco bureau are all too familiar with the chilly coastal fog that regularly cascades through the city from the Pacific Ocean. And one Bay Area photographer has captured a time-lapse video of this natural phenomenon that is nothing short of magical.
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| Edward Snowden Breaks Silence From Russia | | Monday, July 01, 2013 6:31 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Edward Snowden broke his days-long silence Monday. The NSA whistleblower, who has been stuck in Moscow's Sheremyetevo airport since June 23, threatened new disclosures in a letter sent to Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, partially published by Reuters, and released a separate statement through WikLeaks.
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| Google Reader Final Countdown: What to Do Before the Shutdown | | Monday, July 01, 2013 6:27 PM | Christina Warren |
| Google Reader officially shuts down after July 1. The much-loved service might be going to that great Google graveyard in the sky, but that doesn't mean news lovers are out of options. If you've been putting off moving away from Google Reader — or if you are just now hearing about the shutdown for the first time — we've got some tips for everything you need to do before July 2.
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| A Yearbook Legend: Teacher Wears Same Outfit in 40 Photos | | Monday, July 01, 2013 5:49 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Dale Irby is a creature of habit. The Dallas, Texas, physical education teacher wore the exact same polyester shirt and knit sweater vest for the past 40 years of yearbook photos. SEE ALSO: 20 Greatest Yearbook Trolls of All Time The 2012-2013 Prestonwood Elementary School yearbook marks the outfit's final appearance. According to the Dallas Morning News, Irby retired after a 40-year career.
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| Hilarious Tumblr Imagines Celebrities as Ears of Corn | | Monday, July 01, 2013 5:41 PM | Allison Reiber |
| Have you ever noticed that your half-shucked ear of corn bears a strong resemblance to Miley Cyrus? No? Well, this new Tumblr notices. And it's giving the ear of corn its big moment online. SEE ALSO: 10 Cat Beards to Tickle Your Whiskers Claire Carusillo, the brainchild behind the hilarious Icorns Tumblr, imagines how blonde celebrities would look as ears of corn.
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| Interactive Gettysburg: Modern Maps Reframe History | | Monday, July 01, 2013 5:36 PM | The Atlantic |
| When Robert E. Lee looked out over the land at Gettysburg, 150 years ago this week, what could he see? Not much, says Middlebury Professor of Geography Anne Kelly Knowles. That is her conclusion based on a nearly decade-long project to visualize the Battle of Gettysburg using advanced digital mapping techniques, available for your exploration at Smithsonian.com.
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| Stanford Trades Twitter Handle to Syracuse | | Monday, July 01, 2013 5:35 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Two universities were the talk of the Internet early Monday after Stanford traded its old Twitter handle, @SUAthletics, to Syracuse — for fruits both symbolic and literal. "The trade is believed to be the first blockbuster trade in college athletics," Stanford wrote on its athletics website.
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| Arizona Wildfire Spreads in Haunting Time-Lapse Video | | Monday, July 01, 2013 5:01 PM | Allison Reiber |
| On Sunday evening, the Yarnell Hill Wildfire killed 19 firefighters in Yarnell, Ariz. This time-lapse video, recorded by photographer Matt Oss, offers a glimpse into the scale and the speed of the fire, which was the deadliest in decades, as reported by the National Fire Protection Association. The 20-minute video was shot at 4 p.m. MST on Sunday. Near the end, flames rise above the mountain peak.
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| Vine Users Craft Beautiful Nelson Mandela Tributes | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:51 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Nelson Mandela has fallen gravely ill as he approaches his 95th birthday. The former South African president who led his nation out of apartheid has been hospitalized in Pretoria for nearly a month with a lung infection. Per a statement from the office of current President Jacob Zuma, Mandela's condition is stable but critical. However, his health has been fluctuating, and people fear he may not recover from his ailment.
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| 50 Gourmet Twists on Classic Summer Treats | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:44 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Summer food is all about simplicity. A hot dog, ear of corn and a popsicle — and boom, dinner is ready. Less time in the kitchen means more time outside, at the pool or with your face mere inches from the air conditioner. SEE ALSO: The 17 Stages of a Food Coma But even the most expertly toasted s'mores can get boring after a while. So we scoured our favorite food blogs for gourmet twists on classic summer staples.
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| Your Hand Heat Powers This Flashlight | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:32 PM | Discovery News |
| Running out of flashlight batteries may be one of life’s small annoyances, but plunging into the darkness can be dangerous, especially if you’re trying to find a fuse box in a dark, cobwebbed basement. Luckily, Ann Makosinski has a solution that could put an end to getting left in the dark. The 15-year old from British Columbia has invented a thermoelectric Hollow Flashlight that shines simply from the heat of your hand.
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| Why NASA Redesigned Its Website | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:27 PM | Amanda Wills |
| The new NASA.gov has a color palette you may not associate with deep space: light blue. The change is part of the agency's redesign that rolled out this weekend.
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| Fox's 'New Girl' Comes to Netflix | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:20 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Netflix began offering the first season of Fox's popular comedy New Girl on Monday, after the video-streaming service and Twentieth Century Fox Television inked a deal to stream it exclusively. Season two and future seasons of the show will hit Netflix after their broadcast seasons end.
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| Zynga Names Microsoft's Don Mattrick as New CEO | | Monday, July 01, 2013 4:10 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Zynga has named former Microsoft Entertainment head Don Mattrick as its new CEO, replacing co-founder Mark Pincus, the company announced on Monday. Mattrick, the former president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, will take over on July 8. Pincus will remain chairman of the board and chief product officer.
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| Snowden Applies for Asylum in Russia and 14 Other Countries | | Monday, July 01, 2013 3:57 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who is still stuck in Moscow's Sheremyetevo airport, has reportedly applied for asylum in Russia and 14 other countries. His application for asylum in Russia was hand delivered on Sunday by WikiLeaks' Sarah Harrison, according to multiple news reports. A Russian official told The Los Angeles Times that Snowden has requested asylum from a total of 15 countries.
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| The Edward Snowden Movie Already Exists | | Monday, July 01, 2013 3:46 PM | National Journal |
| Now, thanks to a small film company in Hong Kong, you can watch one of the summer's biggest news stories unfold on the big screen. In just four days, J. Shot — in association with Fallout Media and Immortal Peach — put together a five-minute film depicting Edward Snowden's first days in Hong Kong, culminating in his revealing interview with The Guardian.
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| 2013's Complex Social Media Landscape in One Chart | | Monday, July 01, 2013 3:30 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| When Brian Solis introduced the first Conversation Prism in 2008, the world was a seemingly simpler place. There were 22 social media categories, each of which had just a handful of brands. ("Video agreggation" had only one brand: Magnify.) Flash forward to 2013, and the latest Conversation Prism (click here for the high-res downloadable version) has four additional categories with at least six brands in each.
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| Wedding Live Streams Up 250% in One Year | | Monday, July 01, 2013 3:11 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| With wedding season in full swing, popular video streaming service Ustream has revealed webcasts of couples saying "I do" is up 250% in just one year.
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