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Travis Andrews

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Travis M. Andrews is a Washington, D.C.-based writer who has written for Salon, The Washingtonian, OffBeat Magazine and reported for several newspapers throughout his native Louisiana. Though he's pretended otherwise since before time, his favorite food is the French Fry. It's time the truth came out. For more about Travis M. Andrews, go to www.travismandrews.com.

You can also follow the Metairie native on Twitter @MetairiesFinest.

How about a bodysuit that gives you Spidey Sense?

Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 3:15pm

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A University of Illinois at Chicago grad student has invented a bodysuit (called SpiderSense) that offers real-life "Spidey Sense."

Meet The Rally Fighter, a crowdsourced car

Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 6:35pm

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How about a crowdsourced car that's a cross between a 4x4 and a sleek sports car?

Computer uses chaos theory to keep from crashing

Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 6:15pm

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Researchers at the University College of London have created what they call a "systematic" computer, which mimics nature.

AOL dial-up still produces most of the company's profits

Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 1:58pm

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AOL still makes its profit from dial-up.

Merely wanting to use the Internet can lower productivity at work

Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 12:21pm

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Being told not to use the Internet for personal use can lead to poor performance and wasted resources.

Brain activity during betting indicates political beliefs

Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 5:34pm

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By studying brain activity during a risk-taking activity, researchers predicted political views with 82.9 percent accuracy.

Study involving kittens and darkness suggest treatment for lazy eyes

Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 4:45pm

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Keeping children (and kittens) in the dark could be a solution for lazy eye.

Dogs can pick dogs out of image array

Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 3:45pm

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Researchers have found that dogs can pick out the faces of other dogs when given an array of images that include other species.

Students try out iPads instead of textbooks

Sunday, February 3, 2013 - 1:25pm

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Two students at University of Notre Dame are getting iPads instead of textbooks.

Give your geek sweetie a little science this V-Day: aerogel hearts

Saturday, February 2, 2013 - 7:15pm

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We’ve got the answer to all your Valentine's Day problems: the aerogel heart.

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