New York - According to The NPD Group's Retail Tracking Service, Bluetooth headphone revenue overtook non-Bluetooth for the first time in June accounting for 54 percent of headphone dollar sales and 17 percent of unit sales in the U.S.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - In Western styles of music, from classical to pop, some combinations of notes are generally considered more pleasant than others. To most of our ears, a chord of C and G, for example, sounds much more agreeable than the grating combination of C and F# (which has historically been known as the “devil in music”).

Seattle, Washington - A new personalized image search engine synthesizes versions of an input photo (left) with internet queries such as “curly hair” (top row), in “India” (2nd row), and in “1930” (3rd row).Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman, University of Washington.

Chicago, Illinois - Ketchup and mustard along with other assorted seasonings have historically been the condiment grouping on restaurant tables, but mayonnaise, a condiment mainstay for oh-so-many years, was never part of the table top clique until now. 

Washington, DC - With stress affecting more than 100 million Americans and costing our society more than $300 billion in annual health spending, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis to determine 2016's Most & Least Stressed Cities in America

Washington, DC - With more teens obtaining driver’s licenses during the summer than any other season and an average of 220 auto-related teen deaths occurring every month during the same period, the personal-finance website WalletHub today followed up on its analysis of the Best & Worst States for Summer Road Trips with an in-depth look at  2016’s Best & Worst States for Teen Drivers.