New Ideas

These stories about great new ideas will leave you wondering, Why didn't I think of that?

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14 Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff

Try some well-known and original mnemonic phrases and tricks to help keep track of odd spellings of words, the days of the month and even the seven wonders of the world.

6 Time-Wasting Internet Tips

Waste time, make time. The University of Melbourne found that workers who used the Internet for personal reasons were 9 percent more productive than those who didn’t. And doesn’t everyone deserve a five-minute vacation every once in a while, especially now that summer is over?

4 Ways of Looking at Flags

Star-spangled symbols, from anonymous art in Mississippi to a digital exhibit at Ellis Island.

Quick Study: Pirates!

Even before sacking the U.S.-flagged Maersk, high-seas thieves had been plenty busy hijacking loaded ships in sparsely patrolled waters. Here, the Reader's Digest Version of why this centuries-old scourge is back—and its human and financial toll.

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