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My daughter asked me to look over her college application essay the other day. Her request prompted me to look at my own life — in a fresh, kinder way. The self-reflection started with self-doubt. I had a flash of wondering if I had the skills and wisdom to guide my daughter Skyla as she applies to fine arts college programs. That question is absurd. I’m a professional writer! I’ve written and edited others’ writing for major publications (like USA Today and Fortune) and co-written four books! So I snapped out of the skills-deficit-thinking pretty quickly. But there was a deeper doubt. One grounded...

Every day, companies bombard us with information. From new product launches and appealing adverts to very big statements and generous promises backed up by questionable research at best, they still manage to earn our trust up to a point we don’t question them. But this illuminating thread from Ask Reddit challenges the things we take for granted and debunks the myths created by big corporations. "What do most people believe that is actually a myth created by corporate companies?" someone asked and the eye-opening responses started pouring in. From big pharma to the sugar industry, it’s hard to wrap your...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SPY.com may receive an affiliate commission. If there’s one common takeaway from films like WALL-E, I, Robot, Transformers, and the whole Terminator series, it would be that robots are the future. You could make the case that robots are the present. Exposure to robots is only going to increase in the coming years with self-driven cars, even-smarter homes, and more convenient robot-lead solutions in public places. Robots are quickly becoming the norm. Whether for yourself or your kids, add one of these best robot toys...

Carol Todd said justice was done, after the man who tormented her daughter Amanda until she took her own life was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Friday in BC Supreme Court in New Westminster, Justice Martha Devlin handed “internet sextortionist” Aydin Coban, a 44-year-old Dutch man, a sentence that was a year longer than the Crown prosecutor had asked for. READ ALSO: B.C. judge sentences ‘sextortionist’ to 13 years in case involving Amanda Todd The story of the 15-year-old girl gained worldwide attention when she posted a video weeks before her death in 2012 using flash cards to explain...

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