Comcast Says Customer Service Will Soon Be Its “Best Product”

Comcast is making a bold promise in its efforts to revamp its abysmal customer service image: If the cable guy is late, the company will pay you $20. “We are going to reimagine our whole experience through a customer lens,” Neil Smit, president and CEO of Comcast Cable, told reporters at a May 5 press-only […]

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Nearly a Decade Has Passed Since University of Colorado Students Began Analyzing Dust in Space — Here’s Why It Still Matters

The NASA spacecraft New Horizons has been traveling toward Pluto for the last nine years, with seven independent instruments on board, each intended to spring to life once on Pluto, in order to collect various bits of data from the solar system. All but one of these instruments has been patiently waiting for its turn; […]

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Cars That Are Heavier, Pricier Protect Drivers and Passengers

More than three million people are injured each year in U.S. auto accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but you can bring down the likelihood of being among them by spending more on a car, according to a new study out of the University of Buffalo. The study, presented at the annual […]

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LongHorn Steakhouse to Host Grilling Hotline for Memorial Day Weekend

Grilling is always an important summer social activity for Americans, with close to 78% of grill or smoker owners in the U.S. saying that grilling is either “extremely important” or “pretty important” to their entertaining efforts. But that figure is likely to go up for this Memorial Day weekend — and the grill masters of […]

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Compelling Storylines, Accessibility Feature Prominently in Getting Middle Schoolers to Read

Studies show that kids read less as they get older. In fact, a little more than half of nine-year-olds (53%) read every day, but only 17% of 17-year-olds do. There are two important parts of helping cultivate a love of reading and encouraging kids to do it. One is to know what stories kids like […]

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Low Testosterone Therapy More Effective, Safer With Injections Rather Than Gels and Creams, Study Finds

New research shows that of the various kinds of low testosterone therapy options, testosterone injection is the most effective as well as the safest method. Newsmax Health reports that a new study led by Dr. Stephen Borst of the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida found that the injectable form of […]

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