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Looking at Cute Animals Boosts Productivity

Looking at Cute Animals Boosts Productivity

Next time you find yourself browsing pictures of cats on reddit instead of studying, and subsequently wonder what in the hell it is you’re doing with your life, you can now take solace in knowing that you might actually be giving yourself a boost in performance. Yes, really. A group of biology researchers at Hiroshima ...

HuTubeFlix: Nosferatu

HuTubeFlix: Nosferatu

Every week, HackCollege scours the interwebs to bring you the best streamable TV shows, documentaries and movies that you may have missed. This October, HuTubeFlix is gearing up for the greatest holiday of all time, Halloween, by finding some of the greatest horror movies and TV shows from around the web.  As far as horror movie ...

Turn Your Smartphone Into A Gameboy

Turn Your Smartphone Into A Gameboy

Earlier this week, we told you how you could rekindle your love for the video games of old with a website that allows you to play old Nintendo and Super Nintendo games online for free. But we recently found a way for lovers of old Nintendo games to exercise their nostalgia: turning their smartphone into ...

Are Lectures Less Effective Than Discussions?

Are Lectures Less Effective Than Discussions?

If you’ve ever sat in the back your art history class, practically falling asleep to the sound of a professor’s monotonous drawl, and have wondered who ever thought that the lecture format was a bit unengaging, you’re definitely not alone. Since the late 90′s, following a study published by Joan Middendorf and Alan Kalish of ...

Why Whisper App May Change Your College Culture

Why Whisper App May Change Your College Culture

What if you could access your friends’ secrets? Your crushes’ secrets? Even your teacher’s secrets? No, I’m not talking about becoming a mind reader. I’m talking about the new iPhone app: Whisper.  Whisper allows students to share and read local campus secrets. It’s similar in sentiment to PostSecret but has many key differences: it’s mobile only, it’s ...

Five Rap Essentials

Five Rap Essentials

Rap is a pretty big deal these days. Just turn on your radio or iPod and that’s the default genre out today. Walk down your dorm some Friday night and hear what’s playing. Ask if anyone you know can rap and you’re bound to find five gangly kids, off three beers each, standing in ...