I read this article today about a Laguna Beach doctor who is close to finalizing a laser surgery that could permanently change brown eye color to blue. The laser is tuned to remove pigment from the surface of the iris, which reveals blue underneath.
I’m already a little freaked out by a lot of eye-related trends—surgery to give you eyelids, pupil-enlarging contacts and colored contacts, to name a few. One of the things that bugged me the most about “Memoirs of a Geisha” was the geisha’s blue eyes. What?? How many …

Have you ever listened to a new song by an unknown artist and thought to yourself, “This could totally be a huge hit on the radio one day”? You’re not alone! According to a new study conducted by the Center for Neuropolicy at Emory University, teen brain activity just might be able to predict the success of pop songs. Pretty nifty, right?

Most 20-year-olds, like myself, are busy trying to survive our sophomore or junior year college classes, working at on-campus jobs or internships, and perhaps just starting to get a grasp of what we really want to do for a career.
Jessica Mah is not your average 20-year-old. At age 9, she began programming computers and at 13, she started a web design company. She graduated from high school at 15, and at 18, she founded internshipIN, an internship listing service.

Whether you’re tweeting, stalking you-know-who on Facebook, or searching the annals of Wikipedia, the internet has become something we simply can’t live without. And while countless studies show that using the internet is connected to stress and anxiety, a recent study by British researchers from the U.K.’s Chartered Institute of IT reports using the internet can actually make you happier.

Most high school students can (and do) juggle a lot of work—worrying about exams, SATs, finding a decent prom date or getting into college. Ask them to draft a business plan or start their own company, however, and you’ll probably get some blank stares.
Enter Diane Keng, an 18-year-old student from Monta Vista High School in Silicon Valley, who at age 15 started her first business venture—a T-shirt screen-printing business, followed by a teen marketing-consulting firm.